State of mind

And mine is improving.Chop ranging from frog ripples to 2′ with caps. Wind pretty steady at 6knots gusting to 15 or so. Paddling was quite energetic and I found a problem. That skeg I added works great to keep you in a straight line, in calm water. Toss in waves abeam or quartering and that end wants to swap around away from them. The yak kept wanting to face the waves no matter how much I was sweeping. Add in wind to a weatherhelmed boat and she really wants to face the show. Not horrible all in all, but paddling into the wind, all the time, can really wear you down fast. Fighting to keep pointed downwind is almost as rough. Anywhoos, I trimmed that skeg a touch upon reaching still harbor, and have yet to see if its enough.2′ waves abeam aren’t the terror they were in Duh!kee. Squirrelly, but she rides like a cork and doesn’t wallow like a flat bottom would. The only time my sphincter-o-meter pegged was when I caught a set abeam, and had a powerboat wake hit me on the opposite quarter. The timing was what had the meter bouncing off its pin, but the boat did well and I recovered quickly.The pic above was taken when things had calmed some so what you see isn’t what I was paddling in. All I can say is, this yak is far more capable than the silly jerk in the cockpit. I have way more to learn yet.