Humber Bay to Cherry Beach in Light Wind

There was only 12-14mph of west wind on Sunday but I needed a fix of downwind paddling, no matter how light it was. I missed the good wind the day before. At least it would be a good workout. In a west wind, one of the only routes available is from just west of Humber Bay Park to Cherry Beach, about 13.5km.

We paddled the Dominator and the 2012 JP 14x28. The JP has quite a bit of nose and tail rocker. It's slower than the Dom in flat water but it seems to catch the bumps with more acceleration. The Dom's also pretty fast in these mild "downwind" conditions but it seems to catch the bumps in a very subtle way.

At the start of our run, it was very flat in the offshore wind until we got further out. We eventually got some nice groundswell as we approached Toronto Island.

Nothing exciting but here are some pics.

Setting up:


Downwind fin on the JP:


Lots of rocker on the 2012 JP:


Plenty of nose rocker on the JP:


Dominator on the stone "beach":


Nice clear water:


Starting out:


JP and my Werner Nitro:


Finally some small bumps:


Toronto skyline: