Over to Derrick:
Well ! there are those who know just how it went off and there are those who just can’t wait to find out!
Those interested enough, would have been looking at Wind Guru or Wind Finder, just to see what to do or not to do or just to see what the intrepid rowers would do.
For one, the weather forecasts have always been pretty good but never spot on; my goodness how could they ever be 110% correct, it just seemed a bit unfair or something.
28 to 32 Knot gusting north-westerly Wind, Rain and poor visibility. That was not all, we even had the bounce off the harbour walls to make a very nice whipped cream effect as a topping!
The Kayakers abandoned ship on the Saturday afternoon and cancelled the event, but what about the rowers; Coastal Rowers are made of sterner stuff and we had a 100% turn out.
And what is to be said for those folk? Commitment and Integrity personified, they all pitched, and on time too!! Smiles, shaking heads, nodding heads, rolling eyes, the whole Toot; they had come to test the resolution of each other and the legend of the Sea Double.
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