April 4 - Discovery (#9)

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 current running. You can see from the track that we received quite a boost on the southbound section and that I got carried well down Baynes on my way back across. I barely made it up past Cadboro Point to meet Dan and Paulo! Saw quite a few long tailed ducks, black turnstones, black oystercatchers as well as a couple of red-necked grebes. baker was barely visible in the distant haze and I could not make out Rainier. Just made it to 50 km for the year!

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16 km, YTD 51 km

March 26 - Cattle Point (#8)

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 at Cattle Point. It was great to paddle with Pete again and catch up!

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5 km, YTD 35 km

March 25 - Cadboro Bay (#7)

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 you can see where I stopped to drop off the shells and stuff from the previous crabbing trip!) The crabbing was unsuccessful (one empty trap and one with two females) so I brought everything back.

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3km, YTD 30 km

March 17 - Finnerty Cove (#6)

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 harbour seal, lots of buffleheads, hooded and common mergansers, oystercatchers, Canada geese and more.

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14 km, YTD 41 km

Jan 28 - Buccaneer Cove, Galapagos (#5)

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 as sea lions and a manta ray! Happy to have paddled again in Galapagos!

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6 km, YTD 27 km

Jan 27 - Tagus Cove (#4)

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 penguins, cormorants, phalaropes and turtles while paddling!

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3 km, YTD 21 km

January 19 - Discovery -(#3)

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 usual circuit. Plenty of good winter birds about including 250+ ancient murrelets in Baynes channel. https://ebird.org/checklist/S295276124. I also saw some river otters and harbour seals.

Weather was great, sunny and light winds. Ebb current throughout. I could see Mt Baker easily and could just make out Mt Rainer when I started.

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15 km, YTD 18 km

Jan 12 - Dallman Bay (#2)

I managed to get out for a paddle with Claire while she was on board. We were by Gand Island in Dallmann Bay.

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2 km, YTD 3 km

Jan 2 - Hinks Channel (#1)

 I managed to get out for a short paddle with Jenny while she was on board. Also in Hinks Channel.

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1 km, YTD 1 km

The 2025 Year

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 the Cadboro Bay "back yard" and this year I seem to have done better than the previous 3!

This was also my 20th year of this paddle blog!

Year #	Year	# paddles	km total	km per paddle
1	2006	77	1273	16.50
2	2007	66	1098	16.60
3	2008	75	1080	14.40
4	2009	116	1381	11.90
5	2010	124	1214	9.80
6	2011	105	1217	11.60
7	2012	87	1001	11.50
8	2013	92	1063	11.60
9	2014	98	911	9.30
10	2015	120	1025	8.50
11	2016	129	1076	8.30
12	2017	86	728	8.47
13	2018	69	548	7.94
14	2019	57	427	7.49
15	2020	101	905	8.96
16	2021	77	707	9.18
17	2022	33	323	9.79
18	2023	30	329	10.97
19	2024	22	233	10.59
20	2025	34	367	10.79
	Totals	1597	16906	10.58

December 23 - Hinks Channel (#34)

I managed to get out for one more 2025 paddle in Antarctica! 

Google maps imagery shows it to be fully in sea ice but ArcGIS shows it as clear when zoomed out a bit...

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3 km, YTD 367 km

November 29 - Discovery Island (#33)

Dan, Paulo and I went for an early paddle (0800 start) so we could get back in time for the SISKA lunch. Conditions were great - a little current against us but not too bad and no wind to speak of. I could see Mt Rainier and Mt Baker. We kept up a good pace (avg 6.1 kph, just over 3 knots) and I was back at the beach in 2 hours 25 minutes. There were a couple of noisy California Sea Lions on the west side of Chatham and then some noisy Steller sea lions (and one California) on the rock by Seabird Point. All the sea lions seen were males.

We had the usual birds: https://ebird.org/checklist/S286720019

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15 km, YTD 364 km

November 26 -Discovery (#32)

I organized a Wednesday Group paddle for 12 of us to leave from Caddy Bay (where else!) and head out to the islands. The winds were light and the tide levels high so we visited lagoons and passages that are otherwise impassable. The currents were not too tricky, though they seemed stronger for the return across Baynes Channel.The cacti in Cactus Islet Inlet were still there and seem to be doing well in spite of their position so close to the water. We had lunch in Rudlin Bay. We saw plenty of birds: (https://ebird.org/checklist/S286288322)as well as both Steller and California sea lions and harbour seals.

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17 km, YTD 349 km

22 November - Discovery Island (#31)

 I paddled out to Cadboro Point to join Dan and Paulo for a paddle around the islands. I could just make out the tip of Mt Rainier above the Puget Sound clouds! Conditions were good with favourable tides and light winds. I however was out of shape and my back was not happy - too much time out of the "saddle"?

It was good to see the winter birds in full swing - 19 species https://ebird.org/checklist/S285687706

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15 km, YTD 332 km

Australia paddles (26-30) October 2025

Monica and I were in Australia for two months and I managed to get 5 paddles in... I am going to post about them in one go. Prior to this there were too many crocs (salties), sharks or wind!

Wellington Reservoir 9 km

My first paddle was on Wellington Reservoir. It took me quite a while to get the TRAK set up and I made a few mistakes in the process. But it was great to get out

Kalgan River 11 km

This was delightful early morning river paddle. The river and launch were only about 30 m from our motorhome site!

Walpole inlet 7 km

Another nice morning paddle - a bit more of a trek from the campsite!

Augusta 7 km

Yet another great morning paddle - launch site was metres away from the motorhome - saw dolphins in the harbour as I was heading back

Perth 12 km

I joined Gillian from the Swans Paddle club for a morning paddle in Perth Harbour - great morning and we saw dolphins twice!

Total for 5 paddles 46 km, YTD 317 km