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| - | ==== Two epic trips....... ==== | ||
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| - | **Larry Goolsby** \\ | ||
| - | 06/19/05 #368 | ||
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| - | I want to hear from Reivers and Morris about their epic paddle that\\ | ||
| - | was to go from Anacortes to Fairhaven this Sunday afternoon. Dean\\ | ||
| - | and I needed to be home this afternoon so we did our own epic trip\\ | ||
| - | starting at Fairhaven at 0830 Sunday morning and paddling out and\\ | ||
| - | around Lummi Island and then back to Fairhaven. We wanted to catch\\ | ||
| - | some of the out flowing tide and then ride the flood tide back in\\ | ||
| - | (even the best laid plans blah, blah, blah). Dean was in his S1-X\\ | ||
| - | with his 4" rudder and I was in the R with my 4" rudder. The trip\\ | ||
| - | out was uneventful except for a chop that was against our beam that\\ | ||
| - | was coming from the south. It was tempting to turn and ride these\\ | ||
| - | little waves north up through Hale's Passage but we wanted to travel\\ | ||
| - | north on the west side of Lummi. Once around Lummi it was dead flat.\\ | ||
| - | I was hoping to have the wind at our backs with a little wind swell\\ | ||
| - | but suddenly the wind was coming out of the northwest (not in the\\ | ||
| - | weather channels predictions). We had already stopped so Dean could\\ | ||
| - | have a pee break on Eliza and as we neared Lummi Rocks, Dean needed\\ | ||
| - | another pee break. Lummi Rocks is exactly 11.3 miles from the\\ | ||
| - | Fairhaven boat ramp (in case you are looking to do a trip to there).\\ | ||
| - | We had hit some current on that side just before the Rocks and had\\ | ||
| - | slowed to 6 mph. We ate lunch there and then headed north again to\\ | ||
| - | find Dean another pee site. I wish that Dr. Sullivan or Dr. Borgnes\\ | ||
| - | could have been with us, it would have been beneficial to do a\\ | ||
| - | prostate exam on my partner. Shortly after leaving Lummi Rocks, we\\ | ||
| - | hit a current that took us up to 9 MPH for about a mile or more. We\\ | ||
| - | was movin'. However, once we passed Legoe Bay, we slowed to a crawl\\ | ||
| - | of about 5.7 to 6.0 until we hit Pt. Lawrence. The top of Lummi was\\ | ||
| - | uneventful, flat and void of current but as we entered Hale passage,\\ | ||
| - | the flood current was coming north through the channel. I had\\ | ||
| - | thought that the incoming current went south through there. We\\ | ||
| - | headed south and at times our speed dropped to 4.5 but we found that\\ | ||
| - | the east side of the channel was almost current free. Coming around\\ | ||
| - | Portage to go the last 5.5 miles home was the epic part of our trip.\\ | ||
| - | The northwest wind was blowing a 1 foot chop at our beam and the\\ | ||
| - | closer we got to Bellingham, the bigger the chop was. I teach\\ | ||
| - | physics so I thought I knew enough about wave action (waves travel\\ | ||
| - | in sinusoidal patterns or rather they curve as they go out) to think\\ | ||
| - | that if the waves were hitting our beam at Portage, they would be at\\ | ||
| - | our backs as we neared Bellingham. Made sense to me. The waves were\\ | ||
| - | hitting my beam all the friggin' way back. Dean had taken a more\\ | ||
| - | southerly route catching the energy from these waves while I stayed\\ | ||
| - | with them hitting my beam and testing my 4" rudder. I could barely\\ | ||
| - | see him since he was about a 1/2 mile to my south and I thought that\\ | ||
| - | I had the advantage for getting to Belligham first. There was even a\\ | ||
| - | tug boat that sped past him with a nasty 4-5 foot wake but this did\\ | ||
| - | not deter him much. As we passed the Post Point buoy, the water\\ | ||
| - | really started to get nasty with 2-3 foot waves coming in different\\ | ||
| - | directions and then bouncing off the shore and the drydock. The last\\ | ||
| - | mile was pure survival paddling and the 4 " rudders were holding up\\ | ||
| - | great. I could have not maintained an upright position in that water\\ | ||
| - | with my S1-X and was very happy to be in the R. Dean beat me to the\\ | ||
| - | ramp and did park his boat about 1 or 2 minutes before I did. Our\\ | ||
| - | total time out was about 5 hours and 20 minutes and our time\\ | ||
| - | paddling was 4 hours and 35 minutes. Total distance was 29.6 miles.\\ | ||
| - | Now I want to hear about how Reivers and Morris did on their\\ | ||
| - | crossing...\\ | ||
| - | Larry G | ||
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| - | **Morris Arthur <marthur@...>** \\ | ||
| - | 06/20/05 #369 | ||
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| - | Reivers and I took a leisurely Sunday paddle from Anacortes to Friday\\ | ||
| - | Harbor: | ||
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| - | Yummy food, fine beverages, and "maybe-I'll-just-nap-here-on-the-beach"\\ | ||
| - | weather... | ||
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| - | Morris | ||
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| - | **Reivers Dustin** \\ | ||
| - | 06/20/05 #370 | ||
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| - | It was pretty cool. We took two breaks, in fact on the last break at\\ | ||
| - | Lopez, Morris slapped a tall can of my favorite brew in my hand. The\\ | ||
| - | fish 'n chips at Friday Harbor was great. | ||
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| - | We rode currents at first, then hunted for back eddies through\\ | ||
| - | Deception Pass on Westward. Morris hooked up behind a little power\\ | ||
| - | boat and found the stern wake rideable. I was trying to ride the bow\\ | ||
| - | wake with less success. | ||
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| - | I have got to get a GPS. The big flood was very deceptive once we\\ | ||
| - | were in the middle of a long crossing. We had to ferry more than I\\ | ||
| - | thought. Morris' GPS was a lifesaver. | ||
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| - | The 6 - 7 mph cruise speed of these 'skis just blows my scale of\\ | ||
| - | things away. I've had a touring boat perspective on the islands for\\ | ||
| - | all these years. Things like this are easier to manage than I would\\ | ||
| - | have expected. | ||
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| - | We have more stories, but our throats are dry... perhaps if someone\\ | ||
| - | were to provide us a beer? | ||
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| - | **Larry Goolsby** \\ | ||
| - | 06/20/05 #372 | ||
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| - | OK Morris, just how many miles was this leisurely paddle. I tried to\\ | ||
| - | look on my wall chart and it didn't cover that big of an area. Did you\\ | ||
| - | have to change your watch when you passed through the different time\\ | ||
| - | zones?\\ | ||
| - | Larry G | ||
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