RE: [Paddlewise] Big water at Sooke Entrance

From: Mark Arnold <mjamja_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:15:47 -0600
Were you guys auditioning for that movie series that goes by the same name
as the rock you rounded? :)

Seriously, a nice report on a paddle way beyond my limits.  

Mark J. Arnold


> From there we headed into the rock gardens that were being punded by wind
> waves from Juande Fuca Strait.  Careful timing was key.  We worked our
way out
> past Simpson, Company and finially around Possession Point.  Lots of
driving
> rain smacking us right in the face as the winds out here we likely a
sustained
> 25 knots.  We rounded Jackass Rock and cut in for the phony water
treatment
> plant at Silver Spray.  MJ lead the way down the surge channel to the
beach at
> the end.  He got bounced side ways once and I thought his greenland stick
was
> going to get turned into fire wood, but he threw in a nice correcting
stroke
> and sailed on in.  
> Gordin Warner
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