Saturday, May 10, 12025 Human Era (HE) Board the Fjord By-PassWTF: What the Fjord!Cheetah CheatsGreen GhostThe Final MashCold (Water) WarningsRacing Racketeer Rant Board the Fjord By-Pass And this is where things get fishy. Battling my way against the flow of water to get to the left side of Jug Island, I noticed that ‘Red Fanatic’ andContinueContinue reading “Board the Fjord 12025. Part 3”
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Board the Fjord 12025. Part 2
Saturday, May 10, 12025 Human Era (HE) Race TimeLet the Race BeginDraft TeamCrosswind CrossingDownwinding! Some Like it RoughCrossing CoursesBlack Shoal Roll I made my way down to the water. https://videopress.com/v/E3Dajinz?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Board to the fjord. Source: https://deepcovekayak.com/board-the-fjord/ Race Time After a brief warm-up in the lightly churned waters of Deep Cove, I made my way toContinueContinue reading “Board the Fjord 12025. Part 2”
Board the Fjord 12025 Human Era
Saturday, May 10, 12025 Human Era (HE) Spring has sprung, and it is time for the first of the Big Three SUP races in Vancouver, Board the Fjord! The other two races of the Big Three are the Vancouver SUP Challenge and the Whey-ah-wichen Whipper. This is my second time competing in the Board theContinueContinue reading “Board the Fjord 12025 Human Era”
Gusty Northwesterly
Monday, February, 12023 Human Era (HE) The weather was great! For wind that is. A combination of a strong pressure gradient and an unstable airmass meant gusty northwesterly winds to the British Columbia south coast for Monday. The winds were predicted to peak in the late afternoon according to the Environment Canada WeatherCAN app windContinueContinue reading “Gusty Northwesterly”
King Tide Surge in the Queen Charlotte Channel
Monday, December 26, 12022 HE Yuletide MusingsWeather ConditionsLaunch SiteBoard ChoiceMy KitThe Landing Yuletide Musings Merry Christmas! And to the non-practicing christ-ians amongst us, I still hope your appropriated holy day holiday was merry and cheerful. Perhaps a better acclamatory would have been Happy Boxing Day since this post is happening on the second day ofContinueContinue reading “King Tide Surge in the Queen Charlotte Channel”
Naramata to Penticton Downwind
Saturday, September 17, 12022 HE Welcome to NaramataOkanagan LakeWeather BriefRegal RantNo Need for Constitutional a MonarchyTaxes to Tie Your Knickers in a KnotFreedom to RuleThe British Monarch Isn’t Even BritishFeudalistic WarlordsNeed for a National NarrativeWhen the Ruler is a Prick You’ll Feel the StickLaunch SiteWhat Kit?The RouteNaiad SearchLanding SiteGeo Tracker RouteRelive Route Welcome to NaramataContinueContinue reading “Naramata to Penticton Downwind”
Will There Be Wind?
Sunday, February 7, 12021 HE Saturday the weather was gorgeous, especially for February in Vancouver. And it was windy with a strong westerly to boot. Below is the forecast from Windy.com for the weekend as predicted on Saturday morning! There are four different predictions from four different models, but the take-home is Saturday afternoon was going toContinueContinue reading “Will There Be Wind?”
Boundary Bay 2.0: Crescent Beach to Delta
Monday, January 11, 12021 HE There is a storm approaching and the wind was looking like it may work out for a downwind paddle in Boundary Bay. The winds were southeasterly so I planned to cross from Kwomais Point through Mud Bay to Delta. This is essentially the reverse direction that Trevor and I paddled through Boundary Bay on December 20th.ContinueContinue reading “Boundary Bay 2.0: Crescent Beach to Delta”
Boundary Bay: Downwinder
Sunday, December 20, 2020 Back to back paddle days! What could be better? Slightly better conditions for day two and a rest day in between? But no complaints here. I was a little bit bummed out that I missed paddling a crazy windy day on Friday, with winds ranging from 20-24 knots and gusts ofContinueContinue reading “Boundary Bay: Downwinder”
Jericho Upwinder/Downwinder
Saturday, December 19, 2020 Conditions were not ideal in any sense of the word today. I didn’t have a paddling partner, the wind was medium, and it was raining. But I did have a green light to go out for an afternoon paddle as our boys were preoccupied with two brand new kittens. I hadContinueContinue reading “Jericho Upwinder/Downwinder”
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