How to Plan your paddle adventure: 01- Reading the water

As we rounded Eaglehead for the last stretch, we were met with a headwind we didn’t know to think about. The shoreline creeped by inches at a time. Our short and wide rec kayaks were ill-matched to this level of exposure (we’ll talk about boat/board choice next week), and we began thinking of ways we could  hop out and drag the kayaks along the steep rocky shore. However, a quick glance at the swell washing over the rocks put an end to that idea.