Flyaway Surfboards

July 11, 2014

While Brenden and I were “just relaxing on the boat” the shift from NW to W winds brought a strong gust of 30+ knots and the two surfboards blew off the top of Exodus into the water.  We both jumped up, but Brenden once again proved he was a man of action.  The paddle board was down, so he yelled at me to get him a paddle, but I was taking too long, and then I said it might be too hard to paddle in this wind, so he promptly stripped down naked and just jumped in.  I told him to go for the board that was furthest away, and I would get on the paddle board to get the other one.  In hindsight, I should have just jumped in too, because once I retrieved the board, I was having trouble paddling, so Brenden had to take his board back to Exodus and the swim to me to get the other board.  All this time we are getting pelted by heavy rain.  Tim and Alex showed up with the dinghy about 5 min later.  I let Brenden take a much-deserved warm shower.