Sorry I have missed a few days, so lets recap!
Arrived back at dads Sunday night and went out Monday morning, but kept it relatively short as I had Canoe Polo that night. Which was awesome, two and half hours of solid insanity. It ends around ten a o clock, already an hour after my usual bed time, and we didn't get home until eleven... So I did not go out Tuesday morning but went for a long paddle that afternoon going from Petone just off Matiu then down to Makaro island then back up to Days Bay. This is the longest solo paddle I've done in the harbour, and it was great, the swell picked up and was going with me all the way to Makaro, and I was practicing surfing them in my big boat which was really fun and gives kind of little breaks as you travel their face.
This morning, when we got to Petone it was still dark, unkayakably so. We had to wait about twenty or so minutes before it was light enough to paddle (see last photo for lightness). I went around Matiu again and for the first time kayaked through the dawn. When I started it was still basically dark and by the time I got back it was light. As I was paddling out to the island I had a light breeze and when I rounded the Southern face of Matiu I was slapped in the face by a much more hearty breeze which was quite hard work to push into. I mused in my head about just turning out of it and going to Wellington, but pushed back to Petone all the same
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Picture of Makaro with my new little camera.
Trip on the gps. 12.3km.
Wednesday morning. Street lights make it look a little lighter than it is.