Re: [Paddlewise] Port Alberni inlet

Paul Grant wrote:
> Is any one familiar with the Port Alberni Inlet?  I'd like to paddle from Port
> Alberni to the broken group but my partner has contacted 3 kayak shops that
> all recommended against it, citing 3 meter waves and lack of landing spots.

Well, 3 meter waves on some days, yes.  Wind, almost every day, typically 
as pressure relief, so you might get a head wind or a tail wind.  I have 
not paddled it, but it is probably seriously boring water, steep-to 
shorelines with difficult, ugly camping, having lots of clear cuts to 
admire, and little interesting paddling.

If it were me, I'd take the steamer to Sechart and launch there.  The 
steamer (Lady Rose / Frances Barkley) has charm, elan, hot food, and gets 
you there in half a day for not a whole lot of bucks.  If it is interesting 
paddling enroute to the Brokens you want, take the steamer to Bamfield, 
launch there, and hit the Deers for a night or two, and then do the Brokens.

All of this transiting between island groups is serious open water.  I hope 
you are experienced.  Within the Brokens, it is very protected, easy 
paddling; getting from the Deers to the Brokens might not be so easy.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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