South Coast and Titahi Bay — Kayak Crossing Raukawa Moana Cook Strait

This week has been a bit slow I haven't done that much kayaking unfortunately, apart from polo on Monday night and a small one last night.

I played A-Grade again at polo and at half time, about nine thirty, dad comes over and tells me that, the bad news is that I have to get up early tomorrow but the good news is I am going out into the strait on a fishing boat! So I get up at five after about six hours sleep, go out to the marina in Seeview and jump on this boat. Off we went out of the harbour and down the south coast to their nets. We pulled up and then set six nets and they had about 300kg of fish in them all up.

It was really cool to see the strait from that side of the island, I usually see it from up Kapiti way. You can really see the tides rushing around the rocks down there.

I was pretty tired already, so when I got home about three o-clock I crashed for an hour or two’s nap. I was going to see Andy from Canoe and Kayak NZ, and basically audition to see whether I can use his four and half thousand dollar boat. He is really cool, and drilled into me some safety things and taught me a technique for getting back in my boat from the water called the John Wayne.

Anyway so the long and short of it is he said yes! I could use his boat on the condition that id I break it I buy it, which is fair. We are going out next week in, fingers crossed, rougher weather.

Today I am cracking out a bunch of my research for my document. It should be up on here soon after I compile some stuff.

Happy Easter, if I don’t write again before Monday. I will be going for a long paddle this weekend so will have something soon.

C

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