Dave (beard and long pants), Sir Derek (competent and shark repellant ) , Estelle (with her Kayak), Ian (nervous), Barbara (chatty) and another guy (?) (yellow kayak - apologies!) and I (under the weather) pitched for the paddle.
The wind was blowing South Easterly - I would guess about 30 -35 km/h.
I think Ian is still a bit apprehensive with his boat and did not venture past the Bullnose. He messed about in Simons Bay.
Quite a lot of clapotis off the harbour wall.
We paddled the normal route towards Seaforth and Ark Rock. Barbara and I weren't feeling up to the upwind paddle so we pulled into Boulders and sat it out while the others went as far as Steve's house. We picked them up on the way back. Quite a few Penguins. The swell was smallish but you could get a reasonable surf with a bit of effort. Derek took the wide route back in and the rest of us stuck fairly close inshore. All in all a good paddle.
The wind dropped to virtually nothing after we landed. Estelle, Barbs, Dave and I had a few drinks and enjoyed a skinder about quite a few of the other paddlers in our esteemed circle. Deposit money in my bank account if you want to know what was said. I have another secret Blog for that purpose.
Best regards to you all and a peaceful and safe Christmas to you and your families.
Paul
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