Morning paddle at Balmoral / 風和日麗出海日

Usually, Balmoral Blast will have kayaking race every Sat., however, Balmoral Blast helped run a down wind ocean race from Monavale Basin to Long Reef this Sunday, the Sat. race was therefore cancelled. Andy and his mate had a short paddle down in Balmoral Beach still.
終於有個暖暖的週末我有勇氣跟Andy出海, 通常星期六是Balmoral Blast划船社團的練習日, 但因社團將在星期日協辦”順風競賽”, 星期六的活動因此取消, 但Andy跟他的社友還是前往伸展手腳.

It’s very nice day with clear sky and bright sunshine, while Andy and Peter kayaking into ocean, I strolled along Balmoral’s white sandy beach.
Balmoral Beach has two bays, with a rocky island in the middle, which provides a nice lookout point.
這天天氣非常好, Andy 跟Peter 奔向海水, 我則乾遊.
這個海灘很寬, 中間有個小島隔開兩邊, 小島有石橋, 石階供人登高遠眺.
這個海灘一到暖天非常熱門, 海邊還用網子隔出一個區塊當游泳池, 人, 魚分游 

In the next day, Andy headed to join the down wind ocean race, it was as beautiful a day as Sat., but in the middle of race, there came the hail storm, the hail the size of ice cubes make from the freezer, pouring out from sky, what a surprise!
Later on, a friend of Andy show a photo on facebook with kayak half filled of hail…
隔天, 又是一個大晴天, Andy前往參加”順風競賽”, 不料賽事進行到一半, 天氣竟然豬羊變色, 下起冰雹(這個字竟然唸: ㄅㄠ2 !!), 像從冰箱製冰盒裡倒出來的冰塊從天上叮叮咚咚的打在參賽者的頭上, 事後, 友人還在facebook上秀了裝了半滿船的冰雹的照片

coming out from car park and heads to the beach
從停車場把船載出來

a perfect day for kayaking!
今天是個很適合出海的好日子

right, let's go!
裝備檢查完畢, 出發囉!

after 10mins drive, here is Balmoral.
開車10分鍾, 來到 Balmoral 海灘

get the gear, head toward the ocean
扛著看起來很重, 但其實很輕的船下海囉!

where shall we head to, Peter?
彼德, 我們今天划到哪裡?

yes, to chowder bay then Fairlight sounds good
ok, 划到 Chowder Bay, 再轉到 Fairlight 回來
是個不錯的主意

paddle finished, here comes the cleaning routin...
練習完,  準備例行清洗工作

rinse off all the salty water
裝清水把海水都沖掉

then wipe off excessed water, time to head back for a good rest
用毛巾將水漬擦乾, 就打道回府了

Here is Andy's kayaking route at Balmoral Beach at 14Aug and Down Wind Race at 15Aug.
(ps. following maps show street rout, but Andy is kayaknig)
Andy 14, 15日的划船路線如下, 都在雪梨北邊, 你們可以Manly 海灘做指標.
(ps. 地圖只能標陸路, Andy 是走海路)

Balmoral (A) to Chowder Bay (B) to Fairlight (C), then back to Balmoral:


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Mona Vale to Long Reef:


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