We had a stormy fall and winter here in the Pacific Northwest. In this video I take you with our family of four from our sailboat to Deception Pass by ferry and car. We went there for Shane’s SUP race, Deception Pass Challenge. This race has always been fun in the past. Despite the weather this year (challenge is in the name after all), we had a great time cheering on Shane and the other competitors.
This was also the strongest gusts we had on the boat while at the dock in Port Townsend. In January we were able to move to a slip where, as Shane mentions, we could bow in. That helped tremendously.
THIS is the article Shane shared to his friends and family on Facebook about the event: https://48north.com/racing/epic-or-ir…
Shane doesn’t completely agree with what I’ve said here about the race. This isn’t the first race he’s done where conditions have looked like this. We saw him on Lake Washington doing a similar race where most of his category bowed out, while he stuck it through to the end. He thrives in difficult environments. The difference this time is that I saw what others thought about it, and was able to speak to someone at a “dispatch” position from the Coast Guard.
Let me know what you think in the comments- it really was a safe event with people that KNEW what they were doing. We’ve heard reports on the radio of other people on SUP and kayaks behaving irresponsibly and that’s not what this was.
After the race, we used the extra time we had to enjoy Coupeville, the town from Practical Magic.
No matter what, I had a great time listening to Guns n’ Roses this week while editing this 😋