“kayak sailing and trolling” my first experience."
Here is the report. I put in at Remley’s just under the Ravennel bridge. The tide was ripping out the river. The wind was blowing out the river. If I had wanted to I could have been at the mouth of the river/harbor exit in minutes. As this was my first time, I tried to go across the river and not head out. With the wind and tide hauling, I ended up a bit south east anyway.
After I crossed the river I turned around. It was stressful. The river/tide was hauling full force. The kayak, with me pedalling and sailing, was barely moving. It seemed in the center, to be moving so slowly. Eventually I made headway and pulled alongside the long pier there. I continued on, and once past the heavy tide, was able to make a bit of progress heading west back towards the launch point. While in that protected bay I ran into Ddolson. I felt a lot safer having a friend nearby.
The sail did not transport me effortlessly as I had dreamed. Quite the opposite, it was difficult to manage it and fishing and safety and everything involved. The kayak sailed very slowly in winds 5-10 mph. Any much more, and it might have been dangerous. Once or twice I felt in a bit of danger as the yak tilted over, but I leaned against it and let the sail go slack, spilling the wind out of the sail.
You really should have amas for this thing. I will get them. In my opinion a yak is not a sailboat and does not do it well. I have owned a 30 & 39’ sailboats and know how to sail. Yaks are designed for rivers, lakes etc. not the open ocean.
My cam cleats I installed didn’t work, because of the position of the sail, being almost above the cam cleats vs. the imagine forwards which is the direction I installed them. They will have to be moved to work.
I didn’t catch any fish, despite trolling a yozuri along for awhile.
Darrel caught a nice flounder. If I had known where the fish were I would have caught something maybe. I need to spend more time on the water. Still my