Sunday, May 24, 2026

May 24 - Discovery (#17)

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I paddled out to Cadboro Point to join Paulo and Dan for a paddle around the islands. There was a bit of a flood current to begin with which...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

May 20 - Cadboro and Oak Bays (#16)

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I went for a solo morning paddle around the bays. Nice calm, sunny, conditions with a strong ebb running (you can see it gave me a nice push...
Thursday, April 23, 2026

April 22 and 23 - Schoen Lake (#s 14 and 15)

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While we were camped at Schoen Lake Provincial Park, I went for a couple of paddles. The first was an afternoon paddle on arrival - quite wi...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

April 18 - Heriot Bay (#13)

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While we were camped at Heriot Bay on Quadra Island, I went for a short paddle around the Bay. It was cool to see the pillow basalts on Heri...
Sunday, April 12, 2026

April 11&12 - Port Renfrew (#10, 11 &12)

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I went to the Ocean river Port Renfrew Paddling Symposium as an assistant instructor. I helped Finn and Beth-Anne with Rock Gardening on the...
Saturday, April 04, 2026

April 4 - Discovery (#9)

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I paddled out to Cadboro Point to meet Dan and Paulo and we went for a great paddle around the islands. Sunny and calm with a strong ebb cur...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

March 26 - Cattle Point (#8)

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Pete and I got together for a paddle in the Bay. We had grand ambitions of making it to Oak Bay, but it was a bit windy, so we turned around...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

March 25 - Cadboro Bay (#7)

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I took the Trident Angler out to check my crab traps and it was a bit breezy (you can see I was slow on the return trip. (On the outbound yo...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

March 17 - Finnerty Cove (#6)

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I paddled out to Staines Islet where I met Fraser for a nice coastline paddle. We got to chat lots and catch up. We saw a river otter, a har...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Jan 28 - Buccaneer Cove, Galapagos (#5)

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I managed to get out for two short paddles in a row while on board. Poked into a cave, saw pelicans, Nazca and blue footed boobies as well a...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Jan 27 - Tagus Cove (#4)

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While on board NG Endeavour II as a guest lecturer/host I managed to get out for some paddling! Conditions in Tagus were good! I saw penguin...
Monday, January 19, 2026

January 19 - Discovery -(#3)

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As soon as I got back from Antarctica, I managed to get out for a paddle with Dan and Paulo. I meet them out by Cadboro Point and we did the...
Monday, January 12, 2026

Jan 12 - Dallman Bay (#2)

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I managed to get out for a paddle with Claire while she was on board. We were by Gand Island in Dallmann Bay. click to enlarge 2 km, YTD 3 k...
Friday, January 02, 2026

Jan 2 - Hinks Channel (#1)

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 I managed to get out for a short paddle with Jenny while she was on board. Also in Hinks Channel. click to enlarge 1 km, YTD 1 km
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The 2025 Year

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I managed 34 paddles and 367 km this year which is not bad considering how much I was away! I got to paddle in lots of places, as well as th...