Northwesters: If we want to have a list trip, is this a good time to start marking up the calendar? I pulled out the tide table this morning, and it looks as if the first or last Saturday in May would be good for the Anacortes-Friday Harbor route Tom mentioned, and the 22nd of May might be good for Bowman Bay/Deception Pass ("moderate" 6 knot ebb near midday). Any interest in these dates?? Mike Wagenbach Good judgement is the result of experience. Experience is the result of surviving poor judgement. I'm hoping to get some more experience. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 2/25/99 5:09:53 PM EST, wagen_at_u.washington.edu writes: << last Saturday in May would be good for the Anacortes-Friday Harbor route Tom mentioned, and the 22nd of May might be good for Bowman Bay/Deception Pass >> For a group of strangers, Bowman Bay might be the best choice for a first get together. Don't want to find out somone is all talk in the middle of Rosario Starit. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999 Tomckayak_at_aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 2/25/99 5:09:53 PM EST, wagen_at_u.washington.edu writes: > > << last Saturday in May would be good for the > Anacortes-Friday Harbor route Tom mentioned, and the 22nd of May might be > good for Bowman Bay/Deception Pass >> > > For a group of strangers, Bowman Bay might be the best choice for a first get > together. Don't want to find out somone is all talk in the middle of Rosario > Starit. > True enough! My thinking was that planning a couple of trips in a short period would let everyone choose an outing that is within their comfort range without worrying about "missing the boat," so to speak, and overreaching themselves for a chance to meet the group. Scheduling the trips in order of increasing difficulty is presumably the most prudent, but I hope people who are serious enough to read all these messages are also fairly honest, esp. to themselves, about their skills and experience. I'm happy to say that I've backed out of a couple of trips after I heard all the caveats! Also, the long trip is the sort of thing I expect to be more likely to be scrubbed due to poor weather, which makes me want to plan from the get-go for a backup daye. Overly pessimistic, perhaps. I'll be out of touch until Monday, so I'll look forward to catching up then with the plan (if any). Have a wet weekend! Mike Wagenbach *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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