Well, I hiked up a local mountain tonight to see some of the tall ships coming into Victoria for the weekend event - had the family "in tow," so couldn't kayak out to mingle, which may have been more interesting in the windy straits this evening. The police had the Royal Roads waterfront closed down to cars eventually, so I'm glad we got to see some of the ships under sail from higher up, away from any crowds. http://www.tallshipsvictoria.ca/ I'll probably head to the inner harbour Sunday to view the ships from the waterline. Anyone in Victoria want to join? 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/ ***************************************************************************
"Doug Lloyd" <dalloyd_at_telus.net> wrote: > Well, I hiked up a local mountain tonight to see some of the tall ships > coming into Victoria for the weekend event - had the family "in tow," so > couldn't kayak out to mingle, which may have been more interesting in the > windy straits this evening. We drove around that mess enroute to the Victoria-Port Angeles ferry today, and it was quite impressive, with a ship from Mexico and one from Russia being the contenders for largest. Those ships need to be seen to be appreciated! The harbor was alive with paddlers, and patrolers, looked like some Vic RCMP's (?) and maybe CCG Zodiacs. The Straits had some pretty rough conditions, which made the ferry alter course, after a large crash in the galley ... and none of the sail boats out had much sail on. Some of the passengers lost lunch. A big day. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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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