Hey there Don,

Glad you have had a little time to build inbetween paddling. I'm having trouble figuring out priorities and of course paddling is cheaper when on a tight budget.

I finally hit a couple of those semi-hand rolls leaving the paddle laying in the water. I was starting to think it never would happen. All of a sudden it seemed easy. Must be timing.

I did manage to completely tear off one cheekplate at the end of the session though. I was doing consecutive rolls, got about 10 or so before it got too confusing trying to figure out when to breathe. While paddling back in I noticed the seatback was no longer attached to anything.

I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to patch it up enough to go out tonight.

For permanent I'm thinking about small blocks glued and glassed under the cockpit instead of the cheekplate, they would have 1 hole in them and a single line from the seatback would just go through and knot the other side larger than the hole. Or some type of cleat to allow easy adjustment. Problem is that it would mean no paddling for a couple of days and this just isn't an option while its warm and sunny out.

: It's not compulsive at all. I divide the projects into hers, and mine. One
: for her, one for me. One for her, two for me. One for her, three for me...

: Perfectly normal.