First day of paddling

After 880km and 38 and a half hours riding on mountain bikes, today we get a taste for fast tides and high winds. It blew 25 plus all evening so we will be tested in seeking to get 65km of paddling behind us today. At least after our trailer fire we are not carrying any excess weight!

We rely on the Bureau of Meterology for our wind, tide and weather outlook. This mornings forecast, for our first long paddle day is testing (and hopefully favourable). Testing in that seas will be 1.2 to 1.7 metres with swells to 2.0 metres and winds to 30 knots. Favourable in that the winds are South Easterly. With a northward journey our challenge will be avoiding drifting too far west!

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  1. guy andrews
    Posted June 13, 2010 at 12:13 pm | Permalink

    David, John, Brian and Chris, Congrats on journey so far- I’m extremely envious of your adventure and I’m missing the mateship very much. Turns out my decision to stay behind has paid off with ongoing audition for the movie looking great. With you in spirit. Guy Andrews

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