A mid-week adventure

Trip from Wembury to Stock Gabriel, along the south Devon coast and up the river Dart.
around 40 mile unsupported overnighter , left Wembury at 1545 on Tuesday the 16th of July, arrive at Stock Gabriel at 1300 on Wednesday 17th.

I fixed up a few patches from the board sitting out side for the winter. added some foot patches and some elastic cord to strap gear down with.

equipment....

the view of the deck, map used, it was mad it up by 'cut and paste' on paint shop, it meant that some of the legs were longer than I was expecting......

early on, a view from my board, between Wembury Beach and Stock Beach  

'a hot and sweaty selfy', i think i got through about 6 liter of fluid and finshed slightly dehydrated... 

arriving at the beach where i stayed  just as thesun was setting, just east of Salcome

camp, you can just about make out the board in the middle of the screen

  early leave, 0600




                     sun up between prawle  and start point

rounding start point, just before it got hetic, there was a good bit of tidal race whiping round the last part of the headland, pushing me south, out to sea, half an hour of hard paddling to Stockenham to get out of the main effect....

fini, me finishing, you can see the board is sitting pretty low in the water, 

the plywood bulk head are rotten (should have treated them on the build) I think the board might be nearing the end of it usable life, it took on a fair bit of water, I could feel the water inside and the stablity begining to go, having to sponge out water every 30 minute or so.

A fun mid week adventure