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| - | ==== Solstice Paddle 2005 ==== | ||
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| - | **Solstice paddle.....\\ | ||
| - | Larry Goolsby** \\ | ||
| - | 12/22/05 #885 | ||
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| - | Reivers, Here is what you missed on our Wednesday night paddle. The\\ | ||
| - | weatherman was right when he predicted darkness. Boy was it dark. He\\ | ||
| - | was also correct with the prediction of 15 to 25 mph winds. It was\\ | ||
| - | blowing 12 to 15 when we took off and close to 25 when we returned\\ | ||
| - | (with gusts 35+). 25 ain't bad in the daylight but in the dark of\\ | ||
| - | night it gets interesting. Some paddlers arrived before 5:30 and\\ | ||
| - | some straggled in. I think that there were about 10 to 12 boats out\\ | ||
| - | but then you could only see about 10 feet in front of your nose.\\ | ||
| - | Larry B and I buddied up and headed for Strawberry point and had\\ | ||
| - | decided that it was much to wild to attempt a trip to the island.\\ | ||
| - | Along the way we ran into (literally) flocks of ducks that would\\ | ||
| - | scare the crap out of us as they all took flight at the same\\ | ||
| - | instant. I assume that they couldn't hear us until we were right on\\ | ||
| - | top of them. The further south we got, the bigger the wind and\\ | ||
| - | waves. The whole way down we only saw Joost stop by and then he\\ | ||
| - | disappeard into the dark again. Oh yeah, the rain. It was raining on\\ | ||
| - | and off but it really cut loose whe we were halfway to the Point.\\ | ||
| - | The Point provided shelter and quiet from the wind but we were eager\\ | ||
| - | to catch some of the waves back to Bloedel. Too bad neither of us\\ | ||
| - | had a gps on board. More ducks and bigger waves on the return trip.\\ | ||
| - | It got really interesting as we neared Bloedel with the introduction\\ | ||
| - | of another waveset from a side direction and the knowledge of a\\ | ||
| - | field of pylons near the boat launch. I stayed wide enough to skirt\\ | ||
| - | all of this and did a U turn in some big rollers before finding the\\ | ||
| - | boat launch. Larry B didn't show up right away and I wondered what\\ | ||
| - | happened until he appeared and informed me that he had run aground\\ | ||
| - | further up (easy to do with the low water level).\\ | ||
| - | Joost was kind enough to come over and make sure everyone made\\ | ||
| - | it in, otherwise the parking lot was empty except for Erik's and\\ | ||
| - | Jeff H.'s cars. We waited about a 1/2 hour for their return. Erik\\ | ||
| - | came in first through the pylon fild, banging into logs and finally\\ | ||
| - | doing a dismount 20 feet from shore (thought he could walk in). Jeff\\ | ||
| - | went swimming in the pylon field but remounted and came around the\\ | ||
| - | outside. With everyone in, it was time for beer and food at Boundary\\ | ||
| - | Bay. By the way, we did get our usual table.\\ | ||
| - | Larry G | ||
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| - | **Jeff Hegedus <jhegedus@...>\\ | ||
| - | 12/23/05 #886 ** | ||
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| - | Yeah totally awesome paddle...came out of it in need of a repair job\\ | ||
| - | though. The trip back was so fast that we misjudged our location in\\ | ||
| - | the dark...there we were surfin' away, and BOOM a mini canon went off\\ | ||
| - | right under my freakin' ass. Sh_t, the old sawmill dock, already; I\\ | ||
| - | had surfed right down on top of a submerged piling. Instead of\\ | ||
| - | IMMEDIATELY bearing off to deeper water, I thought 'What was th__..'\\ | ||
| - | and that was all it took to see the pilings rising up out of the dark\\ | ||
| - | behind Erik...a whole boat length away. It was like out of Apocalapse\\ | ||
| - | Now or something, the things rising out of the smoke, a hundred\\ | ||
| - | pilings a hundred yards wide. I cut sharp right into the troughs as\\ | ||
| - | Erik yelled 'I'm going through!'; I looked sharp to the left to\\ | ||
| - | evaluate (don't EVER 'think' in these situations...)and went over.\\ | ||
| - | No time to remount, went defensive; the pier was like 4 pilings deep\\ | ||
| - | I think, not that I was counting. Swam through the pier with the\\ | ||
| - | boat, remounted, bumped another submerged piling, and nudged over the\\ | ||
| - | rope. Larry G. had his headlights on at the dock, waiting for us;\\ | ||
| - | surreal, short stacked waves with the heads being blown of 'em. Yeah\\ | ||
| - | baby! Thanks you guys. | ||
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| - | This was why I built a strong boat ('cause I know I do things like\\ | ||
| - | this sometimes), with heavier fabric and that extra layer of kevlar.\\ | ||
| - | The outer 9.0 oz glass and foam core were damaged, but the inner two\\ | ||
| - | glass and kevlar layers are undisturbed. Luckily, the hit was taken\\ | ||
| - | right under the foam stringer, so no deflection. Easy repair. | ||
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| - | Safety afterthought: I had a marine strobe light on my PFD, and would\\ | ||
| - | recommend it for everyone when paddling in the dark. Not that, after\\ | ||
| - | this, I'm in any position to be making recommendations! | ||
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