tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post3299133290469876642..comments2024-03-29T06:02:16.929-05:00Comments on Windtraveler: Welcome to the USA: Breaking Rules on a Paddle BoardWindtravelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933432135694020418noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-4466869213763509732015-08-19T14:47:29.502-05:002015-08-19T14:47:29.502-05:00Haha!! Brittany! It is quite possible I was there...Haha!! Brittany! It is quite possible I was there on that beach that morning! My daughter lives on St John and uses her college degree to tend bar in Cruz Bay. She loves it and finds it really hard to think about coming home. I visit her as much as possible and was there at possibly the same time as you! But...we are (my soon-to-be retired husband and I) going to be live aboard cruisers here very, very soon. We will set sail down the ICW this Oct and will most likely be in the USVI next spring or early summer. We will spend time first in the Bahamas honing our rather neophyte sailing skills. we have a very comfortable Hunter 460 and have been spending time (and lots and lots of money) getting all the gear and bells and whistles that I have been gleaning from the extremely interesting blogs that I have been reading (studying)! Yours is one of my favorites. Altho you are younger (only chronologically)and have a young family with you I am with you as a kindred spirit. We will have two cats and a dog - we adopted them for life so they will be along for the adventure. Right now our boat is getting the solar panels hooked up and a watermaker installed.<br /><br />Anyway- my question. We were able to score 2 paddleboards for a great price from friends looking to upgrade but now we are worried that these huge 11'6"-32" SUPS may be a real hazard on board. They really can only be stored on some metal hooks attached to the stanchions on the starboard bow. We cant really bring them below. I'm imagining some big wind grabbing what we had hopefully tied down firmly and flinging them into the air! I'm dedicated to yoga and have loved trying it out on my SUP and see it as one way to stay fit on board. But did you even think of the hard boards or do you really think that the inflatables are the way to go? What are your thoughts?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647444624738867072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-76184315912830204132015-06-06T16:50:22.462-05:002015-06-06T16:50:22.462-05:00In many places in the US (those USCG regulated and...In many places in the US (those USCG regulated and in many states), you can also be cited if you don't have a PFD on the paddleboard. Some states require registeration, too. Really. I've known people who've been warned on both. :(Carolyn Shearlockhttp://theboatgalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-75843029202361677922015-06-06T15:42:31.434-05:002015-06-06T15:42:31.434-05:00We were at Trunk Bay in the early 1980's. I c...We were at Trunk Bay in the early 1980's. I can't imagine what you just described. Back then, we were able to drop anchor in the bay. It was too rolly for an overnight, but we wanted to go to that underwater trail. If it's any consolation, I didn't think much of it. A lot of the coral seemed dead. There were a bunch of signs, not marking much of anything. I found better coral off to the side of the trail. I wrote about it in a newsletter, and I remarked that the only species that you had to watch out for was a large white-bellied fish, genus Tourist. They tended not to know where they were going and could bump into you. :o) By the way, I loved the picture of you and the three girls on the paddleboard. Beautiful!Jean Baardsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05434387984631853462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-25802867169312728802015-06-06T13:25:09.437-05:002015-06-06T13:25:09.437-05:00That happened to me too!! We were using the moori...That happened to me too!! We were using the mooring balls outside the swim area at Trunk and decided to dinghy in. I followed the dinghy channel to the VERY FAR end of the beach. While pulling the dinghy up on the sand I thought I would move it over a bit to leave room for another dinghy. The lifeguard ran all the way down the beach to tell me to stay within the markers. I told him I did stay within the markers all the way to the beach...he said "well you're not inside them now"!!!! I was about three feet to one side!!! Not a nice welcoming! So we also went around the corner and snorkeled ...I think there is an airplane engine in there somewhere!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232180368971262022noreply@blogger.com