Wes Boyd wrote: > > Apparently there has been a double sea kayaking fatality in the San Juans. > > For more information: > > http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/local/foun23ww.shtml Quoting from the above-referenced Seattle Times article: > A small-craft advisory was issued for the area Thursday night, when the forecast called for winds of 25 to 30 knots and wind waves measuring 3 to 5 feet, the National Weather Service said. Much calmer conditions -- 10-knot winds and 1- to 2-foot wind waves -- had been forecast for Wednesday. > We were camped on a small island some 30 miles to the NW of Lummi Is. / Orcas Is. last week, and experienced sustained 10-15 knot N/NW winds all day Thursday, followed by several hours of much higher winds from the **South** that night (branches were knocked off trees near our campsite). Our island was relatively protected, being "downwind" from larger islands to the N and S. I suspect winds in Georgia Strait and the waters connecting it to Rosario Strait would have been some 10 knots greater in velocity. A sad event. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Sep 24 2000 - 11:10:29 PDT
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