Everything was perfect, except for the unsettling offshore winds.
Day 123, Mar 30 2010
The very winds that had flattened the seas threatened to reach an unmanageable strength of 30 knots according to the forecast. Even staying close to shore in the lieu of the coast does not offer complete protection and can even be more difficult to manage in that they can be swirl in strong gusts and tend to be unpredictable. They tend to funnel down onto the water through the ravines that cut their way between the steep hills and cliffs and can be extremely unbalancing as they hit side-on.
It was not an easy decision because it was a sunny day and the seas were extremely flat with a very small swell for this part of the coast. I was possibly taking the easy way out but nor did I have any desire to be blown out to sea, back towards Australia.
Damon and I relocated to a small cabin closer to the beach known as Sunset Beach. It would be a simpler task to enable me to put to sea from this spot than the more distant campground.
Sam, a lifeguard from the Sunset Beach Surf Lifesaving Club, kindly collected the kayak from the campground with the use of a quad bike and trailer. We stored the kayak in the Club’s grounds overnight.
The very winds that had flattened the seas threatened to reach an unmanageable strength of 30 knots according to the forecast. Even staying close to shore in the lieu of the coast does not offer complete protection and can even be more difficult to manage in that they can be swirl in strong gusts and tend to be unpredictable. They tend to funnel down onto the water through the ravines that cut their way between the steep hills and cliffs and can be extremely unbalancing as they hit side-on.
It was not an easy decision because it was a sunny day and the seas were extremely flat with a very small swell for this part of the coast. I was possibly taking the easy way out but nor did I have any desire to be blown out to sea, back towards Australia.
Damon and I relocated to a small cabin closer to the beach known as Sunset Beach. It would be a simpler task to enable me to put to sea from this spot than the more distant campground.
Sam, a lifeguard from the Sunset Beach Surf Lifesaving Club, kindly collected the kayak from the campground with the use of a quad bike and trailer. We stored the kayak in the Club’s grounds overnight.
