Why do we do it to ourselves?????
In a vane attempt to get a little bit more fit..... make that just
fit.....
I purchased a fun little machine called a Hobie Outback Kayak.
Wow these things are fun. That is until your body starts screaming at you
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!!"
I tell you, its worse than the missus after I get home late from a night
on
the town with the boys!!!
Now, hours later, my body is just gloating at me and saying "Suffer in ya
jocks!!"
I actually attached a friend of mines sail unit to the Kayak today to see
how it would go. That's when you realise that you have not twisted and
turned your body in certain ways for a number of years, and it lets you
know
about it!!
I thought both the sail unit, and the pedal flippers were both a bit of a
gimmick. How wrong I was.
The pedal flippers actually propel you faster than the padal, and the sail
actually overpowered the kayak dramatically. Mind you it was blowing
10knots
with 15 knot bullets coming through.
In the 5 knot lulls the Kayak handles great and the sail actually got the
thing moving quite well. At 10 knots it started to round up and with a
couple of the 15 knot bullets I found myself swimming!!!
Honestly, I have not capsized anything with a sail since..... well
since...... since I owned my last Hobie!!!
Maybe I should stick to the bigger boats! the body certainly doesn't
complain as much afterwards!!
Ah what the heck, the new Hobie Kayak is a great little fun machine and
the
old saying says No pain No gain.
Now if I can just get my wife to help me up out of this chair and into bed
I
should be OK!!!
Garry
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If your going through Hell.......
Just drive straight through it, don't slow down!
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