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| Jas and Benny enjoying the calm waters |
For our first big ocean trial of the boats we paddled to Rottnest and back. The weather was very kind to us with an easterly blowing us over and only a slight southerly for the return. We averaged 9km/hr on the way over. On the way back we played around with the pairings and discovered whoever went with Rosco was fastest. From then on he was considered the secret weapon.
Overall a lot more successful than our first paddle in the boats when Jas and Tim sunk while paddling out of the heads at Fremantle after not thinking to put the neoprene covers on the bulkheads. Definitely a reality check and a low point in our preparations so far, although Terry from CDU found it pretty amusing that the 5 of us were hoping to paddle to Tassie but couldn't even manage Freo without getting in trouble. The paddle ended in the boys swimming their boats to shore with Benny and I making feeble attempts at a rescue (definatly some serious training in that area needed).
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