[Please remove all old content that is not pertinent to your reply including old headers and footers. It's list policy.... this post was modified to meet policy] On 4/26/07, Robert Livingston <bearboat2_at_comcast.net> wrote: > > Paddling around Vancouver Island is a snap. Cape Scott, Brooks > Peninsula, Estevan point. There are days you could paddle those > places with no problem in an open Coleman $400 canoe from WalMart. > > In the summer, there are a fair number of such days and many only > slightly more daunting. And there are many days that you would not > want to be out in these exposed places. If you were lucky. you could > paddle every day and whip around the island. Experienced cruising sailboaters are well aware of the dangers of the equinox. March/April and September/October make for particularly unpleasant weather associations in both the northern and southern hemispheres. The trip between Tahiti and New Zealand - often called the "milk run" for its mild weather - is well known for its equinoctal gales and one can be tossed around in a very nasty manner if one's timing is off by a couple of weeks. Of course, spring and fall are the very times when many of us want to get out and either enjoy the last few paddles or get a head start on the new season.Worse yet, we tend to have rusty skills in the early season just when we might need them the most. Craig Jungers Royal City, WA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Apr 29 2007 - 17:48:04 PDT
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