Rowing

 

My great grandfather, Alfred Hudson, was captain of the Cork Firebrigade and I have always had a soft spot for anything Cork related. So the Cork Harbour Rowing Festival, and it's virtual spin off "5 miles from home" caught my eye. The idea is,you row an out and back 5 mile course and capture the gps track. http://oceantocity.com/

I got the Skerry outyesterday and today to put in some experimental miles. At the moment I can row at an average of 3 knots for a couple of miles. But I am seriously stuffed afterwards. If I could keep that going over 5 miles, it would take me an 1hr 40 minutes. Which is towards the slower end of the virtual field. I will need to put in some serious training to achieve that I think.

Today we rowed from local beach to dog beach. Ozzie made a grand entrance and had a great time tearing around. He was tired coming home. We had a picnic on the boat, anchored off the reef. About 3.5 NM. A really nice day though. I am going to get a new wheel for my trolley, to make the wheeling down part as easy as it can be.