2009-05-12 49 -123

It's a transit-kayak hash.

Tue 12 May 2009 in 49,-123: 49.4571520, -123.2901707 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In Howe Sound, directly between Lions Bay and Gambier Island, 3.65 km offshore.

Planning

• The 257 Horseshoe Bay Express bus leaves from Burrard & Georgia approximately every half hour.
• Transfer from Marine Drive and Nelson (just before the ferry terminal) to a C12 Lions Bay (leaving every hour, so that's the bottleneck).
• Walk to beach.
• Inflate and launch kayak.
• The low tide at Point Atkinson and Squamish is 14:15, so it will be close to turning and not a strong cross-current
• A strong wind warning is issued for Howe Sound. It's 11 kts now, and the forecast is 15 to 25 knots near noon, then diminishing so what we see when we get there we expect to diminish. I think we'd be kind of sheltered by Bowen & Gambier, as well.

Participants

• Robyn will get on the 12:26 C12 bus with her kayak.
• Rhonda can do this too!

Expedition

Kayak to-do list

• comfort handle for case
• wheels for case?
• waterproofing for spray skirt
• waterproof bag to go inside rear compartment
• some way to keep deflator from getting lost
• velcro for spray skirt?

Photos

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  A nice sandy beach to launch from

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  Under way

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  Deflating and drying

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  Visitors