May 21, 2021 0 Bowtie on Bainbridge: The Plan What does it mean to put a “Bowtie on Bainbridge”? That doesn’t even make sense. Well, in our quest to circumnavigate the islands of… Read More
May 18, 2021 2 SEVENTY48 2021 – Our Paddle Plan My main condition for participating in SEVENTY48 the first time was that I wouldn’t have to paddle at night. We almost met that… Read More
May 11, 2021 2 Camping at Hope Island This past weekend, we thought it was time to practice our camp set-up for SEVENTY48 and WA360 by camping at Hope Island. We… Read More
May 4, 2021 0 Ramping Up to Race Ready Around eight weeks from the start of the SEVENTY48 race every year, we really dig into our training plan and try to… Read More
April 27, 2021 0 Sunrise… Sunset… & Then Some We Circumnavigated Vashon Island… Again On Saturday, we circumnavigated Vashon Island for the third time in less than a year. When we originally discussed how… Read More
April 20, 2021 0 The Largest Islands… We had an ambitious plan. In our quest to circumnavigate all of the islands of Puget Sound, today would be the day that we… Read More
April 13, 2021 0 Our Paddle to Purdy Early April is generally when we start ramping up our mileage, in preparation for our annual SEVENTY48 race. Our goal for this weekend was… Read More
April 6, 2021 0 What’s on Your Checklist? When I was writing about bow & stern lines, I had a line in there that my wife deleted. I had said that I… Read More
March 30, 2021 0 Do you know who built your kayak? If You Get an NC Kayak… In a world where manufacturing is increasingly automated, each NC Kayak is hand-built in the Northwest, by just two… Read More
March 16, 2021 1 Beacons, Radios, and Trackers Beacons, Radios, and Trackers, Oh My! A friend just asked me which I prefer: a radio or a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB). Their PLB is… Read More