Since you guys down south have had a rough winter I figure most of you are getting stir crazy to paddle and with all the stuck in the house weather you have been making plans for this summer. So where ya going? I am planning to paddle for Coronation Island in June. Coronation Island is located south of Kuiu Island in Southeast Alaska. I hope to take 7 days to get to Coronation, spend a week exploring the Island and it's beaches then take another week to return to Petersburg. It will be about a 235 mile trip. Two summers ago I tried to make it there but a big week long storm (35 knot winds with gusts to 45knots / 15 to 25 foot seas) forced me to turn back. Hopefully this summer I will be able to make the trip. I have a few more days available for the trip this year to allow me to wait out bad weather. The summer of 2008 was cold wet and stormy so I am hoping for better weather this year. What about the rest of you? Where you going? Bob (surrounded by maps) *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Mar 1, 2010, at 11:24 PM, Robert Carter wrote: > Since you guys down south have had a rough winter I figure most of you are getting stir crazy to paddle and with all the stuck in the house weather you have been making plans for this summer. > So where ya going? > I am going to Tybee Island this weekend to try out my new Aleut paddle I bought from the Skinboat school. Its a really tall paddle. > > Bob (surrounded by maps) I would issue the maps an ultimatum and demand their surrender. Jim et al *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Robert Carter <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net>wrote: > > I am planning to paddle for Coronation Island in June. > I remember that trip and how disappointed you were to have to cut it short. I hope this year will be better and look forward to the story. > > What about the rest of you? Where you going? > > One of the original reasons for the muthah-ship was to provide a means of transport into Haida Gwai and a place to stay while paddling. I have a Garmin GPS system with all the charts necessary for this trip and it seems like a good idea. Plan "A" is to tow the muthah-ship to Prince Rupert and launch there and paddle locally while waiting for a weather window and then scoot across to the islands at 20kts. I have hopes of doing that this season but I know how things like that tend to slip. Especially given the simple fact that my new shop stands without a roof (waiting on trusses, the contractor says). The Princess (our 21-ft 1970-vintage Streamline trailer) will be put to good use camping and kayaking on the lakes around the Central Washington (state) area this summer. Our daughter and her husband have just bought a 25-foot Outback and they both kayak so we are hoping to get in some paddling with them. Their two boys, 3 and 2, make kayaking difficult for both of them but with grandma around they should be able to get away. Another goal this summer is to walk onto the ferry at Anacortes and paddle from Friday Harbor to James Island and then to Stuart Island and back to FH and ferry home. I know that the trip through Cattle Pass is more manly but I'm not feeling all that manly and this is easier. And Bob, I think that surrounding yourself with charts and maps is wonderful fun. It's even better nowadays with Google Maps. :) Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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