Day 18, Low Head to Gravelly Beach
Todays paddle was basically all within the Tamar River. We ensured that the tide was working with us, as not to do so in this huge river would simply result in going nowhere.
Charles spent today working on fundraising in George Town, while Ben and Chris clocked up the kms, which ended up totally 42.
The paddle began with a quick trip out to the Low Head Lighthouse, then it was time to turn around and begin to paddle in the rapidly running tidal flow.
There were some interesting highlights of the trip, including an amazing encounter with a small group of seals, it was amazing because one of the seals (we assume the alfa male) chased us up the river for a few hundred meters... pretty freaky. The other highlight was paddling under the very impressive Batman Bridge, the current under the bridge had to be seen to be believed ... Ben clocked his boat at just over 15kms per hour, which is super fast for these boats – without a wave under you!
The paddle was not all easy however, as the tidal assistance slowly but surely dropped and then turn to resistance, the speed over water dropped to under 4kms per hour, not helped by the blustery southerly wind.
Ben passing the Low Head Lighthouse.
Ben rolling (just for fun) under the Batman Bridge.
The "playing" seals in the Tamar.
