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PART 4 - ROUNDING CAPE SCOTT - Jun. 19th & 20th - Port Hardy - Days 21 & 22
I reviewed the weather forecast for the next seven days to assess when there’d be a weather window to round Cape Scott and arrive in St....
Felipe Behrens
Mar 20, 20235 min read
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Part 3 - Jun. 18th - Port Hardy - Day 20 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
The morning brought dead calm conditions. The tide was falling and that helped to make fast progress early on, perhaps even a little too...
Felipe Behrens
Mar 18, 20234 min read
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Part 3 - Jun. 17th - Day 19 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I made a short half day paddle to Port McNeill of only six miles. With strong northwest winds forecast for the afternoon, getting to...
Felipe Behrens
Mar 14, 20232 min read
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Part 3 - Jun. 16th - Day 18 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I had a text conversation with my friend Lee from Victoria. “Hey, how’s the progress going?” “I got to Naka Creek Camp today.” “Oh,...
Felipe Behrens
Mar 13, 20239 min read
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Part 3 - Jun. 15th - Day 17 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I had another weird dream about my kayak last night. I was paddling when suddenly an enormous hole had opened under the hull like a wood...
Felipe Behrens
Mar 12, 20232 min read
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Part 3 - Jun. 14th - Day 16 - The Johnstone Strait - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Last night I must have done something to garner Poseidon’s wrath. “Where’s that sacrificial horse I’m supposed to get in exchange for...
Felipe Behrens
Mar 11, 202311 min read
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Part 3 - Jun. 13th - Day 15 - The Okisollo Rapids - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
A few miles North of the Octopus Islands are the Okisollo Rapids where the northern shore of Quadra Island pushes up against Sonora...
Felipe Behrens
Mar 10, 20235 min read
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Part 3 - Jun. 12th - Day 14 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Last night I noticed that my two gear bags had ripped. That really bothered me. I had purchased them for the journey around Florida two...
Felipe Behrens
Mar 9, 20236 min read
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Part 3 - Jun. 11th - Day 13 - The Surge Narrows - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I have noticed that there are a lot of place names here in the Pacific Northwest that have Spanish origin. Cortez island, Juan de Fuca...
Felipe Behrens
Mar 5, 202310 min read
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PART 3 - HERIOT BAY TO PORT HARDY - Jun. 10th - Day 12 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I slept heavily last night, and never heard a clatter of drunken partying, chanting or thumping from the karaoke down at the bar. In...
Felipe Behrens
Mar 4, 20234 min read
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Part 2 Jun. 9th - Day 11 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I sat on the bench yesterday after sunset as I waited like the waitress said for everyone to leave. At that moment, thought came into my...
Felipe Behrens
Mar 3, 20235 min read
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Vancouver Island Map - Heriot Bay to Port Hardy - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
The map shows my kayak route for the second part of the Sea kayak Vancouver Island circumnavigation. You can see more maps like this one...
Felipe Behrens
Mar 2, 20231 min read
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Vancouver Island Map - Seattle to Heriot Bay - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
The map shows my kayak route for the first part of the Sea Kayak Vancouver Island circumnavigation. You can see more maps like this one...
Felipe Behrens
Mar 1, 20231 min read
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Part 2 Jun. 8th - Day 10 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
After hearing yesterday’s bear story from the kayaker I decided to hang all my food in a bag over a tree limb about eight feet off the...
Felipe Behrens
Feb 23, 20234 min read
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Part 2 Jun. 7th - Day 9 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
First sunny day of the journey. Not a cloud in the sky this morning, and as I looked towards the southeast down the middle of the Georgia...
Felipe Behrens
Feb 22, 20233 min read
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Part 2 Jun. 6th - Day 8 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Yesterday I covered thirty-two miles. No wonder I felt exhausted. I took things a little easier today and went at a leisurely pace until...
Felipe Behrens
Feb 16, 20234 min read
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Part 2 Jun. 5th - Day 7 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Again, the sea this morning was calm like a mountain lake. Not even a slight puff of wind, and the clouds were hanging low and covering...
Felipe Behrens
Feb 13, 20233 min read
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Part 2 Jun. 4th - Day 6 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I crossed into Canada! Conditions on the San Juan strait were dead calm, and the only undulations over the water came from tidal currents...
Felipe Behrens
Feb 9, 20232 min read
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Part 2 Jun. 3rd - Day 5 - The San Juan Islands - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
There’s nothing that soaks your will to start your day in the morning more than waking up in your tent and hearing the rain pouring....
Felipe Behrens
Feb 8, 20233 min read
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Part 2 Jun. 2nd - Day 4 - Deception Pass - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I wondered if this morning I should do a visual inspection of Deception Pass from the Bridge that crosses the strait to see what I was...
Felipe Behrens
Feb 7, 20237 min read
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