Surfski Knowledge Base

(this page is intended to address paddling options that are not specifically good for downwinding although as these are ocean based they all contain the possibility of vastly varied and potentially very difficult paddling conditions - so weather forecasts, web cams, on water conditions have to be carefully investigated pre-outing)

• Cruising Distances in the Pacific Northwest (suitable for boats with up to 48“ of draft)
• Bellingham Bay
  • Small Craft Launch Locations
• Vendovi Island - San Juan Preservation Trust
• Lummi Island
  • DNR Boater Campsite
  • Trip and Circumnavigation Tales
    • Round Lummi Counter-Clockwise (Dean's Trip to Hell) 6/17/2007
    • LG's Eel Grass Ode (another Lummi Circuit) 9/01/2007
    • Another Lummi Is. Circuit w/ New Onno Paddle, & "205" 7/15/2008
    • Two Epic Trips - Lummi and Back, Anacortes to Friday Harbor 6/19/2005
• San Juan Visits
  • Single Day Circumnavigation of San Juans (83 miles) 7/25/2009
  • Single Day Circumnavigation of Orcas Is. (62.3 miles) 7/28/2009