[Former Member]

How can an eclipsed moon also be a full moon?

The fact is that an eclipse can only happen to a full moon.   Confused?

Come out Sunday night September 27 to find out how and why, and see for yourself.  The weather forecast could not be better, clear with light winds and about 12 degrees.

An eclipsed harvest moon is truly a rare occurrence.

In keeping with tradition for several years now, the Ladner Marshes, just north of Wellington Point Park and between Kirkland and Williamson islands, are an excellent, protected, and calm area from which to view the full/eclipsed moon.  The planned clockwise route is free of most urban light pollution and has a clear forward view of the moon rising in the eastern sky.  The wind and wave protection of the narrow marsh passage is critical to enjoy the spectacle, take good pictures, and not have to worry about wind-blown chop or boat traffic.  A 15-foot high tide will ensure no grounding.

We will assemble at 7:00 to watch the eclipse begin at 7:11–and eat banana cake and drink coffee or tea or hot chocolate–and launch around 7:30.  The 8 km (4.5 nm) round trip will take about 2 hours.  We expect to be off the water at 9:30, just about when the eclipse will end and the full moon fully return.  We’ll have some help from an outgoing tide on the return leg.

Immersion gear is required as well as some kind of white light on the rear of the kayak.  I have several extra suitable stern lights that I will bring.

So come to Wellington Point Park In Ladner (part of Delta)… 49.085784, -123.121631 or https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/49.0852636,-123.1217918/Wellington+Point+Park,+Delta,+BC+V4K+3N2/

…tomorrow night at around 7:00 for a healthy desert and a relaxing paddle in calm water under “full” moon.  Good night vision is an asset, but we’ll stay close together (<10 metres between boats) at all times.

Randy Chatterjee

Call or text 604.617.8624 to confirm, or just show up around 7:00.

[Former Member]

There is still room for a few more so come on out.  Please let Barry know at dut@infinet.net.

[Former Member]

Brad,

I was just logging in post a trip for the same event.  Yes, indeed, we have a rare astronomical event, a full eclipse of a harvest moon.  And the weather forecast right now is perfect for Sunday night: http://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v5k/evening-weather-forecast/53286?day=4 .

Jericho may be ok if the forecast NW wind doesn’t get worse, but remember that we will be fully benighted until 8:23, and only then will the moon begin to reappear until it’s fully out at 9:27.  Sunset is at 7:00, dusk until 7:30 or so, and the eclipse starts in between at 7:11.  I am a bit concerned that we’ll just be bobbing in the open bay and waves in near total darkness (except for the city lights).

So my plan was going to be to head to Wellington Park in Ladner and paddle through the Ladner Marshes from west to east.  It’s just 8 kilometers in a nice circle through a protected and calm passage between Kirkland and Williamson islands.  PIKA does their annual harvest moon paddle there, but the organizers are gone this year.   There are places in that fully protected passage to stop or we could raft up.

The tide appears to be helping a bit, with a high high at 6:04PM (15 feet) and a mid low (5 feet) after midnight. At about 9:00, the outflow down the Fraser will be the strongest, potentially flushing us nicely back to Wellington.

Give that a thought, and also consider it maybe fun to be there for the start of the eclipse (shortly after 7:00).  Let me know what you think, and I live in Vancouver, so Jericho would be easier.  I am just concerned about the strong NW breeze forecast.

It’s a great time of year, and for many paddlers their last outing of the season.

 

 

 

[Former Member]

Monday or Tuesday are looking equally good at this point in time; can do either day.

 

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Issued 04:00 AM PDT 19 September 2015

MondayWind southerly inflow 5 to 15 knots.

TuesdayWind light becoming southerly inflow 5 to 15 knots.

[Former Member]

Monday is supposed to be sunny and will probably be the last sunny day of summer.

Anyone care to join me for a downwind run on Monday from either Brunswick Beach (15kn) or Porteau Cove (10kn) to Squamish.

We would need to setup a shuttle back from Squamish and I should be able to get three boats on my car, although it is just a theory at this point.

High tide is about quarter past 1:00 and expect Souther inflow winds of 15 to 25.

Trip is weather dependant.

[Former Member]

Anyone care to join me for a evening/night/dark paddle to potentially see the Super Blood Moon on September 27th?

The trip is weather dependant and deck lights are required.

I will be launching from Jericho for probably 8:00.

Cheers,

Brad
<h1 class=”entry-title”>Super Blood Moon eclipse on night of September 27-28</h1>

There is a total eclipse of the moon on the night of September 27-28, 2015. It happens to be the closest supermoon of 2015. It’s the Northern Hemisphere’s Harvest Moon, or full moon nearest the September equinox. It’s the Southern Hemisphere’s first full moon of spring. This September full moon is also called a Blood Moon, because it presents the fourth and final eclipse of a lunar tetrad: four straight total eclipses of the moon, spaced at six lunar months (full moons) apart. Phew!

 

 

[Former Member]

SKABC is participating in the Great Candadian Shoreline Cleanup again this year on October 3rd. As paddlers this is an oppurtunity to help keep a paddle area clean. Again this year we are doing our effort at Pitt Lake and Widgeon Creek in Pitt Meadows.

Volunteers are needed for two hours at 9:00 AM Saturday October 3rd.

Please email Barry if you would like participate. He is at dut@infinet.net

 

[Cynthia Kennedy]

Hi I am free Sunday for a day paddle. I am open to areas in the lower mainland but my default is always deep cove. please email Cynthia at c.kennedy @shawbiz.ca by Sat noon

[Maureen Benzon]

Thanks, Peter, and everyone else who participated for a great morning on the water.

Maureen

[Peter Kearney]

Meet Sun July 19 @ 8:00 am on the beach beside the Hollyburn Sailing Club to catch the 3.5  kn ebb out to Lighthouse Park. Let’s hope for a nice Westerly to get some wave against current action. contact Peter Kearney  pkearney@shaw.ca

[Former Member]

Is anyone interested in cooling off tomorrow (June 26th) PM with a paddle on Indian Arm?   Launch from Strathcona at 5:00PM?

[Mick Allen]

Well, I was following you spot progress and you were kicking some butt! Good luck next time.

[Former Member]

They had tons of boats (about 75 I believe) at the end of last Summer, still had about a dozen or more a a couple months ago.. I stopped by last weekend to pick through the dry tops (all really, really old..) and noticed they’re down to 3 Impex Outer Islands, they look new for just under $1500. I’m sure they’d be willing to deal at this point!

On a somewhat related note – if anyone here happened to buy an Impex Montauk and isn’t terribly attached to it, I’d consider buying it from you!

[Former Member]

Joan is right.  The 1.3 metre swells and cross chop were wearing me down, particularly bad from Cape Scott to the Brooks, and were back in force as I left Tofino and made the turn to Long Beach.  It was essentially unpaddle-able, and the forecasts were turning worse as a storm hit lower Vancouver Island on Tuesday and worsened on Wednesday, also with strong southerly winds bringing new wave action against the swells from the north west.

I am going to try again at some point.  Despite the bad conditions, I was able to post over 50 nautical miles in one day, and my other days were generally in the high thirties, fast enough to set a record, but just barely.  The bottom line is that I was being brutalized by the sea state, and saw it getting worse.

[Former Member]

Randy is alive and well after a bit too much in the big wind and waves.  My understanding is that after a wet exit, perhaps on re entry, his paddle broke in half.  End result is that he has pulled out on the circumnavigation, is getting gear and boat back in tip top shape and will resume some legs of the journey, in preparation for another attempt in 2016.  I hope  I got the details right Randy.  We are so happy you are safe and sound! -joan jones

 

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