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Felipe Behrens
Jul 8, 20239 min read
PART 6 - TAHSIS TO TOFINO Jul. 10th - Day 42 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
The drizzly rain began j as I started backtracking through Esperanza Sound, and soon there settled a dense fog. I had to constantly wipe...
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Felipe Behrens
Jul 5, 20233 min read
PART 5 - Jul. 10th - Day 42 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
We started early to arrive at the rendezvous point with the group van outside Zeballos. As we paddled up the Esperanza Sound I chatted...
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Felipe Behrens
Jul 2, 20233 min read
PART 5 - Jul. 9th - Day 41 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
We left our gear on the campsite and paddled further into Nuchalitz Sound. As we neared the end of the Sound, I heard the rumbling of a...
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Felipe Behrens
Jun 25, 20234 min read
PART 5 - Jul. 8th - Day 40 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
The calm weather allowed for a side journey into the Nuchatlitz Sound which carves a deep groove into the northwest side of Nookta Island...
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Felipe Behrens
Jun 18, 20232 min read
PART 5 - Jul. 7th - Day 39 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Another incredibly calm day with the sea looking like a serving tray filled with little hershey kiss islets. “How long can this last?” I...
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Felipe Behrens
Jun 11, 20236 min read
PART 5 - Jul. 5th & 6th - Days 37 & 38 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
We paddled through calm waters from the Bunsby Islands to the outskirts of a First Nation village called Kyuquot. “The indigenous lands...
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Felipe Behrens
Jun 4, 20234 min read
PART 5 - Jul. 4th - Day 36 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
More unbelievably calm conditions We paddled through a maze of sea stacks and boulders scattered along the coast like Lego pieces, and the...
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Felipe Behrens
May 28, 20234 min read
PART 5 - Jul. 3rd - Day 35 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Yesterday was our longest paddle as a group. We covered just over eighteen miles. Our window to round the Brooks came early in the...
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Felipe Behrens
May 18, 20234 min read
PART 5 - Jul. 2nd - Day 34 - Rounding the Brooks - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Last evening JF surprised us all with a fluffy chocolate cake topped with whip cream and blueberries he’d baked on the camping cooker. ...
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Felipe Behrens
May 13, 20233 min read
PART 5 - Jul. 1st - Day 33 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
A strong breeze from the southeast kept us on land all day. We would not have known about it without someone giving us the forecast...
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Felipe Behrens
May 9, 20234 min read
PART 5 - Jun. 30th - Day 32 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I retired my current set of undergarments which I had been using since I left Port Hardy. After so many days they were reeking horribly,...
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Felipe Behrens
May 5, 202310 min read
PART 5 - Jun. 29th - Day 31 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
We woke up to dead calm conditions and thick fog, the prelude to a radiantly sunny day. “Time to wash hands!” JF announced. Soon we...
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Felipe Behrens
Apr 30, 20235 min read
PART 5 - Jun. 28th - Day 30 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
The wind blew from the southwest with great strength all day. “Folks, I know it’s only the third day, but we’re going to make it a rest...
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Felipe Behrens
Apr 21, 20235 min read
PART 5 - Jun. 27th - Day 29 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
The beach we camped was the steepest landing I have ever done. The slope was a bed of boulders that rolled and crackled with the waves....
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Felipe Behrens
Apr 18, 20235 min read
PART 5 - Jun. 26th - Day 28 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
At 5:00 am I woke up to a discomforting rumble in my bowels. “Oh god, this one definitely can’t wait.” I walked barefoot out of the...
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Felipe Behrens
Apr 12, 20235 min read
PART 5 - PADDLING WITH FRIENDS -Jun. 25th - Day 27 - St Josef Bay
St Josef Bay must be the most beautiful beach in all of Vancouver Island. The bay is nestled deep inside a cut on the cliff walls that...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 29, 20234 min read
Part 4 - Jun. 24th - Day 26 - Rounding Cape Scott - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
A thick fog rolled in during the night, and the view of the sea in the morning was a white out. From my tent I could hear the waves...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 26, 20236 min read
Part 4 - Jun. 23rd - Day 25 - Bear Encounters - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
The Cape is only about fifteen miles away but the tide was forecast to start around 8:00 am which would almost certainly mean I’d be...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 24, 20233 min read
Part 4 - Jun. 22nd - Day 24 - Rest Day at Shuttleworth Bight
The west wind was strong the entire day, but the forecast called for calmer conditions to begin developing in the afternoon and last for...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 22, 20233 min read
Part 4 - Jun. 21st - Day 23 - Sea Kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
The morning conditions were exactly as the forecast predicted, and I got on the water as soon as daylight allowed, to catch the falling...
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