It has been way too long since I was
out in my kayak. Distracted by other activities, but mostly, waiting
for my new kayak to arrive and thinking how much faster I would go in
my new smaller, lighter kayak. But, that new kayak is now a long way
away off and it is time to regain some kayak fitness.
I took a wing paddle. Supposedly, wing
paddles are 5 to 6 % faster than Euro blades with the caveat that you
must have pretty impeccable technique to see that increase in speed.
I am not good with a wing, I'm not that good with a Euro, either, but
I'd be pretty happy to not always be the last paddler struggling to
keep up.
It's hard to manage a wing, however,
when you are focusing on keeping up with the group, so paddling solo
is a great time for me to work on technique.
I trolleyed down to Sunshine Bay, our
local beach and paddled over to Cullendulla and back via Snapper
Island. It was glorious. Warm sun on the water, no wind. The water
was a little murky after some recent storm events, and I'd forgotten
how interesting it is paddling around Snapper Island.
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