Hi Janet, Chuckanut bay is a pretty cool place--I was out there this past summer. I know what you mean about the weathercocking--we were crossing to Chuckanut bay from Eliza Island, and had a 15-knot quartering tailwind and 2' wind waves. The current atlas said the flood tide at that time was to be flowing north, but we were definitely being set south, and the ferrying across the current added a lot of effort to that 3nm crossing. I was tuckered-out by the time we reached Chuckanut! We landed on the small beach on the SW side of the island, and I never thought sandstone looked so cool--I was just sitting there, staring at the rocks! Janet wrote: >I have only been kayaking 3x in 2 yrs but I *love* it. I went out with >Pacific Water Sports yesterday to a place called Chuckanut Bay up near the >Canadian border on the Washington coast. >Lake kayaking looked really good after yesterday. =) Keep paddling slightly "rough" stuff--your boat handling skills will grow, and those waves could be fun someday! Paddle smooth stuff too, though--it's hard to learn good paddling form if you're just trying to stay upright! Shawn -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 10 2000 - 08:40:19 PDT
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