Ad and I have been paddling most mornings and all-in-all, it's gone very well. Due to reasons beyond our control we have got back into the Discovery as the K1's we have been paddling have not been available. All we have been doing is a quick 45 minute paddle each morning focussing purely on technique. Ad has got really comfortable in the Disco so it seemed time to move up a step an get into a wobblier boat, so today we went out for our first paddle in a Kirton Mystere. The first thing that was noticeable was how much more space Adam had in the back cockpit and the seats were a lot lower which would help lower our centre of gravity. The steering was also a lot lighter and more responsive which made my work considerably easier as we ploughed between Walton and Sunbury.We had a couple of wobbles as we pushed out but we put down some splash supports and once we got going the boat felt very stable and by the end of the 45 minutes we had stayed dry and it was another massive feather in Adam's cap. What was also noticeable was the fact that our lean seemed to have cured itself in this boat. I cannot say why but we think that a big part of it is our con=mbined core strength (or lack of!)
We still need to try to sort out our own boat for the race and Mystere's and Marsport Condor's second hand are as rare as rocking horse poo so we might have some problem getting hold of one. For now, we've got a club boat we can train in and we potentially have an exciting development which will hopefully come to fruition in the next week or so. In the meantime, I'm off to get my swiss ball out the garage.
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