Apalachee River to Tensaw River 2006 XIX
Sunday, March 12, 2006 brint.adams@us.army.mil
The wind died down completely from yesterday, leaving the bay relatively flat this morning. There was still a pretty quickly receding tide and at 7:30 AM, under sunny skies, it was already 76 degrees. I got off to a fast start, tracking right down the center of Pass Picada to take advantage of the current. I made the Apalachee River turn in 6:56 and back in 15:08, passing a leisurely paddling single kayaker.
I pushed on by with only a nod and on to the Causeway, between the bridges and to the Tensaw River. My splits were 10:13, 9:58 and 8:51. On the way back, the sun was a little higher and hotter, so I ducked in under one of the Interstate bridges for as far as I could, before cutting back out into Chacalooche Bay. A Sheriff's Deputy boat pulled slowly past me as they were still searching for the third (last) missing fisherman from last week's tragedy. My return splits were 10:39 and 9:50 with a total time of 58:26 at 6.2 mph.
(Later note: the last of the three fishermen came to the surface on the Blakeley River sometime Sunday, so all have been recovered. I am not sure if they are going to try and locate the boat or not).
The wind died down completely from yesterday, leaving the bay relatively flat this morning. There was still a pretty quickly receding tide and at 7:30 AM, under sunny skies, it was already 76 degrees. I got off to a fast start, tracking right down the center of Pass Picada to take advantage of the current. I made the Apalachee River turn in 6:56 and back in 15:08, passing a leisurely paddling single kayaker.
I pushed on by with only a nod and on to the Causeway, between the bridges and to the Tensaw River. My splits were 10:13, 9:58 and 8:51. On the way back, the sun was a little higher and hotter, so I ducked in under one of the Interstate bridges for as far as I could, before cutting back out into Chacalooche Bay. A Sheriff's Deputy boat pulled slowly past me as they were still searching for the third (last) missing fisherman from last week's tragedy. My return splits were 10:39 and 9:50 with a total time of 58:26 at 6.2 mph.
(Later note: the last of the three fishermen came to the surface on the Blakeley River sometime Sunday, so all have been recovered. I am not sure if they are going to try and locate the boat or not).
posted by brint @ 8:41 PM
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