With Jen's ten year old cousin CJ as a co-pilot, we set out today to do a quarter-navigation of Sunset Beach Island. With a bag full of bottled water, sunscreen, and other on the water necessities we launched into the small canal in the interior of the island and started our way north west up the inside of the island. Along the way we drifted with the tail end of the ebbing tide viewing thousands of fiddler crabs scuttling across the beach in clouds and snowy egrets wading in the shallow water to feed. As we neared the end of the island storm clouds threatened to the inland side of us so we landed to wait and see which direction the storms would move. After a half hour it was obvious that the storms were headed further inland so we set out again out the river mouth and into the open ocean.
It was a pretty exciting run through the bumpy river mouth and once on the ocean we were dealing with rather lively sea conditions. We worked our way south about a mile until I asked CJ if he thought we were being more stupid than safe. At first he said "probably a mix of both" but just then as a rather large swell rolled under us he said "maby a bit more stupid." So with that we turned and headed through the surf (which was no problem with all the practice we had earlier in the week) landed safely on the beach then called for a ride.
The Cobra handled well enough and as they are known for, it was quite stable. I'm not sure it's a boat I'd care to spend much time in the surf with as it's sharp rails seemed a bit catchy.
Cobra Tandem Review
Manufacturer = Cobra
Brand = Cobra
Model = Cobra Tandem
Type = Sit On Top Tandem
Material = Plastic
Length = 12'-6"
Width = 36"
Weight = 60 lbs.
Location = Sunset Beach North Carolina
Time = 3:00 PM
Distance = About 2.5 miles
Duration = 2:00 hour
Avg. Speed = N/A
Conditions = Mix of sun and clouds with thunderstorms in the neighborhood - strong winds and choppy water with some whitecaps
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