Just to clear up one point with Casey's analysis, I never mentioned that this was going to we a one way trip to Stinson beach, where a support van would shuttle us home. The idea of coming back through the bridge had never been considered an option until TL decided that was the plan. Mark -----Original Message----- Michael Casey Walker I can't help but note that any competent San Francisco Bay Area paddler would have looked at the tide charts for this weekend and decided that this was exactly the wrong weekend to paddle out the gate and around Point Bonita. Tide flowing into the Bay until 12:45 pm, huge full moon ebb (max 6 knots) flowing out of the Bay in the afternoon. Why would you ever head out the Gate in the morning and return in the afternoon this past weekend? In contrast to Mark's experience on Saturday, members of Bay Area Sea Kayakers gathered at Horseshoe Cove by the Golden Gate Bridge at dawn on Sunday and rode the tides up and into the Bay, returning in the late afternoon, for a total of 36 nautical miles, touching 13 SF Bay islands. This annual trip, known as the Gonzo, was initiated by Mike Higgins, who has paddled every mile of the Left Coast from Canada to Mexico. I can't say for sure, but knowing Mike, he has no stars. Casey Walker San Francisco *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jan 12 2009 - 14:42:27 PST
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