[CKF Info] Sunday May 25 Paddle: Mission Bay to Point Loma

[Mike Brown]

When:  Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 0630 for an 0700 Launch
Where:  Aqua Adventures Dock to Point Loma
What:  Join Mike Franklin, Jake Stachovak and me for an early morning coastal paddle, weather conditions permitting, from the dock at Aqua Adventures to Point Loma and back.  The original intent was to do a “bay to bay” but the mileage is the same-round trip is 14.2 miles and from dock to Shelter Island is 14.5 statute miles (mapped according to Google Earth).  We intend to do this in about 3 hours or so—as usual everything in dependent on the group and conditions.  This paddle is open to all intermediate paddlers.
Weather conditions predicted by NOAA:
 SUN
 WIND VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING W 10 KT IN THE
 AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. MIXED SWELL W AND S 2 TO 3 FT.
 SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING
TIDES:
Su  25     High  12:04 AM     4.9   
    25      Low   7:57 AM     0.1   
    25     High   3:10 PM     3.3
    25      Low   6:47 PM     2.9
 
 
Usual Disclaimer:  We define intermediate paddlers as those who are comfortable paddling at an average 3.5 kt in 15 kt winds with 3-5' seas. Participants should have bracing skills, be able to self-rescue and assist in the rescue of others. They should be able to launch and/or land in moderate surf.  We will not paddle with those who do not have and properly wear a PFD and who do not have and properly affix a splash skirt to their closed deck boats. A whistle or other audible signal device is required.
Disclaimer: This is not a CKF or any other club sponsored paddle. We will have experienced paddlers on this trip, but they will not be responsible for telling you what is or is not safe for you to do. We watch out for one another and assist one another, but all individuals are responsible for, and manage their own safety. This responsibility includes assessing your gear, skill level, and physical conditioning relative to conditions and location, as well as making decisions about what you will or will not do. Participants acknowledge that kayaking on the open sea is inherently dangerous and can lead to physical injury including death as well as property damage. Participants, on their behalf and on behalf of their heirs and assignees, agree to hold the announcers and other participants blameless in the event of such injury, damage or death. Please join us if you want to mildly stretch your capabilities, but please stay home if you would be wildly
 stretching them.
 
 
Please RSVP in case there are signifcant weather changes or other altering conditions.
Mike Brown 
Boatbender at sbcglobal.net

Life is not meant to be a journey to the grave
with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty
and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out,
 or parts replaced and loudly proclaiming –
WOW- WHAT A RIDE!!
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