A most delightful paddle
On Mother’s Day, we set out to get a solid training paddle in. With just a few weeks until SEVENTY48, we wanted to increase…
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Training Paddles
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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Bowtie on Bainbridge Day Three
For our third day of putting a Bowtie on Bainbridge, the plan was simple: pack up the campsite and paddle home. We planned stops…
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Bowtie on Bainbridge Day Two
This is our big day: for day two of Bowtie on Bainbridge Weekend, we’re circumnavigating Bainbridge Island. We planned for nearly 30 nmi, which…
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Bowtie on Banbridge Day One
If you’re following along as we tackle our “Bowtie on Bainbridge” plan, here’s your update for Friday/Day One. Our goals for today were relatively…
Read MoreBowtie 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Return to Fox Island
If it’s not broke… One of our favorite training paddles is circumnavigating Fox Island. It is close to home. The launch site has parking. It…
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Smashin’ Vashon.
Our biggest Island Yet! In our continuing quest to circumnavigate the islands of the Puget Sound, we succeeded in paddling around Vashon and its tied…
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Going Big – Four Islands in One
In addition to our challenge to circumnavigate the islands of Puget Sound, we were also training for the 2020 Seventy48. One thing we…
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