Originally Posted by Silbaugh4liberty (Post 218098)

Some dude at the launch was like, "saw this guy get picked up by the lobster boat with a hobie outback, what's up with that", I just laughed was like, "I know". Then he said he had an x factor like mine before his outback and that they're a bitch to paddle. No wonder why it took me an hour longer than the outbacks!

Crazy day.

If anybody asks, I was just out there to work on the guns!!

Being sore today just means I got a great work out! ;)

Originally Posted by ful-rac (Post 218091)

Lucky somebody was there to rescue you guys...:eek:

We saw the conditions starting to turn, and we got the hell out of dodge quick. We got back to the beach just in time to see the lifeguard drop off the first victim.

Originally Posted by octico (Post 218101)

You're right those swells/waves were ridiculously big. They looked like 10 foots swells :eek:, probably smaller, they just look bigger at water level.

Dude, my legs are burning today. The current was strong, I would stop pedaling and speed was 3.2knots (backwards) and 1.2knots moving forward.

Originally Posted by octico (Post 218102)

You were there? What time did you leave?

Originally Posted by ful-rac (Post 218121)

I think we were back on the beach about 11 or so.

Originally Posted by FISH11 (Post 218084)

Note worthy? At least you guys weren't the couple of kayakers that needed to be saved by the CG (or where you?). I was out last Tuesday and when the wind picked up it kept blowing me south west. After numerous times of paddling back out and north and drifting again, the wind and current kept getting stronger and was very tiring to paddle against. When finally calling it a day I started heading back the GPS showed the on normal paddling I was almost not moving. When paddling with a lot more effort I was moving 1.4 to 1.7 MPH, normally that would be about 4 to 5 MPH. It took 2 1/2 times longer than normal to paddle in and the wind was maybe only about 16 to 17 MPH. The wind reports for today where crazy and tomorrow after maybe 10 am is almost as bad. I live in the mountains and surprisingly there is almost no wind up here. I'm thinking of maybe hitting Lake Cuyamaca tomorrow instead of LJ.

Originally Posted by ful-rac (Post 218121)

I think we were back on the beach about 11 or so.

Originally Posted by ful-rac (Post 218121)

I think we were back on the beach about 11 or so.

Originally Posted by Silbaugh4liberty (Post 218146)

Damn, lucky bastard

Originally Posted by ful-rac (Post 218121)

I think we were back on the beach about 11 or so.

Originally Posted by cell128 (Post 218162)

I was one of the victims. I got carried away drifted out way too far south. Coming back making slow progress got real ugly. Good thing I just got a new vhf. Was going to use it last resort if I flipped but that lobster boat rolled up on me and offered a free ride....sweet. Went around looking for a few other guys but couldn't find them. One of them also got dragged in by a jet ski. Lesson learned. Respect weather reports and try to stay close to your group...