All,

Finally got the new Wreck Gavin Scooter in the water.  Dave Dalton, Allyson,
and I met Roy Perringer (spelling?) at Mt. Storm in West Virginia today.
The wind was howling and the air was cold, but the water was a nice 55F.

I didn't add any weight to the scooter, so it was a little too buoyant and
this caused me some headache.  I know better for next time. I was using the
Gavin and Allyson was using my old Apollo.  I had to reduce the pitch on the
Gavin all the way just so I wouldn't get too far ahead of her.  I still had
to release the trigger so she could stay beside me (the Apollo was on max
pitch).  Before starting up for deco I changed the pitch to max on the prop,
and Holy Shit that thing rocks.  My mask was shaking on my face.  You can
really tell when you get in the correct position, you pick up speed and it
gets real comfortable.  You can also feel when you are in the wrong position
because you get beat up with the prop wash.  The hardest thing for me to get
use to is the length of the tow cord, but that will get easier once I get
the weight correct.

The worst part about this whole Gavin thing is that now Allyson is bugging
me for one.  I guess she better think about getting a job.

Todd Clagett

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