Mad bastard No polar bears I hope!

A few, sat on top of the ice flows and busy fishing!

Make them tuff in the Gorge

YES, Roo is back on the water!! . 

Strikes me that the 100 rule is a bit arbitrary and pushing it a little. But for someone that is never in the water it is obviously doable .

There's a actually a bit more to today's story. On my last run out, had decided to pack when I got back, I ended up spending half an hour in the water after the rig sank, was over on the Washington side as the wind picked up, nearly 2 miles from launch. Had a hell of a time getting waterstarted and no chance of rescue. Hands were a bit cold when finally got going again but decided to bin the session after I got back to the beach. Only time I fell all day. Had thermals under the 5/4 westsuit and hood so pretty toasty! Note to self fit an uphaul next time. No one else out and no boats, lucky the polar bears didn't get me.

OMG you are even harder than I thought, I need a 20kg pack of cement to ingest

Roo you'll probably hate me for this, but when in Albany, after sailing along a 2 km stretch of dead flat water, the Lilacs magic carpet ride, while verbally exchanging the thrill of the run with my partner in crime Sammy the Snail, I noticed the water temp was warmer than the air temp, so I laid down in it to warm up a bit

Gee, decided to bin the session after spending only half an hour in the 41F water due to light wind, you think?!  As you know, I would have been freaking out of my mind long before half an hour was up. Yes, sometimes uphauls are useful . 

Glad you made it back! Makes me once again appreciate the completely benign conditions of Lac Bay!!

Wasn't light wind, was f&^%ing strong with big waves breaking over the rig!

Yes Hardie I do hate you for that, not the warm water but the 2km of flat!

Ah, my mistake. I just assumed uphauls are for light wind. Guess they are also good for keeping connected with the rig when you are getting hammered . 
I correct my previous statement about me freaking out long before 1/2 hour is up to me freaking out in about a minute .

When it gets warmer you'd love it Barton. Long, long runs and nice grassy area to rig on next to a nice hotel with beachside bar/restaurant. Just like Bonnaire!

Roo have a look at the mandurah mob session of 03/02/18, photos have been posted and you can see the Lilacs magic carpet ride, the run its just to the Lee of the yellow patch of weed in the foreground

Saw them mate, jealous as anything. Weed is now legal here in Oregon and Washington but not that type!

Roo have a look at photos of 02/02/18 of the 37nm day, shows a better perspective of the run, what its actually like