29 Jun 23:
It was time to road test the new Malone MicroSport so we headed out to our spot on the lower James River with our Sunfish WAVE and Icon kayak SACAGAWEA. The trailer rode smooth and quiets, the boats stayed strapped securely to the pads and racks and we were raiding the beach in no time flat. The beach is mostly coarse sand with a good amount of pebbles and also remnants of crumbled brickwork from an old waterfront oystering business. Hard to medium packed sand and a shola bottom make this beach a good spot to dolly launch
We got Skipper rigged and launched, WAVE dcsided to fly her true colors today.
Skipper headed out to Marker 5 and said hello to an osprey.
Meanwhile I took a few photos and launched the kayak to be the photo ship.
Video: https://youtu.be/VUmFEN_AORI
Next we tested out the double paddle that we made last year. The paddle is light in weight and the blades are a good size for our leisure paddling, but we can dig in if needed.
Once again the Dynamic Dolly proves it is worth every penny spent, I was able to unload and load both the kayak and the Sunfish and roll them down the beach to our base camp. The kayak is light enough that we threw our beach chairs and snacks inside of it for the ride back to the car.
The Sunfish slid easily onto the dolly and loaded just as smooth back onto the MegaWing racks. We had plenty of tie down points and more than enough straps, we plan to use some shorter Malone straps as we fine tune our tie down routine.
SUPER SANDY ST had the tow vehicle honors today.
