SEVENTY48 2025 Part II: Lisabuela to Blake Island
Lisabuela is always our first break in SEVENTY48. We’ve camped there some years, but with our plan to take advantage of calm seas, it…
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SEVENTY48
SEVENTY48 2025 Part I: Start Line to Lisabuela
Over the seven years that we’ve participated in SEVENTY48, we’ve learned that the weather plays a major factor in how we do. Last year, we…
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SEVENTY48 2024
What if… We have always said that we’re not #InItToWinIt when it comes to SEVENTY48. We’ve always -every year – included camping along the way…
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After SEVENTY48 2023
We finished out SEVENTY48 2023 with our normal traditions. We went to the Ruckus and enjoyed a beer or two with fellow racers.
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SEVENTY48 2023: Day Two
Before dawn, we woke up and broke camp. We launched in record time. Our abbreviated gear list worked as we’d planned and we felt good…
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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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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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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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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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The Weather and SEVENTY48 (When the Weather Says No)
The first time we did the Seventy48 race, I knew our chances of finishing would largely depend on the weather. When I…
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SEVENTY48: Day 1 Plan – Fighting for Fay
When your plan is to paddle through the night… twice, it’s a little difficult to decide where to end your “day”. We’ll use the…
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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…
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70Forty-eight – Storms
And that’s a wrap! With a finish time of 38.7 hours (2 hours better than our time last year), 70Forty-eight is officially over! As we…
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70Forty-eight – Don’t Stop
Day 1 of 70Forty-eight, with a total of 36 miles paddled, is officially in the bag! We managed to snap a handful of pictures during…
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70Forty-eight – Going Our Own Way
The day has arrived! This year’s SEVENTY48 race may have been cancelled, but that won’t stop us from hitting the water and challenging ourselves…
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70Forty-eight instead of SEVENTY48
The race my wife, our friend Lara, and I do every year has been canceled (or postponed until 2021, if you prefer). Basically,…
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SEVENTY48 2019 – Finish Line
We were in it to finish, and finish we did! We managed to both shave 4.5 hours off last year’s time and retain our coveted…
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SEVENTY48 2019 – Paddle On
After a night of paddling and a quick break to rest, the NC Kayaks teams are back on the water, heading toward Port Townsend! Along…
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SEVENTY48 2019 – Ready, Set, Go!
The big day is finally here! We’re excited to get underway with all the other teams gathered here at the start line. The boats are…
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SEVENTY48 2019 – Meet the Teams
It’s that time of year again… Time to load the hatches down with camping gear, wax the hulls, and fill the dry bags with PB&Js.
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SEVENTY48 – Lanterne Rouge
You, too can race against Olympians and become an insufferable badass zombie kayaker. Let me tell you what it takes… I tied for last place…
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