Jim Handles the Chop

Jim Handles the Chop, originally uploaded by jmharper.

Heading out from Oyster harbor, we were sure to paddle against the wind. This way, once we were tired, the wind would help us back to the put-in.

Where the water was more open, and the wind had a bit of reach, things got a little choppy. We met waves up to a foot and a half in height. It was tough keeping your balance when your bow would go out of the water and get blown a foot to the right.

Jim is shown paddling in calmer water- still choppy, but easier to navigate.