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Kayaking this morning, a walk to Onetahuti bay in the afternoon, then a drink with a weka in the evening.
weka
We kayaked 7km in 3 hours, which makes me feel a bit like @thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz except it's a third of their speed but it felt like a long way!
Also, does anyone know what this shell is? It was reasonably big, about 20cm longways.
shell
What boat did they put you in, just out of interest?
I'm afraid I don't know the right words, so I'll try to describe it. They were 2 people kayaks, one in front and one in back with a rudder controlled by the person at the back. You sat inside them, not on top, and we wore a thingy that goes around your waist and over the kayak hole to keep your toes dry. There were 4 couples, plus the guide.
Apparently the tide was perfect, we got a boost into the inlet with the last of the incoming tide, then a boost out when the tide turned. It was a tour so we stopped and talked about this or that regularly, and we also stopped on a beach for coffee so it's not like we were paddling for those 3 hours, and it was a pretty casual pace checking out the scenery.
So a sit in double. Was it a plastic or composite boat?
Not sure how to tell, sorry! But my guess would be plastic.