Re: [Paddlewise] Port Alberni inlet

Quatsino Sound inlets might be more rewarding than Alberni Inlet. Much 
longer drive obviously. More remote. Alberni Inlet East can be a thrill 
during a tsunami.

DL

> 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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