Well last night was certainly exciting. Four of us headed out; Sheila, Brain, Ed and myself. When we arrived at the dock they were busy lifting 2 boats out of the water, but we had plenty of room to launch. We also had plenty of wind and waves! We headed out of the harbor and onto the ocean. The waves were forcing us into the rocks and the wind all over the place. At one point Sheila went into a wave trough and just plain disappeared! However, no one went over and we manged to navigate our way back into the harbor. We started towards Salem, but cooler heads prevailed, namely Sheila and Brain, and we headed back into the harbor, after circumnavigating Brown island, and spent the next hr or so rowing much calmer conditions. It was still a lot of fun and the practice proved quite useful for everyone.
The traveling Shirt made it to Hawaii. Attached our two photos: Kapoho tide pools, Lower Puna Hawaii and after our out rigger row (note; the extra person is "Uncle Jesse" our coach,
guide, navigator and historian) the other 4 crew members are not pictured. But what a hoot is was! We rowed about 1-3 miles all told.
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