Apalachee River to Causeway 2005 LV
Friday, August 5, 2005 brint.adams@us.army.mil
After tropical storm-like thunderstorms swirling into the bay from the east and northeast every afternoon for the past week, we finally got a break which gave me a window to get in a workout paddle. I put in at Riverdocs at 5:00 PM with under partly cloudy skies, 80 degrees and a northerly breeze. The water level was fairly low with the tide still falling.
The current heading east down Pass Picada was following, as I passed the restaurants, including a large crowd out on Blue Gill's deck watching an airboat come in ahead of me. I made the turn at the Apalachee in 6:41 for a 7 mph pace. On the return, the lap time was 8:33 (5.5 mph) into the current. From there, I was out into the open bay, where I had to contend with the slight chop pushing me towards the south shore. Once I passed the culverts under the Causeway, the current changed and gave me a slight push up to 6.2 mph on to the bridge turnaround in 33:07.
Heading back was quite a bit rougher starting out into the current and with the chop starting to worsen, I slowed down to 5.3 mph, until I reached the culvert again. From there with the current reversed, I used the push to build my pace back up to 6.4 mph and finish up the last leg home in a total time of 51:15. It was not a particularly notable time, but it was a good workout after not being able to get on the water since Sunday. So, for that I was grateful.
After tropical storm-like thunderstorms swirling into the bay from the east and northeast every afternoon for the past week, we finally got a break which gave me a window to get in a workout paddle. I put in at Riverdocs at 5:00 PM with under partly cloudy skies, 80 degrees and a northerly breeze. The water level was fairly low with the tide still falling.
The current heading east down Pass Picada was following, as I passed the restaurants, including a large crowd out on Blue Gill's deck watching an airboat come in ahead of me. I made the turn at the Apalachee in 6:41 for a 7 mph pace. On the return, the lap time was 8:33 (5.5 mph) into the current. From there, I was out into the open bay, where I had to contend with the slight chop pushing me towards the south shore. Once I passed the culverts under the Causeway, the current changed and gave me a slight push up to 6.2 mph on to the bridge turnaround in 33:07.
Heading back was quite a bit rougher starting out into the current and with the chop starting to worsen, I slowed down to 5.3 mph, until I reached the culvert again. From there with the current reversed, I used the push to build my pace back up to 6.4 mph and finish up the last leg home in a total time of 51:15. It was not a particularly notable time, but it was a good workout after not being able to get on the water since Sunday. So, for that I was grateful.
posted by brint @ 9:13 PM
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