Stan taking his Nordkapp for its first saltwater spinThe weather forecast the day before was 10 kms easterly wind. Plan A was to meet at Donovan's Irving and paddle in Chapel Arm.
I checked the forecast this morning and we were now promised easterly 30 kms gusting to 60 and rain. Lovely! On to plan B.
Stan, Steve and I decided plan B was a put-in in St. Philips and paddle north towards Bauline. Its not an exciting paddle at the best of times but it was a paddle. The first of the season for Steve and the first taste of saltwater for Stan's new Nordkapp. It blew hard at times, it rained, it was cold. It didn't feel like we went anywhere but we still paddled about 20 kms all told. Plan B turned out to be OK, ya gotta take what ya can get.
Tony :-)
Steve having his first paddle of 2009.
Steve enjoying the paddle today in spite of the rain. Neither of us complained and when we got back to the pit-in in St. Philips we enjoyed paddling in the rain so much we carried on down towards Topsail for another 3 kms or so before deciding to call it a day.
Over the shoulder shot of Stan, and the heavens opened up.
The dark rocks and the swollen sky with the paddler just looked like a nice composition.
An along the hull shot at water level makes Steve look farther away than he was. It was raining which made keeping the lens free of water difficult.
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