Posts filed under "Talking Story"
Inside of a month
I’ve been working on my boat. A fair bit of glue, putting in some buckles for interior bags and heel padding near the pedals. I thought about replacing the rudder cables – they’re showing a bit of rust and wear – but I’ve decided to let it ride for now. I have the parts to […]
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More linkage
One of the most prolific and entertaining kayak blogs I’ve followed over the past five years or so has been Kayakquixotica. There’s a nice write-up on that site today about the Ikkatsu project. I am so ready to get started.
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Supermoon
The currents through the Narrows yesterday were about as strong as they get: a 4.8 knot ebb in the morning and a 5.6 flood later in the day. For a waterway that’s a mile wide at its narrowest point, that’s some serious velocity. I am not going to pretend that I can do the math, […]
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Sundays
Yeah… I know today is only Saturday. However, starting on May 6th, Azimuth Expeditions and Playback Sports will be open on Sundays. Up until now, we’ve been closed one day a week but with the warmer weather coming (it is on the way, right?), we’re going to try a 7-day a week schedule and see […]
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A Long ride
In a story that came out a couple days ago, a Harley that was washed out to sea in the March 2011 tsunami has made landfall. Japan to Canada, a long voyage no matter what the craft, but a truly amazing ride for a motorcycle. 4000 miles in 14 months. The bike was owned by […]
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We hardly knew ye
Junior Seau has apparently punched his own ticket today. According to the preliminary reports, it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound that ended it. Suicide. For reasons we couldn’t understand, even if he would have explained them to us. Which he didn’t. I am a Packer fan, so there’s no connection with team angst involved here. […]
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The Cape, Shi Shi and stacks of stacks
In a little more than a month – it hardly seems possible how fast the time is going – we’ll be starting our trip down the roadless Olympic coast. Foremost among the purposes of the expedition is the search for tsunami debris and the surveying of remote beaches that are difficult, if not impossible, to […]
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Told you so
I wrote something about Kopachuck State Park last year, back when the logging was about to start. Just a feeling that it was the beginning of the end. And now, that feeling is getting even stronger. Laminated root rot is at the root of it all (pun intended), a disease that causes trees that look […]
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Eleanor Stopps
Eleanor Stopps, the woman who was responsible for Protection Island being named a wildlife refuge, passed away a few days ago. At 92 years of age, Stopps had been battling cancer since being diagnosed in March and was surrounded by friends and family when she died. The Port Townsend Marine Science Center gives an annual […]
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A story of sea kayaking and science on the rugged coast of Alaska. Coming – Spring 2014.
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