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Saturday's (Cold Water) Swim
Pmarcus
02/01/09 #5752
Good Morning All,
Fun Paddle yesterday but I was late..slogged my way half way across the Bay trying to “THINK” I could catch up and ended up surfing back with a couple of the boys coming back early………did a couple of passes and was minding my own business and decided to go for a little dip…without a drysuit…..my lifejacket, for the first time ever, got stuck on the lip of my boat. I tried to keep from getting too wet but it accelerated me up to my face in the drink as the jacket created suddenly more leverage on my cockpit when I pulled up to get into the boat …I went the other way….NICE….if that wasn't fun enough I kicked hard to slide the boat towards my wandering water bottle (which Mike H. recovered and assisted and Larry G hung around as he watched me go in a second time over the other side of the boat) and both my boots instantly came off and started to float away……so, to make a long story short, and to suck up my pride and being a pretty decent water person….it took me about a half of a day to get my feeling back in my legs and MOST importantly my balance was out of wack until I got a little warmer. I was wearing my Hydro skins and couple of layers of “polly” with a shell and wool socks with the escaping boots……my upper body was fine but the little second dip sent a little emegency signal into my body to preserve the core and i couldn't control the blood flow which created some imbalance while still on the water and made me think I had been drinking when I wandered to the car……….ANYWAY……..it doesn't take long so paddle wisely the next time you're thinking about going out into a waterway which is further than you want or can swim to shore if there are less than two of you?? Thanks, Mike and Larry
Cheers, Peter
Re: Saturday's Swim
rlingblo <rlingblo@…>
02/01/09 #5753
Peter,
Marc and I got a little overheated paddling back from Eliza yesterday so we decided to 'take a dip' in the water also. Since my drysuit is in the shop, I was dressed like you. Yep, pretty chilly. I do feel we've learned a lot about safety though. We had PFD's, radios, leashes, flares, and a bunch of other verry competent paddlers with us. It also helps that we have more practice than we would like to admit on getting back onto 'the double' in rough water. Even with the swim, I gotta say it was a pretty fun day on the bay!
Rick L.
Re: Saturday's Swim
Michael Gregory
02/01/09 #5755
Peter, you get wetsuit. Make you happy. Swim all'a time, no worry! Promotion Paddling Wetsuit and NRS Mystery top - oh yeah. BTW lose those knee-high mukluk boots - they make good anchors, but . . . Mike.
