I circumnavigated Matiu/Somes Island today. As I was getting near to actually doing it I had to really push myself. About a quarter of the way around I started imagining what could actually happen if I had to emergency exit out of my boat, because I couldn't see Petone at this point and was a little exhausted. So my thoughts were if I had to swim to Matiu and a shark came up and ate me, there would be no body or anything - no one would know what happened at all. Then I was like, that would have to be a pretty huge shark so maybe just a foot or something. And then having to swim to the island. But even if you lost a foot you would probably bleed out and I didn't have anything to tie a tourniquet with. Anyway I pushed those thoughts out of my mind and continued around. By the time I was around the island the air had warmed enough that the wind had picked up substantially and it was hard work getting back into the lee of Peteone where it was a calmer, then it was just a matter of powering back to shore.
C
