George and I set out from Cadboro Bay beach for a paddle out to Chatham. There was a bit of wind which increased during the paddle and a reasonable ebb through Baynes (note the track!). We had fun getting through the sluice. I think the wind was up to 15 knots by the time we finished.
11 km, 6 NM, YTD 126 km
At the drop of a hat, I joined the SISKA paddle that was leaving from caddy bay and we did a nice paddle out to Cadboro Point and then over to Oak Bay and back along the shore. 10 of us had a very nice paddle and the wind on the way was not too strong. I was paddling the Shadow and enjoyed having it out. There was some unusual “bumpy” water between cadboro point and Jemmy Jones and a suprising amount of swell (perhaps 3 feet) coming from the SE as we paddled over to Oak Bay. We stopped by to view the Hunter 19 (which I have now made an offer on!) and had lunch on the beach by the marina. The beach south of Turkey head was a bit surfy so we decided to go for the calm landing.
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.
I joined David Spittlehouse and several members of the VSKN group (Doug, David, Marg,Christie and Marvin) to paddle out of Telegraph Bay towards Cordova Bay. The wind was a stiff 10–15 knots out of the North and it was not looking suitable for a group paddle out of Telegraph Bay. David and the others decioded to launch in Cadboro Bay and I decided to launch at Telegraph and paddle/sail around and join them. We had a very nice paddle in sunshine and calm winds in the lee of 10 mile point. The paddle/sail down to Cadboro point was exhilarating and fast!
11 km, 6 NM, YTD 92 km.
I went up to Manning Park with a group of students from the school to do a winter camping and back country skiing trip. Conditions were good - we had plenty of snow and it was not too cold. The trip was basically up the Cambie Creek trail and then up Fat Dog Creek. 17 kms of skiing altogether.
Simon and I went out for a short paddle around Cadboro bay – Flower Island, Skegness and back through the RVYC. I forgot the GPS so this is a manual track record…
I decided to get out of my “home turf” and head out of Amherst, Sidney, with Dan and John. We had a great paddle in good conditions, fighting a bit of a head wind on the return. We met up with Dennis and Sue on Portland and joined them for lunch.
Saw some nice innukshuks on the north side – photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/mhjackson123/20090131_portland
Dorothea, George, Dennis, Tom, Douglas, Simon, Gordin and I set out from Caddy Bay on a SISKA “adventurous” paddle. There was a bit of wind and it was quite cool, but very little current. We went over to Chatham, checked out “cactus inlet” and then had lunch on a beach facing Mt Baker. A very nice day on the water. No current in the “sluice” on the way home.
14 km, 7 NM, YTD 56 km
I organised a SISKA pool session at the Crystal Pool and a dozen of us had a productive couple of hours of rescues, bracing and/or rolling.
The highlight for me was getting my hand roll nailed as well as doing several successful throwing stick (norsaq) rolls.
Some video clips posted at http://picasaweb.google.com/mhjackson123/20090124_pool# – some stills from the videos:
Monica and I went for a morning paddle out to Maynard Cove and back. It was bright and sunny and beautiful, though a bit chilly with a north wind.
I couple of photos from the day:
more photos posted at: http://picasaweb.google.ca/mhjackson123/20090118_maynardcove#
7 KM, 4 NM, YTD 42 km
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
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
17 km, 9 NM, YTD: 35 km
Dan and I went for an afternoon paddle out into the bay. It was a bit rainy and windy but not too bad in a dry suit! We paddled through the two marina’s and checked out a couple of high and dry boats. It was good to get another paddle in before heading back to work tomorrow!
10.5 KM, 5NM, YTD 18 km
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