SEVENTY48 2023: Day One
The Plan: Get ourselves launched, across the start line, past the first waypoint at Owen Beach, and about halfway up Colvos before camping for the…
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Racing Puget Sound
SEVENTY48 2022: Risk Assessment
As we paused at Foul Weather Bluff, we floated while checking the weather forecast and assessing our situation. The forecast was not friendly. The winds…
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Winds of Change
We’ve been picking up the mileage on our training paddles, since SEVENTY48 is quickly approaching. We had plans that kept us from the water…
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Training Paddle: Double Fox
One of the things we didn’t really prepare ourselves for the first year we did SEVENTY48 was high-mileage days. That first year, we hardly…
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SEVENTY48 2022: Point No Point to Foul Weather Bluff
By 9:00 on Sunday morning, we had stopped on the downwind side of Point No Point to make a few adjustments, check our field repair,…
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Seventy48 2022: The Oh $#!+ Bag
When packing for SEVENTY48, one of our drybags is the “Oh, $#!+” bag. It has several supplies in it that would be useful in…
Read MoreSEVENTY48 2022: Day Two – Launches and Landings
From a distance, our second day of SEVENTY48 looks okay. Decent. Pretty good, even. We launched just about when we planned to. The weather…
Read MoreSEVENTY48 2022: Humpbacks in Dalco
We didn’t get a photo. Although, I’m not sure what would have shown up if we did. So I’ll try to paint a picture. Imagine…
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WA360 Calling It
When we woke up on Sunday morning, we were greeted with another wet day, with more in the forecast. We had missed our bedtime dose…
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Planning SEVENTY48 2022
We are in our final preparations for the 2022 SEVENTY48 race. We’ve been checking the forecasts regularly and packing our gear all week. We…
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