Long paddle with the whole crew


On Sunday 22 Feb we all met at Norah Head after an early rise and committed to a “long paddle”.  In the end we were on the water non-stop for 8.5 hours and clocked up around 53 km.  We basically tracked down the coast from Norah Head to Terrigal and back.

Some highlights:

  • paddling through a huge pod of dolphins that were going flat out in the opposite direction
  • perfect paddling weath/conditions, with some fantastic coasline
  • feeling pysically in good shape at the end of the day
  • testing (and finding beneficial) a piece of foam on my seat
  • we were the most disciplined yet in terms of paddling together, and taking regular hourly breaks/snacks…it definately paid off in terms of maintaining genergy levels
  • successfully completing some Eskimo rolls after more than 50km and 8.5 hours in th …

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