Trip
Sea Kayak - Hood Canal Triple Cross
3.8kt flatwater pace paddling but with Sails. Non-sailers can sign up if spaces available two days prior if no wind is in the forecast.
Contacts
- Sat, Mar 6, 2021
- Tacoma Branch Sea Kayaking Program
- Sea Kayaking
- Adults
- Sea Kayak IV
- Challenging
- Mileage: 12.0 nm
- Maximum Wind: 20 kts
- Maximum Waves: 2 ft
- Maximum Currents: 1 kts
- Pace: 3.8 kt flatwater plus what the sails give us
- FULL (5 capacity)
- 1 (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Meet at 8:30am at the Misery Point Boat Launch. We will launch at around 9:15am so come earlier if you need extra time. Discover Pass required.
Directions to Launch: From Seabeck general store (last grocery), travel 1.2 miles SW on the Seabeck Hwy. Right onto Miami Beach Rd. At 0.9 miles, stay right on Miami Beach Rd. Stay to the right 0.3 miles later at Y, then turn left into Misery Point parking lot. There is a pit toilet there. This launch site is also called Miami Beach.
We will cross over to the Toandas Peninsula, short break. Then over to Dosewallips State Park and have lunch there. South to the entrance to Pleasant Harbor but we are not going in as normal due to Covid. From there we cross over south of Stavis Bay, paddle south into the Bay and take a quick break. Return to Misery Point.
Or will do clockwise if winds from the south so we can start with upwind movement and end with a glorious sail back.
Dry Suit and kayak sail required.
Central Hood Canal
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Sea Trails South Hood Canal Dabob Bay WA201
MapTech Puget Sound Chart No. 100 - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
These eight essentials plus The Ten Essentials are required on all sea kayaking trips. All but the whistle and clothing should be provided with any kayak rental.
- Floatation in both ends of the kayak
- U.S. Coast Guard approved Personal Flotation Device (PFD)
- Paddle
- Spray skirt
- Bilge pump with floatation
- Self-rescue paddle float
- Waterproof whistle
- Appropriate clothing for the conditions encountered seasonally
- Kayak Sail