I went kayaking to Sentosa again. This time with a young colleague who is interested in trying out inflatable kayak. We left for Sentosa from my apartment around 8am. We launched the kayak around 9am after taking a few pictures.
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| Before kayaking |
The weather was pretty nice for kayaking today - cloudy with periodic sunshine. Even though the forecasted wind speed is around 5km/hour, there were occasional high waves due to gust or large speeding boats passing by. Fortunately he had kayaking experience in lakes before and was calm when "big" waves (1 to 2 feet high) approached.
We launched from Tanjong Beach and turned around near Tanjong Rimau.
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| I did not see this sculpture before - it is an eyesore! |
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| Wings of Time |
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| Tanjong Rimau |
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| West Coast Harbor from afar |
This was his first open water sea kayaking. We did not paddle beyond Tanjong Rimau, and turned back from there. During the trip, he timed our kayaking. When we paddled from east to west, our speed was ~ 20 minutes per km, on the return trip, our speed was as high as 10 minutes per km. This confirmed that the ocean current at Singapore strait is from west to east.
In addition to the exercise and scenery, we talked a lot during the two hour kayaking, despite that I could not hear him well sometimes as he sat in the front of the kayak Emma. It was a great kayak outing for me.
He has been to Sentosa numerous times. This was the first time he saw Sentosa from Sea! A great experience for him.
Note
1. I had a working jog with him before.
2. I noticed an added sculpture at Sentosa's islets - not so aesthetic but an eyesore
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