SEE THROUGH NOT SEA THROUGH, FORTUNATELY*

 * A pun for Richard.

We took the new transparent canoe out on the water this morning,

Ours is a double

By the time we went out, after breakfast, a long walk and a fair bit of mucking about, the water was a bit choppy when the late morning breezes came up. This meant that the chop and the reflection on the water from the nearly midday sun made visibility in the deeper areas a bit difficult, In the shallow areas it wasn't a problem and we had a clear view of the sea bottom. We will have to go out early in the morning  when the water is dead still or later in the afternoon when the sun isn't directly overhead. That said though it was great and The Old Girl is happy with her Christmas present.

On the way out, to a sandy beach across the bay The Old Girl took up the rear position with me in the front. I suspect that this is because she suspected that if she couldn't see me I might slack off in the paddling department. As if!

Like this.

The trouble with this is that she wasn't paddling in sync with me. The rules are that the person in front paddles as normal and the one behind watches the dip of the blades and follows suit. As a result we clashed paddles a lot so had to agree to take it in turns.

After a swim at the beach across the bay we set off back, this time with me in the back and things went smoother.

This canoe will be a great asset this summer for ourselves and visitors. We saw a stingray beneath us at one point but no sharks. Robert will have a negative opinion on this but then, when one reports on sporting and leisure activity, the opinions of the listener or reader will either be better than yours or absolutely wrong but would science or even faith support that dichotomy? An opinion is just an opinion. It does not presuppose truth. How do you grade your opinion with another's? After examining the facts an opinion may be better or less but then you still have to compare it to your own original opinion. That the alternative is a false positive begs the question that one opinion may be as good as another or slightly less but in need of clarification.