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Sea Kayak - Sunday Morning Paddle - Exmouth - Sunday 13th August - Cancelled

OwenMichaelsonOwenMichaelson
edited August 2023 in Club Activity: Club Trips and Tours

If anyone fancies a Sunday morning paddle to stretch your arms and to catch the early morning sun, I suggest that we meet at 7.30 on Exmouth Seafront at the carpark next to the new lifeboat station. This will be a 2 to 3 hour paddle out and back. This paddle is designed to get you home for lunch and to avoid the crowds. If the conditions are safe for a beach landing we can stop for coffee at Budleigh or Ladram bay. Just bring snacks. No need for a packed lunch. We will be back before lunch.
Meet 7.30 to be on the water for 8.00 and back on the beach no later than 11.00.
Suitable for all improver paddlers.
If you need club boats can I suggest that you collect and load up on Saturday afternoon or evening to avoid disturbing our club neighbours early on Sunday morning. I can lend someone a blue plastic Capella MV for anyone who wants to come but does not have the ability to collect a boat.

Comments

  • Anna_PriceAnna_Price
    Yes please for Rob and I Owen 😊. We have our own boats now so will meet you there 👍
  • Anna_PriceAnna_Price
    Actually, sorry Owen just seen forecast is 4 gusting 5. Bit beyond us at the moment. Next time
  • OwenMichaelsonOwenMichaelson
    Ok. Let me look at the forecast again. It was kinder when I looked this morning. Not conducive for this paddle
  • WillemblissWillembliss

    Hi Owen,
    If the weather forecast changes again tomorrow I would be up for this. Could I borrow the Blue Cappela. I did the 5 week Sea kayak course this summer but this would be my first trip in the sea ( apart from some trips with my sister off the Pembrokeshire coast several years ago).

  • OwenMichaelsonOwenMichaelson
    Ok all. Let’s review the forecast tomorrow before we commit. This is meant to be a gentle Sunday morning paddle. Not a slog into the wind.
  • Stuart_OgilvieStuart_Ogilvie

    Hi just to register interest should the weather look as if it might improve

  • Anna_PriceAnna_Price
    Great, thank @OwenMichaelson. Will check back in this evening.
  • OwenMichaelsonOwenMichaelson
    Let me run a final weather check at 6.00pm tonight to decide what is possible. We will get some shelter from the cliffs and it tends to be calmer first thing in Exmouth. This said the wind will be from the SW so on the nose heading back. Windy now do it might blow through
  • OwenMichaelsonOwenMichaelson

    Sorry all. Whilst the forecast is only now showing F3 gusting F4 which we can all handle I have just been in Exmouth and the sea state is messy which would make launching and recovery a bit of a challenge. It might clam down over night but this is not conducive to an easy Sunday morning paddle and the swell might still be running in the morning The wind is picking up again late morning and it could be a slog into the wind back to Exmouth if it comes in early. On the basis I do need some exercise let’s err on the side of caution and I will go cycling. For Rob and Anna I think you would be fine in these conditions if it was a full club trip and we are ready for the odd mishap. Another time

  • Anna_PriceAnna_Price
    Agreed, good call @OwenMichaelson. Look forward to seeing you on the next paddle. Have a good cycle
  • Stuart_OgilvieStuart_Ogilvie

    Agreed hope to see you all on the water soon

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