As we get ever closer to the event, we thought we'd better take our duck to sea to ensure that she was in fact seaworthy and wouldn't sink within 5 metres of our departure.
So a few weeks ago Captain Bossy and First Mate Nalder dragged our trusted pedalo from it's home on the Southsea canoe lake, across the road and down the steep shingle beach at Southsea. We pushed her into the sea, climbed aboard, started to pedal, then after about 5 minutes, realised that we's forgotten our lifejackets, so returned to dry land to retrieve these!
She handled the sea admirably, albeit that it was a very hot day with no wind whatsoever and the sea was extremely calm, although it has to be said we got nowhere near the shipping lane itself which will cause the most severe and challenging conditions of our event.
The video summary of our training day is online here , make sure you turn up the sound!
We always knew the event would capture the public's imagination and this was confirmed when it seemed that everyone suddenly stopped and turned to watch as these two madmen approached the beach on a giant duck.
We must also give a huge thanks to the kind gentleman who helped drag the pedalo back up the shingled dunes as it became apparent that we were struggling. If any of you are in Southsea on Sunday morning (26th April), we may well need the same assistance for our final sea trial before the event.
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