Sun 22/03-2015 Day 817

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trip days left: 41
straight distance left: 1317 km
Pos: here
Loc: Lagoa dos Patos
Acc: tent
Dist: 8,8 km
Start: 6:30 End: 09:20

I didn’t last long this morning…sure the wind wind was still headwind, around 13-15 knots from sw, blowing still the waves in a wide low surf belt onshore. I was hoping to paddle in the relatively calm shallow channel between the breakers on the first and second sandbank which I mostly,about 70 %, did. When the channel closed up, the small but frequent breakers were quite annoying to make some reasonable speed in the headwind. Not really pleasant paddling, I know those kind of shallow sand bank waves from the Guyanas. Going out behind the low breaker zone was not inviting either with rough and bumpy water. I was fighting my way along the shore, at least pleased to see one more of those strange beaver- like animals in the water, and one more emu on the land.

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The wind didn’t really change, neither did the waves, my speed was around 3,5 km/h only, and I decided after almost three hours this is not worth the effort. I am hoping for lower winds tomorrow, the wind “tide” at least was already getting lower with pushing the water high up the shore. Now less waves or even back to the dead calm sea on an off shore wind direction, and I can make reasonable headway!

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It breezed up to even 20 knots around noon when I had already my tent upon a small grassy but high spot, late afternoon around 4 pm it went down again to 12 knots and with a slight turn from sw to due south now going along instead of blowing directly on the coast with already much lower breakers.

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I did at least a due repair job to exchange a zipper slider not closing the zipper anymore. A fumbling job on a double zipper, and I managed only one of them to get back in position. I would need four hands to get the second one on.But I can live with it for now. Besides that, not much to do but reading and beach walking. Not really exciting…40 days left!!! If the forecast picture for the week I have on my mind didn’t change too much, I should have good wind direction at least for the next five days.

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Barbara
You are right but in same farms the use to have also Emus as bussiness.
Freya I wish you better sail conditions.
Please if you need same support in Rio Grande send my a small mail.
Alles Gute-.

randall lackey

We actually have farmers raising Emu here in Alabama;U.S.A. but of course they are not native to here.

Barbara G.

Your emu must have been a rhea (or Nandu as they are called in Germany) – to see emus you would have to paddle to Australia 🙂

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