Potomac 5.5

Back with another class to work on spring training.

As a warm-up, I tried the Maryland Chute attain. Boils were big and challenging, but could be defeated. But I lost my matches against the little wave hole that defends the right starting point for the ferry from left to right. More time --- and maybe a longer boat --- might have yielded victory, but not this night.

Meeting back up with the class, the back channel was again the option. Ferrying across the top was easy. But the deceptive attain move between the rocks proved too strong for most in this group, so we carried over the rocks.

Ferrying across the main Potomac took most to eddy out below the island at Virginia chute. A strong ferry was rewarded with a passage between the rocks of the island and final rest break above the chute. Many were able to make the slot attain at Virginia. At this level, it's a wide passage, but still boily. The bankside attain at Virginia was available, though the unwary were pushed left against the trees and often flipped.

The Cheat Youth were out and some had wavehoppers. They were working on attaining up from the Center wave and at Virginia.I saw some success at Center --- impressive!