We did get some great swell and wind here in the Pacific Northwest finally, with commencement of some fine surf starting Thursday, Oct. 9th. I wasn't able to get out as planned that day. By today, Sunday, the anticipated storm warning was downgraded to a gale warning, with the buoy notching down from Thursday's 8-meter swell to 6 today. By the time I got out to Jordan River after church, Kirby was already suited-down, with his SOT ensconced back on his Van -- at least he had some fun just before the gale and squalls arrived. It wasn't big enough for me to suit-up. Go big, or go home. I headed home, but stopped in at Sooke, but it was running 35 to 40 knots, which wasn't worth the effort (my next notch up for the East Sooke Park run is 45 knots). Besides, my septic field just backed up, so I headed home to start the next few weeks of digging. Oh joy. When it rains, it pours. Here's a pic of my brother-in law's brother hitting the waves at Port Renfrew Thursday (he's at the top right hand of the pics, on the red/yellow board). http://www.surfingvancouverisland.com/surf/photo01.htm Doug Lloyd (awaiting the next storm) Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Are those shark fins in the water below him? ;-) Chuck Holst -----Original Message----- From: Doug Lloyd [SMTP:dalloyd_at_telus.net] Here's a pic of my brother-in law's brother hitting the waves at Port Renfrew Thursday (he's at the top right hand of the pics, on the red/yellow board). http://www.surfingvancouverisland.com/surf/photo01.htm *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Chuck asked (snip): > Are those shark fins in the water below him? ;-) > http://www.surfingvancouverisland.com/surf/photo01.htm Doug Lloyd Victoria BC Nah, just weird kelp shapes, though my brother in law said the aforementioned web site does show a pic of a Santa Cruz surfer dude with the outline of a shark in the body of the wave. I've surfed with sea lions before, both small and biggn's, and I'd rather be in my kayak that hanging onto a board. Ditto that with sharks too. But hey, aggressive locals are way more dangerous. And, it's also kind of weird having board surfers in the extended family now, see'n as how they don't like us kayakers and all in general. Actually, I'll be doing some surfing this winter out of Port Renfrew with my sister's hubby, cause it'll be cheaper to share transportation/ gas costs. Guess he'll have to introduce me to his boarder buddies and assign me a part of the break away from them for me and me kayak (I like the outer breaks anyway, which aren't always the most desirable for 80% of most board surfers. Well, I should have gone surfing the other day and/or paddling in the gale. As it turned out, the wind gusted to 50 knots at times Sunday, so the East Sooke Park run would have made good fodder for a Paddlewise story I'm sure. Though that may have just been a bit too intense for me at this point in my fitness levels and goals for rough-water training. I say I should have gone, because I may not be paddling for awhile. I suffered multiple lacerations to my right hand Monday morning, prepping my yard for sewer lines (was claw-hammering off some joist metal plates off some old wood 2X6 (you know, the kind with multitudinous "Shark-fin" shaped barbs that grip the wood and are not meant to be removed). I slipped coming down with full hammering force, slicing through to the bone in three parallel laceration lines across all my fingers. The most fun was trying to get through the ER department on a Holiday. I had the tendon sutures done last night finally, opting for the local anaesthetic over the general (more fun as I get to talk to the doctors who I pay as part of my adjudication job for the government). Glad I have lots of Codeine. Part of the reason I backed out of paddling this weekend is/was I'm sick and tired of fogged-up, water-droplet obscured glasses. As one edges closer to danger line, little things like being able to see rocks and logs and impending rogue waves become extremely important. I was very encouraged by an article in the recent Sea Kayaker magazine regarding eyewear for paddlers. It had some very good, practical suggestions that I will be following up with, including using disposable contacts just for rough-water work. Though I enjoy a number of paddling publications, SK still delivers the deep goods. There was also an informative article by Roger on breathing techniques for extended "down" time that I found useful, and fit in with some current developments I'm working on with respect to my own need for deep breathing, life-calming exercises. Funnily enough, I was going to bring up both these issues on Paddlewise last month (eyewear and breathing routines) but thought them a little too prosaic and not of sufficient interest to the rest of you paddlers - and here the issues shows up in a major publication. Anyway, my good left hand is getting tired, so by for awhile. Safe paddling to all. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (i.e. headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] Lack of sharks, jet skis and mosquitos is one of very few advantages of this place over FL or South CA. I think yesterday was the last sunny day of the season. Now it rains, rains, rains.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Holst" <cholst_at_bitstream.net> Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Not Finally > Are those shark fins in the water below him? ;-) > > Chuck Holst > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Lloyd [SMTP:dalloyd_at_telus.net] > > Here's a pic of my brother-in law's brother hitting the waves at Port > Renfrew Thursday (he's at the top right hand of the pics, on the red/yellow > board). > > http://www.surfingvancouverisland.com/surf/photo01.htm *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I Doug wrote: suffered multiple lacerations to my right hand Monday morning, Doug, we will pray for a quick recovery. Bob *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Melissa said: >>I'm very sorry to hear that Doug. I hope you recover well and quickly...as I know this is the beginning of your favourite paddling season!<< Thanks Melissa. Any hey, my fingers are in a naturally curled paddle-shaft grip position now! What weird weather though. A few weeks ago reservoirs were depleted, the province was in a state of emergency for forest fires, and now there's so much rain, a few of the reservoirs filled up in a matter of days. In Victoria we had like 8 inches in a few days -- 1/5 the annual rainfall. I drove out to see the Sooke River Thursday between Codeine hits to take a look. The authorities were evacuating residents. I haven't seen the river with flow rates/volumes like that since the last time I tried to paddle it with a couple of buddies in 1980 (we were swept into sweepers, forest debris, thick bush cover and the like, eventually pulling off-river for fear of our lives). I had one of those good thing/bad things happen Friday. I was at my dentist. He's a skilled photographer who spares no expense on equipment. He'd taken down his large format photograph of a kayaker entering the surf at Tofino from the front office. The picture is very similar to the one of you that appeared on the front of Sea Kayaker magazine. Anyway, he gave it to me as a gift at the end of the visit. It will grace my hallway this week, and I'll take this as a vicarious option for surf paddling for awhile. Well, on the way back to my van (parked near a high school), I noticed my expensive diver's knife and coiled tether missing. I'd forgotten to take it off on the prior time out, so someone cut it off the deck. Oh well. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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