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A Little Too Nuclear.......

Larry Goolsby
02/04/06 #1029

Shaun, Mike G., and I have decided to scrub the Saturday morning paddle. There have been gusts over 60 mph within the last half hour and it's blowing steady between 30 and 50 from the SE (towards Portage). We had a high gust of 69 at about 4 am. I'm watching the wind this afternoon and maybe it will die down a little. I want scarey/fun conditions, not scarey/scarey conditions.
Larry G


Jeff Hegedus <jhegedus@…>
02/04/06 #1034

I posted a couple of pics of what it looked like out there today. Heather and Brandon had a great downwind run from Marine Park to Squalicum, and somehow made it look easy. I chose what I thought would be a conservative approach, and put in at Boulevard Park; now I know why people looked at me funny when I said I would paddle upwind, meet those guys, and surf back. When I stuck my nose out in it and headed south, I felt DREAD…maybe I should have taken it as a sign after my boat had skidded 10 yards across the asphalt parking lot upside down after the wind had somehow found it tucked in tightly in the lee of the bath house, or when the Coast Guard station manager appeared from somewhere (what the heck?) and asked me what the heck I was doing…or the people there who looked at me weird and said I had 'issues'(yes true). Anyway, I looped twice to Cornwall and counted it good…and for some reason, I still had a bug up my butt and put in at dusk on Lake Whatcom for 6 miles in the dark…it was STILL windy. Time for the hot tub. Nice job Heather and Brandon.