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Now, I got up one morning and my rudd is
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hanging off. It had just been rotated
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off. So, it was it was a big fish that
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flapped its gummies around and rotated
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it. Probably a shark. I've got one pin
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flapping around like this with the
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rudder system on it. I've got to get in.
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I don't have a choice. I have to get in.
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I can't wait. It's going to get worse.
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And if that pin pulls the ass out of the
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boat, I'm getting water in there. So,
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I'm paddling in Tasman with no rudder,
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which is ridiculous. One day, and these
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are the days you dream about. There's 30
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knots behind me on a 5 m swell. I
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started surfing these waves and that's
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kind of fun at the best of times, but I
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had no rudder and so I had to change my
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sensory input. I started closing my eyes
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a lot and just using my ears. Soon as I
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felt the wind on my ear, I leaned and
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compensated and that meant I could surf.
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So I ended up being able to surf 5 m
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waves with no rudder with, you know, a
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400 kg boat and um I've never had so
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much fun in my life. Some people would
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probably say it's like a death wash.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Yeah. Have you heard that?
