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Sea kayak trip Fri 30th Dec
hello everyone, hope you've all had a lovely christmas!
in a desperate bid to do something different to eating/drinking, i'm looking to do a bit of sea kayaking this friday (30th).
open to suggestions, but to get the ball rolling here is a possible plan:
08.30 meet at the club to load boats
drive to kingswear, park on the yacht club car park (a 1 hour drive)
aim to get on the water by 10.30
paddle out of kingswear and head either towards berry head or torcross, rock hopping along the way
stop at a beach for lunch (if we go towards torcross, options are blackpool sands or slapton sands; if we go towards berry head, options are scabbacombe sands, man sands or st mary's bay, depending on pace and energy levels)
paddle back to kingswear, aim to get off the water by 15.30
weather forecast:
winds around 4 knots from the WSW (lighter than at the weekend)
cloudy with no rain, but cool, especially on the water
tides:
spring tide
dartmouth HW 06.42, LW 12.27, HW 19.02
devonport HW 06.18 , LW 12.28, HW 18.38
surf forecast:
paignton looks flat on friday
magic seaweed swell forecast for the area looks pretty calm too
I'd prefer to head towards berry head as i haven't paddled that bit of coast before. however, that would mean paddling into the wind on the way back to kingswear. if we go towards torcross, we will have the wind behind us on the way back but will be against the tide, but tidal flow will be max 1.2 knots. i suggest making a decision once we are there and see what the wind is like.
cheers,
chris
in a desperate bid to do something different to eating/drinking, i'm looking to do a bit of sea kayaking this friday (30th).
open to suggestions, but to get the ball rolling here is a possible plan:
08.30 meet at the club to load boats
drive to kingswear, park on the yacht club car park (a 1 hour drive)
aim to get on the water by 10.30
paddle out of kingswear and head either towards berry head or torcross, rock hopping along the way
stop at a beach for lunch (if we go towards torcross, options are blackpool sands or slapton sands; if we go towards berry head, options are scabbacombe sands, man sands or st mary's bay, depending on pace and energy levels)
paddle back to kingswear, aim to get off the water by 15.30
weather forecast:
winds around 4 knots from the WSW (lighter than at the weekend)
cloudy with no rain, but cool, especially on the water
tides:
spring tide
dartmouth HW 06.42, LW 12.27, HW 19.02
devonport HW 06.18 , LW 12.28, HW 18.38
surf forecast:
paignton looks flat on friday
magic seaweed swell forecast for the area looks pretty calm too
I'd prefer to head towards berry head as i haven't paddled that bit of coast before. however, that would mean paddling into the wind on the way back to kingswear. if we go towards torcross, we will have the wind behind us on the way back but will be against the tide, but tidal flow will be max 1.2 knots. i suggest making a decision once we are there and see what the wind is like.
cheers,
chris
Comments
paul/adrian see you down the club 8.30am?
nigel see you kingswear car park 10am?
mike b, see you next time!