Re: [Paddlewise] Sean Morley's Vancouver Island Circumnavigation and SPOT

I hadn't factored in the kayak business angle, those folks are pretty busy in September. I don't question his skills or judgement in the slightest, he has the stoke to get what he wants out of it. Although I've paddled quite a bit into Autumn on the coast, it usually involves alot of soul searching with the forecast.

Cheers,

Rob G


-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca>
To: rcgibbert_at_aol.com; sh_at_actglobal.net; PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net
Sent: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 7:52 pm
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Sean Morley's Vancouver Island Circumnavigation and SPOT



September and often October can be very calm - barring any big systems. When
Sean left, the system was well predicted. A few of us were scratching our
heads. He'll get his northwesterlies maybe tomorrow - 40 knots or more. Most
in-season paddlers rely on the big westerlies for a west coast push south, but
those diminish in September too, so not sure what the thinking was. With a lot
of kayak retailers, whosesalers, and guides, they often don't have a choice of
the better weather windows. At least he's strong, not stupid, and has arguably
one of the best kayaks for rough water in the world - if not for speed.

Doug LLoyd

  Is it just me or is late September/October just not the time to to try for a
record trip around Vancouver Island?

  Cheers,

  Rob G




    Looks like Dan Henderson is held up by the weather too, Dan in Port
Renfrew, headed clockwise, Sean counterclockwise.

    http://dancanoekayak.blogspot.com/2008/09/vancouver-island-circumnavigati
on.html

    DL

    > Sean's held up in Ucluelet right now - 15 foot waves and 40 knot gusts.
> Glad he got to see VI's coast in the rough lest he think it was a cake >
walk. Couldn't get onto the SPOT website for him the other day - don't > know
what all that was about. Ah for the old days - you either showed up > home
alive at the end of the trip or, well, you didn't.
    >
    > Doug Lloyd
    >
    >
    >> Sean Morley is trying to break the record for circumnavigating
Vancouver
    >> Island. His SPOT shared page can be found at http://tinyurl.com/4ovyl8




  -----Original Message-----
  From: Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca>
  To: Steve Holtzman <sh_at_actglobal.net>; PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net
  Sent: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:53 pm
  Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Sean Morley's Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
and SPOT


  Looks like Dan Henderson is held up by the weather too, Dan in Port Renfrew,
headed clockwise, Sean counterclockwise.

  http://dancanoekayak.blogspot.com/2008/09/vancouver-island-circumnavigation
.html

  DL

  > Sean's held up in Ucluelet right no
w - 15 foot waves and 40 knot gusts. >
Glad he got to see VI's coast in the rough lest he think it was a cake > walk.
Couldn't get onto the SPOT website for him the other day - don't > know what
all that was about. Ah for the old days - you either showed up > home alive at
the end of the trip or, well, you didn't.
  >
  > Doug Lloyd
  >
  >
  >> Sean Morley is trying to break the record for circumnavigating Vancouver
  >> Island. His SPOT shared page can be found at http://tinyurl.com/4ovyl8
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