Whidbey Island Full-Moon Evening Paddle

Description: We are going to evening-paddle (... full moon!) from Langley to Clinton. This paddle will be along one of the most pristine and scenic shorelines around.

Sign-up Requirements: This is a 5 nautical mile paddle in cold water that may be subject to wind waves. To sign up for this paddle, you must be an intermediate or beyond paddler with good boat-handling, bracing, re-entry, and rescue skills and practice, and be able to paddle a sustained 2.5 knots pace. The required kayaking experience and skills need to be documented in your meetup-profile information and your answers to the sign-up questions. RSVP's without answers to the sign-up questions will be deleted.

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Schedule and Itinerary:

5:00 p.m. - Meet at Village Pizzeria (a classy restaurant, with good food and expansive views out over Saratoga Passage), catch a beverage and dinner, off-load, and car-shuttle to Clinton (10 minutes each way; or car shuttle can be one-way with a 15 minute bus ride back, the cars all in Clinton, and no back-drive required; the buses leave Clinton at 4:00, 5:00 and 5:50 p.m.).

7:00 p.m - Launch and paddle 5 n.m. to Clinton, with ebb current up to 0.7 knots.

9:30 p.m. - Arrive in Clinton, take-out, complete the car-shuttle back-drive, and head home.

Equipment and Logistics:

Bringing a boat light, lantern or headlamp is required for this paddle.

Anyone who has extra kayak-carrying cradles and straps, please bring them to minimize the number of folks needing to do the car-shuttle back-drive.

If planning to attend, coordinate logistics with the event host at 425-681-3015.

Conditions and Contingency:

This paddle is contingent upon reasonably safe wind and weather conditions.

Equipment Requirements:

Kayak, paddle, pfd, paddlefloat, pump, sprayskirt, water and snacks, waterproof hat, VHF radio if you have one, wetsuit or drysuit. Extra change of warm clothes in a dry-bag. Cash or credit card for dinner. Boat light.

Immersion Gear:

Bringing immersion gear, a wetsuit or drysuit, is required for this paddle.