Coffees and a bacon roll for some started the weekends InterMediate sea kayaking and turning was a focus. The planning and where we were going to paddle was down totally to the group. Trearddur Bay to Rhoscolyn and back, was the groups plan.
Once on the water, focus was on inside turns, ten bow rudder, cross deck and then blending, to an inside turn to get more out of the turn.
Jon working his way through one of the channels ...
Jon keeping eye contact with me as Tracy and Keith paddle through ...
Andy with some brief action ....
The White Arch was blocked due to lack of water, so we were unable to paddle right through, but it was still worth it looking back out ...
We were now 4 hours into the ebb, and I was surprised just how calm and silky it was. We had a 9.7mt spring tide so despite the time ...
Back close in for some movement, with Sonja above .... and now time for lunch ..
Heading back we picked up on a short and small section of the flood tide and did a short piece of towing and working with the flow, before heading back to or start point.
Sunday - The forecast had changed from the previous day and so our plan did also. SE 4/5 increasing 5/6 East. A down wind run from gallows point to Menai Bridge and a play in the Swellies ... but were was the wind. A live forecast was saying F3 NW!!
Jon heading down the Straits with the hills and mountains of Snowdonia clad in cloud!
Tracy working one of the shoots .... and we certainly had flow ...
Andy and then Jon ....
Jon hitting the flow ...and riding it through, without a low brace and channel speed with down stream edge ...
The wind never arrived but at the end of the day, to be in the Straits without the wind blowing, was great. We had some lunch and ten eddy hoped our way back up to Menai Bridge and look forward to hot chocolates at Dylan's ;)
Roger
www.coastalspirit.com
intermediate sea kayaking
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paddling in current
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