It was great fun! Very wet, yes, with much white water. The Sevylor is not quite made for WW II and the water cannot drain quickly enough, making Peter's job as a pilot hard while it drains. Still, we managed all waves and rocks until we stopped for our resting-point at the forking of the streets Wildalpen / Palfau.
Years ago the Sevylor had a defect air-chamber which we had repaired. Today, the same air-chamber gave up on us, denying us the joys of paddling the second stretch with our group. We assumed that the already repaired bit had given in (again).
Disappointed, we hauled the boat up to the street, where there is a parking for paddlers. we stripped the boat of the valves and seats and put it to the side, to pick it up on our return.
With Hermann's car we drove to the exit and waited for our group to arrive. On our way back, we stopped to pick up the defect boat but - incredible - somebody
stole our boat!!!
There is a code of honour among paddlers. You just don't steal stuff!
Saturday will see us on our way home...
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