Troy Donates his Boat to the Nyagui

16 Jan 11 - About 50cm over the pumphouse weir
On Sunday Troy and I decided to try the Nyagui at Riverbend farm. After a late start we arrived to a swollen river - the short section we normally run from the pump-house to the wave was full of keeper holes and we didn't feel confident enough to get rid of cobwebs on this section. With some reluctance we talked ourselves into running the sort section from the wave to Vespids (below Merlin's Rock).

This is normally a grade 2 run, but it was up to 3+ with some keeper holes and one or two pinning options. Troy kicked off with a reasonable run, and then took a swim while surfing a nice little wave. An easy rescue and off we went on the last section, which I thoroughly scouted first.

Troy asked me to show him the way, which proved to be a problem in hindsight. After 20 seconds I saw his paddle bolting down the river and decided he might be in trouble, so I jumped out and raced up the bank. Troy popped up on the bank a few seconds later - in one piece, but sans boat. I set off after the boat, catching up with Kenny about 500 meters later. Kenny informed me that the boat had taken the hard line down Vespids a few minutes earlier, so I chased after it (skirting Vespids using a chicken run river right.)

Many hours later, having run the section to the weir twice, with Troy, Kenny and Beanie scouring the bank, we issued reward notices and stopped at the bottle store for refreshments, before trekking home.

So Troy is in the market for new boat, and the rivers are pumping! [The boat has since been returned by a kind fellow named Isaac]