I did not put on any kms today but had a great morning and afternoon with two more clinics with Dubside. I definitely improved my rolling, learning a few new ones and refining some “old” ones. The morning was at the ORS dock and the afternoon was at Elk Lake
Yours truly doing a static brace. By the end of the day I was doing this without a norsaq or paddle!
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Mike, Dan, Yasu, Ellen and I participated in a Greenland Paddling clinic led by Dubside. We learned about the history of modern greenland kayaking and then developed our strokes on the water. In the afternoon we went to Beaver lake to do a beginner rolling clinic. Fun was had by all!
5 Km, 3NM, YTD 427 km
While Monica was Rowing I went for a recce paddle from Eagle Beach to Beaver Lake to look at the best locations for the clinics this weekend. Water was warm and I did quite a few rolls and braces. I think beaver Lake is the best option. I was also there briefly for the SISKA “romp” but had to leave early so as to go to a play at school (which was great!).
5 km, 3NM, YTD 422km
I led two clinics for SISKA today – the first was an introduction to Greenland paddling and the second one was a towing clinic. Gordin helped me with the towing clinic and we managed to clock up about 5 Km between the two clinics.
5.5 km, 3 NM, YTD 417 km
Craig and I led a group of 9 grade 11 outdoor leaders on a 4 day 3 night trip from Cedar by the sea to Sidney over the long weekend. We had great conditions with mostly calm seas and weak currents and only a small set of showers on the last evening. The pace was pretty steady thoughout the trip as you can see from the track - except when we went into Porlier pass where we had a nice flood to help us
More details to come…
79 km, 42 NM, YTD 412 km
Dan and I took our Greenland boats out to Chatham Island and did some rolling in the bay at the north end. Weather was excellent, though there was a bit of a wind. It was good to try these boats out in a bit of wind and for a longer paddle. The slip on skeg worked well and I am getting used to the tippiness of the Disko Bay boat.
There was a liveaboard boat up on shore that must have washed up there last night in the winds…
9.5 km, 5 NM, 333
I went up to Ladysmith for the Paddlefest. Once again I did some clinics. This year I did one on Charts and Navigation in the morning and then a towing clinic in the afternoon. I managed to get around all the stalls during the time in between and ran into many friends! Managed to escape without buying anything except a couple of John Kimantas’ maps! I must give the Lightspeed boats a test drive again – I am intrigued by thier skeg/rudder system. While doing the towing clinic I was able to field test the highwayman hitch system of giving the towee a quick release – worked well. The weather held nicely – the wind was just picking up as I left around 3:15.
1.5 km, 1 NM, YTD 323 km.
Dennis and I set off around 9:30 for a paddle around Chatham and Discovery Islands. Conditions were superb. An ebb to help us out and a flood to help us back! We were back by 1 PM and I then went off to help at the SMUS spring Fair. A magnificent day all around. We ran into george E on the way out to Flower Island and then Andy Jackson on Discovery. I paddled the F1 which performd very well.
16.5 km, 9NM, YTD 322 km
I decided to paddle over to RVYC for my Oak bay Sea Rescue pager turnover instead of driving, biking or walking. It was a nice change. It is so quick and easy to get the F1 ready and dsown to the beach for a short paddle! Forgot the GPS today but traced the 1.5 km rout in Oziexplorer. Conditions in the bay were very nice.
1.5 km, 0.5 NM, YTD 306 km
Karsten, dan and I got together for a late afternoon paddle in Cadboro Bay. Karsten and I were in our skin on frame Cape Falcon F1s and Dan was in his sof boat. We had a nice paddle around the bay and went out to cadboro Point – the keel must have been recovered since it is no longer there. Karsten did a course with Brian a month or so after I did so we are now the two proud F1 owners in Victoria!
8.5 KM, 4.5 NM, YTD 305 km
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