SR on Choppy Day

Today's 10 mile paddle was confused, windy, and choppy with winds out of the east at 15-20 which made it a beam ride down and back to the North end of Jamestown with Tim. I chose the SR today because I wanted to paddle hard but not worry at all about the conditions still feeling relaxed from my vacation. I added a 1/2 inch pad to the bucket to get a better paddling angle and take up some space in the seat. The SR is fun/stable/fast. It absorb all the confused seas and tracking was excellent. We only had .25 miles of downwind but I got it up to 7:15 min/mile.