April 19th - Cadboro Bay (#30)

I joined Beth-Anne to help a group of grade 10s develop some paddling skills for their June out trip to the Broughtons.  Nice sunny day with a northerly wind. we had them do wet exits and rescues...

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2 km, YTD 324 km

October 10th - Finnerty Cove (#98)

I led a SISKA relaxed paddle (with 15 participants) from Cadboro Bay around to Finnerty Cove and back. There was a bit of a SW wind all day so, after we had made it out to Cadboro Point, we decided to continue on north instead of back across to Cattle Point as planned. Once we rounded Cadboro point, the wind was calm and the sun came out! We had a delightful paddle along the shoreline and stopped for lunch in Telegraph Bay.

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13 km, 7 NM, YTD 956 km

September 11th - caddy Bay (#85)

I took Liz out into Caddy Bay to try out the Sirocco and the Tahe Greenland as she is looking at boats. She also tried out a bunch of paddles including my Greenland Carbon by Superior Kayaks. Conditions were nice.

5 km, 3 NM, YTD 841 km.

July 3rd - Cadboro Bay (#54)

I ran a PC level 1 course for Lanyy, Ann, Chirs and Liliana in Cadboro Bay. Our paddle this afternoon was short and was basically a chance to review strokes and practice  rescues.
2 km, 1 NM, YTD 608 km.

Jan 1st 2010 - Cadboro Point (#1)

Seasonn and I set out from Killarney to paddle out to Caboro Point. The tide was very high (Oak bay 10 ft) and there were some waves crashing on the beach so launching was interesting. I managed to get Seasonn out in the Sirocco without getting her wet but had to pump out the F1 after I was off the beach. We tried to come back through the RVYC marina, but the tide was too high to pass under the bridge – a first for me!

A great start to the paddling year.

 6.5 km, 3.5 NM, YTD 6 km.

August 5th - Loon Bay (#79)

George and I went out into Caddy bay to try some sailing as there was a good breeze. The Junior National sailing championships were happening, so there were sailboats all over! Georeg used the windpaddle and I was using the small spirit sail. Both worked nicely and then we went into Loon bay to do some rolling. I was paddling the sirocco which I was able to do a rolling stick roll in but not a hand roll yet…

6 km, 3 NM, YTD 812 km.

June 13 - McNeill Bay (#65)

Gordin, Dennis, Dan and I set out from McNeill Bay to play in the wind and waves. We had a blast in the waves, saw some orcas in the distance, got some surf rides and did some rescue practice. I was in my Sirocco.

10 km, 5 NM, YTD: 711 km

June 21 - Cadboro Point (#51)

Claire and I went out for a father’s day paddle out to Cadboro Point and back. Nice conditions even though showers were immininent. Ran into Paula just as we set off, Graham in mid paddle , and then Doug and Dennis who were running a course at the end. i was paddling the sirocco and Claire the Cape Falcon F1

5 km, 2 NM, YTD: 552 km

June 19 - McNeill bay (#50)

Gordin, Dorothea and I set out from caddy bay a bit after noon and decided to paddle into the breeze. The wind was mostly 5 to 15 knots and gusting between 10 and 20 knots for much of the afternoon. I put my Tuilik on at Gonzalez point and did a bit of rolling in the sirocco. I had forgotten how much fun the sirocco is to play in! Once we got back to the beach, Gordin and I spent some time practicing rolls. A very nice afternoon paddle!

15 km, 7 NM, YTD: 547 km

Feb 21- Oak Bay (#9)

I managed to get virtually the entire Jackson fleet of kayaks out today. Jack and Mary were visiting from Alberta and Monica and Seasonn joined us for a paddle to Oak Bay marina. We had the Passat, the Shadow, the Sirocco and a Feathercraft out and all performed well. I had not paddled the Passat in a while and it was good to “renew acquaintance”. We wended our way along the west shore of Caddy Bay to Cattle point and then went over to Mary Todd Island and then through the marina. I put up the large spirit sail on the Passat and it did a good job, getting us up over 10 kph. We stopped off by the yachct sales where I scoped out a 19 ft hunter sailboat that I am planning to buy… We had to fight a fairly solid head wind on the way home and we made it back after two hours of paddling.

9 km, 5 NM, YTD 101 km.

Jan 17th - Discovery - a wonderful winter paddle (#3)

Dan and I joined Michel, Yves, Dorothea, Patti and Nick (from Scotland) to paddle out around the islands. Dan and I set out a bit earlier and managed to catch some waves in Baynes. We had a deloightful paddle in wonderful conditions. We also got to play a bit in the “sluice” between Vantreight and east Chatham. The wind picked up a bit from the North on the way back as you can see our speed went down quite a bit

our track

Some photos from the day can be found at: http://picasaweb.google.ca/mhjackson123/20090117_discovery#

Some videos on youtube:

Nick and Yves in the sluice

Dan in Baynes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhfxjqFmKgA

Yves’ eddy turn

Patti’s eddy turn

Nick’s eddy turn

17 km, 9 NM, YTD: 35 km