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Felipe Behrens
Mar 30, 20233 min read
Part 4 - Jul. 1st - Day 15 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation
This morning I made a big fuck up. I was backing up the car, and I hit a concrete bollard in the parking lot. The bumper has a few...
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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 28, 20235 min read
PART 4 - WAITING ON THE WEATHER Jun. 30th - Day 14 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation
The latest forecast has worsened, and I likely will only be able to get back in the water on July fifth. Tomorrow the East winds will be...
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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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Felipe Behrens
Mar 20, 20235 min read
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....
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 18, 20234 min read
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...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 17, 20232 min read
Part 2 Jan. 13th - Day 24 - Sea Kayak Florida Circumnavigation
I passed the halfway point! Thus far I’ve covered 608 miles. Now I’ll be measuring distances in miles to get home, rather than miles from...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 16, 20231 min read
Part 3 Jun. 29th - Day 13 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation
Something tried to bite my kayak today. I was paddling in the early morning when suddenly I felt the stern hit something really big with...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 14, 20232 min read
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...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 13, 20239 min read
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,...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 12, 20232 min read
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...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 11, 202311 min read
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...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 10, 20235 min read
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...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 9, 20236 min read
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...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 5, 202310 min read
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...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 4, 20234 min read
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...
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Felipe Behrens
Mar 3, 20235 min read
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...
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Felipe Behrens
Feb 27, 20235 min read
Part 3 Jun. 28th - Day 12 - Sea Kayak Puerto Rico Circumnavigation
Yesterday’s paddle exhausted me. Not just physically, but mentally as well. I’m disappointed that the majority of the places I stop at...
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