With the time change comes earlier light and wake-up time.\u00a0 Awoke at 0700 this AM & tried to sneak around the house so as not to wake SAM.\u00a0 Made peanut butter & black berry jelly toast, checked email and folded some clothes I washed Sunday night.<\/p>\n
Everyone was up around 0800 and we goofed off for a time then I went for the mail and the box was full.\u00a0 I received the replacement Solar Shield sun glasses, SAM’s spray skirt for the new kayak, another package and several pieces of mail.<\/p>\n
After a time we went down to seeif the skirt fit and, of course, it did not.\u00a0 We came back up and I called Kayak Academy in WA with the bad news.Later in the day I returned it via USPS and sent an email with the correct cockpit dimensions and the Kokatat model I use.<\/p>\n
Lunch was in the oven and would take a while so we went kayaking on our lake.\u00a0 We made a couple of trips up and down the length of the lake into\/with a stiff breeze from the west.\u00a0 It seems like no matter how fast a boat we get I am always ahead.\u00a0 We practiced formation paddling into and against a slightly quartering wind.\u00a0 SAM’s kayak – a Perception Shadow – has a rudder and this is something new to learn.\u00a0 I am a bit worried that a dependancy will result and edging will not get its proper practice.<\/p>\n
The afternoon was spent trying to get parts to repair my Charleston’s skeg re-tractor guide that broke on the far aft end of the boat.\u00a0 I finally got it by myself just as the sun was sinking below the tree line.\u00a0 Probably not as good as new but almost and a heck of a lot stronger.\u00a0 I had to use one of those mechanics tools that has 4 arms that come out of a cable to reach from the hatch to the aft end to add a backing washer to the pop rivet that holds the replacement guide.\u00a0 For once on the boat(s) everything went right.<\/p>\n
I was a very busy guy today and am now tired but not ready for bed.\u00a0 More laundry to do and another blog to write with a tweet or two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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