{"id":723,"date":"2009-11-27T18:31:03","date_gmt":"2009-11-27T18:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phpaddlers.com\/?p=796"},"modified":"2009-11-27T18:31:03","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T18:31:03","slug":"just-introducing-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/just-introducing-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"Just introducing myself"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time for me to introduce myself as the newest member of the P&H paddlers family. I’m Kate and I’m the proud owner of a lovely, shiny, red Cetus LV. Here’s a short account of its first time on the water.<\/p>\n

Having unwrapped layer after layer of plastic and cardboard and revealed my new boat in all its red and white beauty, I didn’t feel I could consign it to the shed straight away, so she spent a fortnight in my living room. It made getting to the kitchen a bit of an obstacle course, but it did mean I could admire the unmarked shining gelcoat.<\/p>\n

Finally, work was done for the week and I could go paddling. The first launch was at Trearddur Bay on Anglesey. The weather was too rough for real paddling so we had to make do with a bit of surfing.<\/p>\n

The Cetus LV is lovely and light, an easy one person carry.<\/p>\n

\"\" Here’s the moment I had been waiting for.<\/p>\n

\"\"And finally afloat.<\/p>\n

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A few wobbly moments later and I was getting used to a lovely lively boat.<\/div>\n

\"\" photo by Jim Krawiecki<\/p>\n

All in all I think it’s a grand boat. It’s fast, and narrow just where the paddle goes. It’s incredibly manouvrable, and whilst it’s happy sitting up on an edge, it doesn’t really need a lot of edge to turn. I think I’m going to really enjoy paddling it. Just need some decent weather to give it a good run out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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