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Support Strokes 2005 First Training Paddle
April 05, 2005
By: Dean McCully

Paddlers Galore line up for the first 2005 Support Strokes training paddle. It was a GORGEOUS day for paddling to Coast Guard Island and back. 16 newbies showed up, along with 6 experienced folk.

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Starting out in the morning....	June arrives and starts checking out her gear.	June gives instruction on the dock
Newbies at the end of the dock.	Lisa getting "kayak fuel" at Jack's deli. I got a Mocha, Lisa got Latee's.	Newbies in front of CCK.
Group talk before setting out on the water	Paddles against trees.	Tammy telling the brief version of the history of Support Strokes.
Back to the dock, for pre-paddle launch instruction.	Hugo paddles up with his FAST boat. He parked at the Aquatic Center and paddled up.	Paddlers chomp at the bit.
Lisa gives a little last minute instruction.	And here we go.....	But not before Dean gets a picture of the whole group!
Paddlers Galore line up for the first 2005 Support Strokes training paddle. It was a GORGEOUS day for paddling to Coast Guard Island and back. 16 newbies showed up, along with 6 experienced folk.
Sarah is heading out.	It was a beautiful day!

Paddlers EVERYWHERE!
Val gives a little instruction to Kiriyo		Check out that PERFECT form!!!! Talk about precise paddling and perfect synchronization!
Lisa shows her forward stroke mastery.	And her backwards stroke, too.....	Paddlers in the distance....HEY, wait for me!!!
	Peggy Paddling.	The storm drain under the pilings. This is EXTREMELY low tide: normally the drain is not very visible.
Peggy under the pilings. There's about 20 tons of crane above our heads, so the slightest earthquake would have smooshed us into a grease blotch.	Check it out: ZERO Tide	How do YOU spell "RELIEF"?
	Oh, oh, here comes the Ferry Boat!!! Peggy, PADDLE!!!!	Phew, the ferry veered off at the last minute.
We shared the estuary with a paddle-boarder	Check out the garbage skow. I pulled about a ton of debris out of the estuary. That oughta make the birdies happier.
Hugo loads his boat after a hard day of helping out	The motley crew of "trainers".
We left the dock as clean as we found it. Thank you, CCK, for another great day on the water!	CCK after a hard day of paddling.

The Event Report for Support Strokes 2005 First Training Paddle
By: Dean McCully

Support Strokes #1 training paddle. CCK's dock, around Coast Guard Island. What a GORGEOUS day! We told everybody to launch at 8am, so most everybody showed up about 7:30am.

16 newbie paddlers
6 "trainers"
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22 total paddlers

To sign up for Support Strokes, to sign up for a training class, or for more Support Strokes info, see the website at http://www.supportstrokes.org

See yah next week at Loch Lomond. Sign up here:

http://www.supportstrokes.org/training.htm

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