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| - | ==== Wednesday nooner……. ==== | + | << stories:solstice_paddle_2005|Previous Story^stories:bellingham_stories|Story List ^ stories:new_years_day_2006|Next Story >> |
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| + | ===== Wednesday Nooner……. ===== | ||
| **Larry Goolsby** \\ | **Larry Goolsby** \\ | ||
| 12/28/05 #894 | 12/28/05 #894 | ||
| - | Dear Dean…… I hate to inform you that I tied your speed record (12.2) for Bellingham Bay today, however, it wasn't painless. I was not going to paddle today since I am in day #2 of a 2 day colonoscopy prep but the wind suddenly shifted from the south and the water was calling to me. I had enough time to go down to Clarke's Wall and back so I pulled the S1-R out of the quiver, donned the MP3 player, and headed south from Marine Park. Hadn't been on the R since September. Nice size waves compared to Saturday with less wind to push against. Past Post Point there were even a few sets up to 5" in height. Coming back I noticed that the R does not catch waves as easily as the X but it handles them much better(being shorter). You really have to crank on it to catch a wave. I was able to link some sets for long rides and somewhere along the way I hit 12.2 on the gps. However, right after I passed Post Point headed north, I made a stroke and came up with only a shaft and no blade. The left blade on my new Fenn 1 snapped off in mid-stroke and disappeared. I wanted to turn around and go find it but that's kinda hard to do in 20+ winds with only one blade. I was able to canoe paddle my way back to Marine Park. The shaft of the missing blade has 2 cracks (4") running up from the end but this may have happened when the blade was starting to come out. Hitting 12.2 in the R was a lot easier than getting 11.9 in my X on Saturday. The stability at high speed is uncomparable. Just bragging.\\ | + | Dear Dean…… I hate to inform you that I tied your speed record (12.2) for Bellingham Bay today, however, it wasn't painless. I was not going to paddle today since I am in day #2 of a 2 day colonoscopy prep but the wind suddenly shifted from the south and the water was calling to me. I had enough time to go down to Clarke's Wall and back so I pulled the S1-R out of the quiver, donned the MP3 player, and headed south from Marine Park. Hadn't been on the R since September. Nice size waves compared to Saturday with less wind to push against. Past Post Point there were even a few sets up to 5" in height. |
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| + | Coming back I noticed that the R does not catch waves as easily as the X but it handles them much better(being shorter). You really have to crank on it to catch a wave. I was able to link some sets for long rides and somewhere along the way I hit 12.2 on the gps. However, right after I passed Post Point headed north, I made a stroke and came up with only a shaft and no blade. The left blade on my new Fenn 1 snapped off in mid-stroke and disappeared. I wanted to turn around and go find it but that's kinda hard to do in 20+ winds with only one blade. I was able to canoe paddle my way back to Marine Park. The shaft of the missing blade has 2 cracks (4") running up from the end but this may have happened when the blade was starting to come out. Hitting 12.2 in the R was a lot easier than getting 11.9 in my X on Saturday. The stability at high speed is uncomparable. Just bragging.\\ | ||
| Larry G | Larry G | ||
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