Category Archives: Under the Keel….

Grey Row to False Creek, Circumnavigating Siwash Rock and a wrecked Sailboat in English Bay

Gwragedd Annwn on the beach at Hollyburn Sailing Club, Dec. 28th, 2013.   A grey day, the water is flat.  A good day to row….The last day of the year. Looking to the North, leaving the club behind.    A … Continue reading

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The Widgeon Creek Ice Row, Both Forks. December 7th, 2013. In the Oarstrokes of Shackleton.

Saturday December 7th, 2013.  I am going to try to row up both forks of Widgeon Creek.  There has been a cold spell in Vancouver, two weeks of below freezing temperatures.  Today it is clear and cold, the temperature at … Continue reading

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Return to Widgeon Creek, The Right Fork Taken.

Monday, November 25th, 2013.  I have returned to Widgeon Creek to explore the right fork.  In my previous trip here, February 16th, 2013, Oarsman Matt, Thomas and Oarswoman Julie and I explored the left fork, going to the Widgeon Creek … Continue reading

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The Fog Row…Rowing from Hollyburn Sailing Club to Eagle Harbour and back in the Fog.

The Urban Oarsman rows from Hollyburn Sailing Club to Eagle Harbour in West Vancouver and back on a foggy day in October 2013.  I arrive at HSC early on October 18th, 2013, rig the boat and am ready to hit … Continue reading

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Alpine Rowing…The Urban Oarsman Rows Callaghan Lake

October 21st, 2013, 8:00am.  I leave foggy North Vancouver for Callaghan Lake.  The Forest Service road to Callaghan Lake closes November 1st, so this is one of the last chances that I will have to Row the Lake.  The weather … Continue reading

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Rowing from Hollyburn Sailing Club to the Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival on Granville Island, August 22nd and 24th, 2013.

The Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival runs at the end of August every year at Granville Island. I show my wooden clinker lifeboat, “Snowdrop” at the festival every year.  This year I decided to commute to the festival by rowing instead … Continue reading

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Rowing to the Fraser River North Arm Jetty and back

The rowing plan is to row with the ebbing tide out of English Bay, row along Point Grey to the North Arm Jetty, and then row with the flooding tide back to Hollyburn Sailing Club.The tides at Point Atkinson are: Low … Continue reading

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The Urban Oarsman. Summer Sunshine Row

The Summer Sunshine Row.  The tide was high at 6:47am at 4.3 meters or 14.1 feet.  It will be going out until 1:40pm at .5 meter or 1.6 feet.  The next high is at 8:32pm at 4.8 meters or 15.7 feet. … Continue reading

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The Urban Oarsman….The Dog Days of Summer Row

High tide will be around Twelve thirty seven.  The plan is to row with the current, cross the maelstrom, around Siwash Rock, and on to False Creek with the tide.  When the tide turns, I will ride the outflow from … Continue reading

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The Urban Oarsman rows the Maelstrom to Lighthouse Park

Click on the picture for larger format.   When the tide is ebbing out of Burrard Inlet, there is quite a current running out of harbour from Lions Gate Bridge.  The current flows along the West Vancouver Shore, tapering off near … Continue reading

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