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| - | -Was it Armageddon or out there or business as usual? Depends on who ya ask. Locals called it moderate conditions. Some said swells were 3-4' others said 6-8. BTW all the swells were on our beam! Down in the trough it seemed we were paddling through valleys with sloping walls of water on all around. Up on the wave peaks it was nearly dizzying to look down into the next trough. What made things really interesting was the "slop". That's the steep dysrhythmic waves that were all over the place making it tough to keep any even paddling cadence. Sound chaotic? Yep, that's right and that's what makes this race different! Hank Macgregor said "I don't like all that messing about I just like to get out there and go".\\ | + | -Was it Armageddon or out there or business as usual? Depends on who ya ask. Locals called it moderate conditions. Some said swells were 3-4' others said 6-8. BTW all the swells were on our beam! Down in the trough it seemed we were paddling through valleys with sloping walls of water on all around. Up on the wave peaks it was nearly dizzying to look down into the next trough. What made things really interesting was the "slop". That's the steep dysrhythmic waves that were all over the place making it tough to keep any even paddling cadence. Sound chaotic? Yep, that's right and that's what makes this race different! Hank McGregor said "I don't like all that messing about I just like to get out there and go".\\ |
| -Ok, now what's up with the "incomplete course" business stuff, right? I turned at the red can about a thousand -or so- yards N. of the Pt Bonita bouy 'cause I thought it WAS the turn around. My recollection is that I was not the only one to make that error. Regrettable, no doubt. It was so rowdy out there that someone might yell from 10 ft away and I'd not hear it. Talked with course official after my mistake was brought forward. Response was - "yeah, that was not the only error made out there".\\ | -Ok, now what's up with the "incomplete course" business stuff, right? I turned at the red can about a thousand -or so- yards N. of the Pt Bonita bouy 'cause I thought it WAS the turn around. My recollection is that I was not the only one to make that error. Regrettable, no doubt. It was so rowdy out there that someone might yell from 10 ft away and I'd not hear it. Talked with course official after my mistake was brought forward. Response was - "yeah, that was not the only error made out there".\\ | ||
| -For me, despite my course modification, the race felt like triumph. In six years and six tries I've gone from swimming most of the course to staying in the boat, paddling, and even catching a few big phat fast runs. So, like they say "it's all good". A goal for me is to go back again and keep trying to get this race right.\\ | -For me, despite my course modification, the race felt like triumph. In six years and six tries I've gone from swimming most of the course to staying in the boat, paddling, and even catching a few big phat fast runs. So, like they say "it's all good". A goal for me is to go back again and keep trying to get this race right.\\ | ||
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