Bob has spent considerable time over the last four years looking for the perfect dinghy to use both at home and during our land-based travels. We’ve tried something new (to us) each year. Last year it was a porta-bote, a folding 12-foot dinghy with a 5hp motor. We also brought along a cheap inflatable kayak. You can read about our frustrating and amusing day of going around in circles HERE.
This year we brought a double Hobie Kayak that can both be paddled like a conventional kayak, or pedaled with flipper-like devices that pass through the hull and are powered by pedals like on a bike. It works great, and Bob, who really doesn’t enjoy paddling and currently isn’t running because of recent knee surgery, pedals happily. Cathryn, who is already running two days out of every three, instead paddles, getting an upper body workout.
We went out this morning in absolutely flat water and kayaked for a couple of hours. We explored the north end of the bay and saw a number of small tropical fish, starfish and sea urchins, even a few small coral heads, on the sand below our boat.
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