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| - | ==== The big banana vs. the big corn cob....... ==== | ||
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| - | **Larry Goolsby** \\ | ||
| - | 08/17/08 #4810 | ||
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| - | Last week after circling Lummi Island and throwing in Clark Island\\ | ||
| - | (22.5 miles), Rick Lingbloom mentioned that he went out and followed\\ | ||
| - | the edge of Lake Whatcom all the way around (26 miles) and he calls\\ | ||
| - | it the big banana. On Thursday, DJ left Marine Park, circled Lummi\\ | ||
| - | and then circled Eliza Island twice before paddling home. I have to\\ | ||
| - | estimate this mileage at 34-35 miles because DJ hasn't figured out\\ | ||
| - | how to get his GPS out of the plastic blister package. I asked him\\ | ||
| - | why he went around twice and all he said was "I wuz lookin' for the\\ | ||
| - | exit".\\ | ||
| - | So today, I left Gooseberry Point to do the big corn cob. I started\\ | ||
| - | out heading north (counter-clockwise) and paddled over to Clark\\ | ||
| - | Island. After a brief pee/eat/drink, I set my sights on Vendovi and\\ | ||
| - | took off. The current was still ebbing and quite strong. You need to\\ | ||
| - | pass some rocks just south of Clark and the current was carrying me\\ | ||
| - | towards the rocks rather quickly. I paddled hard to stay at least 30\\ | ||
| - | feet from them but suddenly there was a loud explosion from the rear\\ | ||
| - | of my boat and I lost all control. I had hit a submerged rock with my\\ | ||
| - | 4" rudder. The current was causing the boat to turn and the rudder\\ | ||
| - | was useless even though I still had good foot control. I quickly\\ | ||
| - | hopped off into the water (much colder than B'ham Bay), rolled the\\ | ||
| - | boat over and acessed the damage. Except for a metal stub protruding\\ | ||
| - | from rudder tube, there was absolutely no rudder or even the remnents\\ | ||
| - | of one. The hull was not damaged so I hopped back on and tried\\ | ||
| - | paddling back to Clark. At first this was impossible with the swift\\ | ||
| - | current and a mild wind. The lack of a rudder didn't make the R feel\\ | ||
| - | any tippier but I could not control the nose at all. Finally I\\ | ||
| - | figured out that if I paddled on one side of the boat, I could gain\\ | ||
| - | some forward distance and when the boat finally spun around, I\\ | ||
| - | paddled backwards until it spun back again. After about a dozen loop-\\ | ||
| - | de-loos, I managed to get onto a beach. When I do these solo trips, I\\ | ||
| - | always pack a second rudder just in case the water gets nuclear. I\\ | ||
| - | start out with my 4" (which was now toast) and I keep my 9" in the\\ | ||
| - | hatch. So about 5 minutes later, I was back on the water and steering\\ | ||
| - | clear of any rocks as I headed for Vendovi once again.\\ | ||
| - | My goal was to go around Vendovi without stopping, then go around the\\ | ||
| - | east side of Eliza before heading towards the DNR campground on Lummi\\ | ||
| - | and taking my second break. This part of the trip was really boring\\ | ||
| - | except for the formation of some thunder clouds immediately overhead\\ | ||
| - | and the sound of thunder. I din't want to stop on Vendovi because I\\ | ||
| - | had gotten busted there once already by 'Bill the caretaker'. He has\\ | ||
| - | multiple spy cameras pointed at all the beaches and as soon as you\\ | ||
| - | stop on one, you'll hear his boat motor start up and he is on you in\\ | ||
| - | about 30 seconds. He's gotta be hiding something on that Island.\\ | ||
| - | So i go around Vendovi, then Eliza and finally I stop at the DNR. I\\ | ||
| - | had timed this trip to coincide with the change from and ebb tide to\\ | ||
| - | a flood tide so that I could ride the flood back to Gooseberry, Last\\ | ||
| - | week, my timing sucked and I ended up pushing against a current most\\ | ||
| - | the way home. After that last trip, I had bought a copy of the\\ | ||
| - | Washburn Currrent Atlas and noticed that the current didn't change\\ | ||
| - | directions in Hale's Pass until about 2 hours after the slack. After\\ | ||
| - | a brief break (and still feeling OK after 17.5 miles without\\ | ||
| - | stopping), i set course up Hale's pass and found that the current was\\ | ||
| - | going my direction finally. Along the way, the winds kicked up and I\\ | ||
| - | was passed by a sailboat about 200 yards on my right. The sailboat\\ | ||
| - | eventually veered over in front of me and suddenly I had a rabbit to\\ | ||
| - | chase. The wind had increased even more but I was gaining on the\\ | ||
| - | sailboat. It took me 30 minutes of hard paddling but having the wind\\ | ||
| - | and current with me (and going 9-10 mph) I finally caught the boat\\ | ||
| - | and rode on his bow wake until we were close to the ferry crossing.\\ | ||
| - | My total mileage for the trip was 29.1 miles and my total time\\ | ||
| - | (including 2 breaks and 1 rudder change) was 4 hrs and 55 minutes. I\\ | ||
| - | looked at the course on my Puget Sound map and it resembled a large\\ | ||
| - | oblong shape. I figured I had better call it the corn cob instead of\\ | ||
| - | some of the other items that crossed my mind.\\ | ||
| - | LG | ||
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| - | **Re: The big banana vs. the big corn cob.......\\ | ||
| - | superdogcurtis** \\ | ||
| - | 08/18/08 #4811 | ||
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| - | Larry what's the deal with landing on Vendovi? Other than Bill the caretaker, is there some law that states we cant land there? | ||
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| - | **Re: The big banana vs. the big corn cob.......\\ | ||
| - | Larry Goolsby** \\ | ||
| - | 08/18/08 #4812 | ||
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| - | John...It's legal to stop on any beach as long as you don't go above\\ | ||
| - | the high water line (on privately owned islands). I didn't want to\\ | ||
| - | stop because Bill will come out and tell you not to go above the high\\ | ||
| - | water line. I wanted to keep moving without listening to explanations.\\ | ||
| - | LG | ||
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