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Working platform (for desalination pipelines?) 100 m off the high cliffs I was tempted to paddle underneath – it was just a touch too rough…   9 am: I decided I don’t like another ride like yesterday in today’s forecasted 3-4 meters seas. I’ll stay ashore today, and probably the next days as well, if the […]

    Nice Southerlies these days – and I’m heading north! This is how it looked like for everybody – including me… I felt a bit guilty to not have paddled the last two days, but having done the (very) necessary rudder installation…yes, the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday was all similar: Strong to stronger southerlies. 5-6, […]

my new rudder   The secrets of my epic 18x sport kayak…or some rumors about my boat? What am I actually paddling? Which layup is my boat? Which details did we add to the prodcution model? I am currently paddling a modified production model of the existing epic 18x sport kayak in the performance layup. The […]

Bulli Pool in the middle of the surf   The weather was marginal again that morning, again forecasted 25-35 kn following winds…I decided to stay in after the last 80 km-day and to get some rest and chores done. I checked if Andrew Divola, the boat builder who outfitted my boat already at the beginning […]

“Was bei uns die Schwäne, sind hier die Pelikäne…”   One thing I hate packing in the morning is a wet AND sandy tent… :-(( It was still raining on launching, I had to jump in wet gear from last night. My Polypro shirt and light windbreaker proves not to be enough those days! I […]

The look of the day – anti-seasickness clothpegs on both earlobes – they work! Plus PFD for warmth and security…   The forecast looked like a whole bunch of days off in a row – winds over 25-35 kn didn’t sound too inviting, though following… I already started to feel at home in my lovely […]

2 Lady’s Teams from the Mollymook Outrigger Canoe Club at Ulladulla Harbour   Yep, I need to give it a go this morning, I thought, though “smelling” outside the wind was still not too much down… The launch proved to be tricky on the surf beach, as a strong sidewash and surge pulled me sideways on […]

Crossing the Burrill Inlet to the parking lot, I was stepping almost on some of these 60 cm long stingrays…   I arrived at Burrill Beach last night in fully quiet wind and water, and it was still 100% quiet at 5 am when I was waking as usual… Shall I stay or shall I […]

 padddling topless for a while to get some sun on my sore skin…   I had to motivate myself today to get off the lovely Broullee Island, but the wind was quiet as a millpond early morning, so I needed to go…forcasted again stron headwind later in the day, see how far we’ll get…   It […]

a meeting on the water with a paddler of the other kind…   Launching this morning at about 8 am, hesitating to go at all, as upcoming strong headwinds were forecasted again. There was quite a crowd from the campsite gathering on my launching, as I was passing a promo card to my friendly neighbours and to […]