
I know this stretch reasonably well but it was very misty with light drizzle and with my glasses covered in raindrops the visibility for me was awful. I will definately have contact lenses in next time.
Crew 2 did very well in the dark and coped well with navigation, lock portaging and the fast flowing river. The Ace Explorer is slower than the Waterman by about 0.25 knot but a lot tougher. I took a wrong turn at one stage and while moving across the river to get back on track the current stuffed us into an island and the Waterman made a crunching sound. From the damage it looks like a square post punched a hole in the side of the boat. Luckily for us the damage was all above the water line.
The carbon fibre kevlar repair kit has arrived and it should be pretty straight forward to repair the hole.
We covered the 16 miles at an average of 5.8 miles an hour but both boats could easily have done it at an average of 6.5 miles an hour with better portaging.
Everyone had upgraded their clothing for this trip and nobody got cold. Overall a very useful trip for all of us.
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