RE: [Paddlewise] San Juan Challenge

 
I think a rough water, paddlewise trip would be great.  How long would you
take for the trip you suggested?  I don't have my maps in front of me, but
it would take a couple days to get to Sucia from Washington park, wouldn't
it?

If we need a shorter trip --- one that could be crammed into a weekend ---
we could ply the bowman bay area and the rough waters of deception pass.
I've never paddled in the surging waters of the pass, but I've heard that it
can be really wild.  Another advantage of the bowman bay area, is people not
up for the most intense waters can join us, but just stay on shore during
peak current.  That way a larger number of paddlewise members can join in.

What do the rest of you folks think?

--Tim




-----Original Message-----
From: K. Whilden
To: Mattson, Timothy G
Cc: 'Tomckayak_at_aol.com '; 'paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net '
Sent: 2/19/99 11:08 PM
Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] San Juan Challenge


Tim, You can bet that I would enter a rough water race. Although I might
prefer an obstacle course through Deception pass...

But instead of a rough water Paddlewise race, how about a rough water
paddlewise trip? My preferred destination would be Boiling Reef at the
southeast end of Saturna Island. This is the only place on the map that
has an adjective in front of those magic words: "tide rip" -- it says
"very Heavy tide rips". The preferred route would be Washington park to
Sucia, then Sucia to Saturna. From there, we could either go back the
way
we came, or head all the way to Sidney and catch a fery. I think there
is
some merit in trying to organize a paddlewise members trip. What do you
think?
Kevin


On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Mattson, Timothy G wrote:
<SNIP>
> But seriously folks, could you get enough participants to hold a real
rough
> water race?  I don't think so.
<SNIP>
> What about it?  Are there any nutty rough water racers out there?
Maybe we
> could hold a "paddlewise rough water" race sometime and start a new
> tradition.  The Tsunami rangers aren't the only adreneline junkies who
> paddle sea kayaks.
> 
> --Tim
> 
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