A FEW years ago, Andrew “Macca” McCaughtrie decided he
wanted to one day Stand-up Paddle or SUP out to Montague Island.
And so, a dream was born.
He has also recently started his new Narooma-based
business South Coast Stand-up Paddleboarding
, another dream realised.
Last
Wednesday, thanks to near perfect weather conditions,
he ticked the
Montague Island mission off his bucket list,
not only to SUP the 9km out
from Narooma on the Far South Coast NSW,
but paddling back again as
well, being the first person ever to do so.
The paddle took 1hr 20mins heading out and 1hr 40mins to return
, fighting the south sweeping current.
Macca
had a small support boat with skipper
Austin Vaughn on board as well as
his wife Leichelle, only coming aboard for
10 mins in Jetty Bay to rest
and stretch before deciding he'd turn around
and paddle the 9km back
again as well.
His paddle started at Bar Beach shark net at 9.10am
with a slight swell coming through bar entrance.
Once in the open water the ocean glassed off ...more 
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