[CKF Info] CKF & SDKC Dana Point Trip Report - Sunday, June 22, 2008

[J. Winthrop Aldrich]

Kathy, Henry, and Jane:

Thank you all for a great gathering and paddle today- it was good to have so
many kayakers out enjoying the OC Coast and each others company.

Win Aldrich


On 6/22/08 4:31 PM, "Henry Pilcher" <rgtide at yahoo.com> wrote:

> CKF & SDKC Dana Point Trip Report
> Sunday, June 22,2008
> 
> What a great group of kayakers for our joint paddle today!  And so many!  We
> had 23 paddlers representing CKF, SDKC, Meet-Up.com, and Freelancers from the
> counties of San Diego, Orange, San Bernardino, Bakersfield, and Los Angeles.
> 
> A big thank you to Jane Hardy, president of SDKC, for promoting today's paddle
> with her club and a big thank you to our CKF paddlers and all the other
> kayakers who came out and supported today's joint club paddle.
> 
> We launched a little after 8:30 a.m. once we took care of a welcome,
> introductions, and most importantly a few safety cautions regarding fog,
> rocks, and the shoreline.  Which was important because while we were unloading
> boats and gathering gear a blanket of fog descended on Dana Point Harbor first
> obscuring the sky, then the jetty, then boats in the harbor, and finally the
> beach where we were standing.
> 
> After rounding the jetty we did a quick regroup before heading for the opening
> between one large rock that stands out in the bay and the rocks off the point.
> Trouble was the rock and the point were nowhere to be seen due to the fog. We
> altered course and went for the farside of the rock and kept wide of the point
> which we could finally see had large waves breaking on the shore.
> 
> Somewhere after the jetty and before we rounded the rock we lost two paddlers
> who went off into the fog abyss and disappeared in seconds. What's that
> thought from the Ventura group - keep lost paddlers to a minimum of 10% of the
> total group.  Well, that was about right.  Actually, Duane and Steve took off
> for a little exploring on their own so we figured they were okay and we'd see
> them again sometime.  Which we did when funny enough they landed back at Dana
> Point at the same time as our group.
> 
> By now the sun started to break through the fog bank giving us a view of our
> beautiful coast.  We paddled easily through the kelp under calm conditions to
> Three Arch Bay where we all decided to do our turn around after taking a peak
> at the three arches giving that point its name.
> 
> Heading back to Dana Point we passed numerous fishermen out for a day's catch,
> sailboats taking a spin in the wind, and boaters enjoying a beautiful day on
> the water.  
> 
> Most of us went to Charo Chicken for lunch where we took up two long tables
> and scrunched in close eating, talking, and getting to know each other with
> our new and familiar friends!
> 
> Great conversations with a fun group!  Thank you for coming!
> 
> Kathy Pilcher, Director, CKF
> Jane Hardy, President, SDKC
> 
> P.S. Paddlers today included Henry & Kathy, Howard & Sharon, Ken & Barb, Jane,
> Teresa, George, Ben, Bob(1), Bob(2), Bill, Win, Joe, Dennis, Pete, Duane,
> Steve, Carol, Vicky, Chuck, and John.
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