In my o.w. races, I rarely see more than a couple feet down, except in shallow water... and even then, in one lake, things were so murky that I stayed on the deep side of the course only b/c the less I saw the better I felt. ;)
But I've enjoyed the way the sun plays on the surface so there's a prism of light piercing the water as I look down sometimes, and gulls that swoop down nearby. I think the thing I most enjoy about open water is the feeling of freedom, of real air/water, not an artificially controlled environment.
In my o.w. races, I rarely see more than a couple feet down, except in shallow water... and even then, in one lake, things were so murky that I stayed on the deep side of the course only b/c the less I saw the better I felt. ;)
But I've enjoyed the way the sun plays on the surface so there's a prism of light piercing the water as I look down sometimes, and gulls that swoop down nearby. I think the thing I most enjoy about open water is the feeling of freedom, of real air/water, not an artificially controlled environment.
