Our team repeated the story of the Princess Royal Channel today on the Union Passage; row with the current in the morning, then pull hard against an opposing current in the afternoon. Still, Team Don’t Tell Mom made another 37 miles, stopping on the east side of Pitt Island, putting them within 3 days of […]
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Don’t Tell Mom rowed the northern half of Princess Royal Channel this morning, making average speed most of the way despite going against an incoming tide. Crossing just south of the village of Hartley Bay they held up entering Union Passage as the tide had begun to run out against them. Team Let’s Row Maybe
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Leigh and Clare started their push through Princess Royal Channel making good time, seeming to be on schedule to time the tide change correctly in the Channel. But the tides in the twisty inside channels are capricious and slowed our team so that by high tide they did not reach the point where the outgoing
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Don’t Tell Mom started the day with a push to Bella Bella, pacing team Let’s Row Maybe by several hundred meters for 3 hours. Rather than succumb to the temptation of a stop at Bella Bella for something other than prepackaged camping food our team blew by the village docks and continued on for a
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Last night our team decided to call it a day 5 miles south of Addenbroke Lighthouse and camped in the same cove as fellow rowers Let’s Row Maybe. Today the Dorsey sisters spent an uneventful day in a straight line up the east side of Calvert and Hunter Islands, stopping after 37 miles; 13 rowing
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Taking advantage of lighter winds and a following tide Team Don’t Tell Mom rounded Cape Caution, one of the more exposed stretches of the race, and made 35 miles to the lee of Calvert Island by mid-afternoon. With winds rising and ebb tide against them they pondered their choices for campsites, then their tracker froze
Around the Cape (Day 12) Read More »
Team Don’t Tell Mom spent another day pulling hard into a stiff wind on the north side of Queen Charlotte Strait, making about 26 miles before landing at a familiar spot; the campsite Leigh and Dameon used 3 years ago. This positions them for a possible attempt at crossing Cape Caution, a stretch open to
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Facing direct headwinds over 15 mph at time our intrepid travelers had slow going up Queen Charlotte Strait, going as slow as 1.5 knots at times. After making only 20 miles by 3 pm (+ an extra “power hour” of rowing using Snickers as fuel) with winds continuing to rise, our team wisely bivouacked in
Everyone Knows It’s Windy (Day 10) Read More »
Don’t Tell Mom stuck with their plan to row early with light winds and stop early when the winds increase. Now out of the Johnstone Strait and into Queen Charlotte Strait, our team has beached on Owl Island to warm up and maybe dry out. Clare reports the day was wet and cold but they
Another Day, Another 40 Miles (Day 9) Read More »
After taking a much-needed extended overnight bivouac Team Don’t Tell Mom made their way northwest up Johnstone Strait with lesser headwinds than previous days. Fighting a flood tide early and possibly riding a following ebb tide later they have beached on Hardwicke Island after a 37+ mile day. See Rebecca Ross’ new Field Report on
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