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Felipe Behrens
Feb 13, 20233 min read
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...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 9, 20232 min read
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...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 8, 20233 min read
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....
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 7, 20237 min read
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...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 6, 20231 min read
Part 2 Jun. 1st - Day 3 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Last night after I had set up camp, a group of folks at the adjacent campsite offered me beans and tortillas for dinner. I gladly...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 5, 20234 min read
Part 2 May. 31st - Day 2 - Launch Day! - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
David was right. The front desk lady was extremely accommodating. She put the kayak in their ballroom and acted though my needs were...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 4, 20233 min read
PART 2 - SEATTLE TO HERIOT BAY -May. 30th - Day 1 - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I took an uber to the Miami airport. My flight was delayed for three hours, because of heavy afternoon downpours, and would not be in...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 3, 20233 min read
Part 1 May. 29th - Departure Day - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Covid complicated things for the days before departure. I had rented my house for the two months I’d be traveling, the renter had already...
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Felipe Behrens
Jan 13, 20232 min read
Part 1 May. 26th - 4 Days to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
Fate sometimes throws potholes on your life’s road. Last weekend I started feeling a sore throat ache. At first, I thought I had...
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Felipe Behrens
Dec 11, 20222 min read
Part 1 May. 22nd - 7 Days to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
It hardly felt like it, but in a week, I would be pushing with my kayak from a boat ramp in Seattle. My mind began to shift from thinking...
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Felipe Behrens
Dec 9, 20225 min read
Part 1 May. 7th - 21 Days to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
I was reading a book about the ancient Greek Myths when I came across the story of Hephaestus (Vulcan if you prefer his Roman name). He...
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Felipe Behrens
Dec 8, 20224 min read
Part 1 May. 1st - 28 Days to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
When I paddled around Puerto Rico, I had a few close calls with reefs and submerged rocks. On more than one occasion I was surprised by a...
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Felipe Behrens
Dec 7, 20225 min read
Part 1 Apr. 15th - 1.5 Months to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
MoveIt came in the morning to pick up the kayak. The day before I had all the gear fitted into the hull and draped the sections in bubble...
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Felipe Behrens
Nov 30, 20223 min read
Part 1 Apr. 2nd - 2 Months to Departure - Sea kayak Vancouver Island Circumnavigation
With two months to go before heading to Seattle, there was still an avalanche of things to do. Except for the dry suit, I am nowhere near...
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Felipe Behrens
Nov 26, 20225 min read
PART1 - A NEW ADVENTURE - Feb. 1st - 4 Months to Departure
In my previous adventures, the end of the journey has been the most difficult part. When I arrive back where I started, my first thought...
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Felipe Behrens
Oct 23, 20223 min read
Falcon Sails
I knew that for very long kayak journeys I would want a sail on my kayak so I could be reasonably certain to cover the longest stretches...
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