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Saturday morning paddle……
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Larry Goolsby
01/21/06 #990
Only 5 of us showed for Saturdays paddle. Conditions were bumpy but
not big. Erik W, had to borrow my R since his rudder broke on his V-
10. As we headed south (upwind), I assumed that we would need to go
slow for Erik. However, he was right in the front setting the pace.
Reivers and I got a chance to toy with our new VHF radios when we
got down to Governor's point (worked really well) so we went on to
Whiskey Rock. There was a couple of Eagles sitting on the rock and
one was singing (well, sounded like crying) and I was whistling back
at him. We actually seemed like we were communicating until I fell
off my boat. I didn't have a paddle in the water and it was rather
bumpy, then you combine this with a lack of attention and you go
swimming. The VHF took the dunking in stride and no water leaked
into the battery compartment(I fell in just to test the radio).
Anyway, we went back north and started catching some good rides
until there was a definite change in the current. The wave frequency
increased and the smaller waves were hard to catch. I looked back
when we were going past the wall and I saw that Erik was slightly
behind everyone. When we got past Post Point, I turned and looked
back and could not see any sign of Erik. I turned and headed south
(I don't really like him, it was because he was on my boat) and
could not see any sign of him. I then called Reivers on the radio
and asked if he had seen Erik. He said Erik was already back to FBW.
How did this paddling wannabe in a short fat boat beat all these
elite shells back to Fairhaven? Good thing Dean wasn't here or he
would have slit his wrists. Reivers and I started making excuses for
this phenomonen. We were in the current and he wasn't, he hugged the
shore and caught eddys, we had a headwind and he didn't, our water
was like molasses and his was like Vodka. Whatever?
Larry G
