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23.4.2021: Friday experiment
23.4.2021: Friday experiment
This week’s objective was to experiment a whole new idea: would it be possible to squeeze in a paddling session during lunchbreak? The…
W Chiu
Apr 23, 2021
17.4.2021: Getting back in the neighhourhood
17.4.2021: Getting back in the neighhourhood
First log in quite a while. I took the day off to paddle. It wasn’t a sunny day. It was force 3 according to Windy. It turned out to be a…
W Chiu
Apr 17, 2021
8.11.2020: The “Green and White”
8.11.2020: The “Green and White”
There was only one purpose for the day: to test the Hurricane before the purchase. It looked a little old — no surprise — and was in the…
W Chiu
Nov 11, 2020
01.11.2020: Paddle with Tony
01.11.2020: Paddle with Tony
Two club OCs have been delivered to Emerald Bay, and I thought I would paddle on one of them around Sharp Island or something, but I ended…
W Chiu
Nov 1, 2020
26.10.2020: I have my own boat storage space at Emerald Bay
26.10.2020: I have my own boat storage space at Emerald Bay
The day’s primary purpose was to meet Martha at DWB and go to Emerald Bay to check out the storage space offered by the Club. It was such…
W Chiu
Oct 30, 2020
18.10.2020: I named my boat Hangyodon
18.10.2020: I named my boat Hangyodon
It felt like a very long time since I last paddled on my OC1*. (It was actually just two weeks ago.) Before putting the boat into water, I…
W Chiu
Oct 19, 2020
3.10.2020: when I went to St Stephen’s Beach
3.10.2020: when I went to St Stephen’s Beach
OC1 launch at 9am from VRC. Made it to St Stephen’s at around 10am. It was again force 5–6 conditions, but I didn’t see rougher water…
W Chiu
Oct 4, 2020
27.9.2020: when I put my beautiful, new paddle in the water for the first time
27.9.2020: when I put my beautiful, new paddle in the water for the first time
I returned to the VRC for a 11am launch. It was force 5–6 condition, and apparently there is no such thing as a condition that is too…
W Chiu
Sep 28, 2020
24.8.2020: when a good tan saved the day
24.8.2020: when a good tan saved the day
Surf ski launch at 11.45am from To Dei Wan. I didn’t want to. VRC was still locked down. I couldn’t start earlier because I needed to be…
W Chiu
Aug 24, 2020
8.8.2020: when a buoy ball damaged the rudder
8.8.2020: when a buoy ball damaged the rudder
OC1. 8am launch from the VRC. The plan was to paddle with Martha and meet Jeremy outside the satellite dish at 9am. It was a Saturday and…
W Chiu
Aug 9, 2020
26.7.2020: when I went to Lo Tik Wan
26.7.2020: when I went to Lo Tik Wan
OC1. 8am start. It was another very hot day. Wind at force 4. I followed a plan this time: I turned right towards Ap Lei Chau past the…
W Chiu
Jul 26, 2020
19.7.2020: when crossing the channel feels routine
19.7.2020: when crossing the channel feels routine
OC1. 8.15am launch from VRC. Mostly sunny weather with force 4. VRC was in lockdown mode amid CV19. The changing room and the shower room…
W Chiu
Jul 19, 2020
12.7.2020: when I am reminded why I like to paddle solo
12.7.2020: when I am reminded why I like to paddle solo
OC1. 7.50am launch at VRC. Force 3 and very hot. I paddled towards Sok Ku Wan on Lamma across the channel. The water continued to be…
W Chiu
Jul 12, 2020
5.7.2020: when I got stuck between two containers
5.7.2020: when I got stuck between two containers
OC1. VRC launch at 7.50 am. Force 3. It was cloudy at first, then the sun came out mid way, and gusty shower towards the end. The water…
W Chiu
Jul 5, 2020
1.7.2020: when I needed to scrub the boat
1.7.2020: when I needed to scrub the boat
OC1. Launch at VRC at 7.50am. Force 2, calm water, but not sunny. It’s a public holiday with such nice weather, and with a bad weather…
W Chiu
Jul 1, 2020
26.6.2020: when I outran the rainstorm
26.6.2020: when I outran the rainstorm
OC1. 10.30am VRC launch. Force 4 and cloudy. I expected a choppy day and so I followed the usual conservative route through the channel…
W Chiu
Jun 26, 2020
24.6.2020: when I got into the “flow”
24.6.2020: when I got into the “flow”
OC1. Launched from the VRC at 10am. Force 4 and a bit cloudy. The day was most notably a Wednesday, and I had the entire day off. This was…
W Chiu
Jun 24, 2020
20.6.2020: what I had in my pocket
20.6.2020: what I had in my pocket
Surf ski. 7am. From To Dei Wan. Force 3 and very nice weather. Water was all calm until you hit the headland. Paddling with Jeremy. 8.8km…
W Chiu
Jun 19, 2020
16.6.2020: why I needed a break on the beach
16.6.2020: why I needed a break on the beach
OC1. 9.30 am at the VRC. Force 4 with mostly low hanging clouds. Warm and breezy.
W Chiu
Jun 15, 2020
1.5.2020: when I tried to remember how to move a ski
1.5.2020: when I tried to remember how to move a ski
Ski. To Dei Wan. 8am. Force 2. Water was very calm. High UV despite overcast. I could feel it on my skin. But the wind was cold.
W Chiu
Jun 13, 2020
13.6.2020: when I paddled as a club member for the first time
13.6.2020: when I paddled as a club member for the first time
OC1. 7.30am start. Force 3. First day at VRC as a member. No one knows who the heck I was but I showed up with a paddle and had no problem…
W Chiu
Jun 13, 2020
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