Practice of all kinds, if you take my meaning. They looked like they were having a blast, as I noticed from the warmth and dry deck of my Star boat on it's trailer.
They were shadowed by the Whaler the whole time that they were out, so they could let it hang and have some fun.
I did not actually see him leave the dock, but JC was getting dressed out as I was leaving the parking lot. He may or may not report, depending on whether or not he made it back dry (the temp dropped 10 degrees in about 30 minutes earlier and is dropping now).