Craw (4307km):
3998 days ago 2 categories Melville beach "Craw V's the flying stingray"I won I think?
7.2 h2r,118 jp supersport,38 jp ss fin
todays mission was to get some K's on the clock so top speeds were not the priority,as have been a bit slack in the K department since snapping my forearm in August.hit the 60 k mark at 6pm and started to head back to shore so as to save some arm power for tomorrows session,and then it happened......................just as I was doing my last downwind run to the beach travelling at about 28.5 knots when something(the ray) LEPT OUTA THE WATER! about a meter high right in my path and slamed across my shins and then back into the water.I keept sailing back to shore yellin WTHF? WTHF?with a nice bit of pain coming from my back foot.trudged up the beach with a nice oozing of blood gushing outa my foot with every step.
So off to Freo hospital I go ,only in there for an hour,lotsa flushing out of the wound and taped it together,thankfully just a clean slash from the barb so it should heal up well/quick.must check my footstrap as i think it saved my foot from a longer slash.
Thanks to the bloke who wrapped me foot up on the beach ,there'll be beers for you tomorrow.
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