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Shorleave

Friday Harbor, Washington

Living aboard in the San Juan Islands, Washington USA with my wife and 2 sons (14 & 10) on our 43’ pilot house ketch Shorleave (Seafinn 411). I love long distance paddling, especially around Islands in the Salish Sea. Hoping to circumnavigate a few more of the Gulf Islands this summer!

Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Feb 28, 2025

Distance

5.2nm

Avg. speed

3.3kts

Duration

1h 35m

Friday Lunch Row

More sun, with the N breeze to cool it down.

San Juan Island, Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Feb 27, 2025

Distance

6.2nm

Avg. speed

3.8kts

Duration

1h 37m

Pre Spring Lunch SUP 🌞

Felt a bit off my game to start, but by the second half the sun had recharged me. First shirts off paddle of the year!

Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Feb 26, 2025

Distance

6.5nm

Avg. speed

3.4kts

Duration

1h 54m

Lunch Row. Sunshine!

Mellow seas and current. The harbor is getting slightly more active but still pretty sleepy. Gotta get ready to dodge the seaplanes again soon.

San Juan Island, Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Feb 25, 2025

Distance

5.7nm

Avg. speed

3.8kts

Duration

1h 31m

Post Storm Paddle

We rocked and rolled in the Marina all night, but it’s calm now with North winds, though the water is still murky from last nights turbulence. Kinda slack tide right now, so no big pushes, but the dying N wind did make for a few fun slow motion surfs when I was Southbound. Always good to see the USCG out cruising the channel 🫡

Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Feb 24, 2025

Distance

5.1nm

Avg. speed

3.2kts

Duration

1h 34m

Lunch Row - Pre Storm

Gusts in the 50’s are predicted for tonight, so conditions now seem tame but still gusty from the East kicking up some good waves. Rocky and slow. The downwind back from Turn Island was fun surfing, but slow against the ebb.

San Juan Island, Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Feb 24, 2025

Distance

10.4nm

Avg. speed

3.9kts

Duration

2h 39m

Sunday SUP Around Crane Island AB

10 days since my last paddle and it feels like a different season already. Went for a longer paddle than planned due to the warm weather, nice to not worry about frozen toes.

Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Feb 14, 2025

Distance

4.2nm

Avg. speed

2.7kts

Duration

1h 33m

The South wind was colder today, especially when the sun finally disappeared behind the clouds. This typically a very dry boat, but heading into the short chop with a current push got a bit splashy.

San Juan Island, Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Feb 13, 2025

Distance

5.7nm

Avg. speed

3.8kts

Duration

1h 30m

Lunch SUP - Not a North Wind for a change!

The SE breeze felt “warm”, almost spring like, at least compared to the last 4 days of arctic air we’ve been getting. So didn’t mind the headwind against current conditions to Turn Island which was bumpy and slow. Snuck up on a pack of 7 Otters. I’ve found if they spot you standing up, they’ll leave right away, but if get down and stop paddling and glide towards them, I can get pretty close before they spot me. Especially if it’s rough or very rainy because of all the noise.

Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Feb 12, 2025

Distance

4.9nm

Avg. speed

2.9kts

Duration

1h 42m

Lunch Row 🌞 ❄️

Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Feb 6, 2025

Distance

5.5nm

Avg. speed

3.6kts

Duration

1h 32m

Lunch Row - Icicle Tour

San Juan Island, Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Feb 4, 2025

Distance

5.4nm

Avg. speed

3.8kts

Duration

1h 26m

Lunch SUP ❄️

Made a lot of excuses for not getting out on the water yesterday. Filtered sun was no help at all vs the cold NE breeze. The down wind was pleasant though, much better out in the middle away from the messy chop.

San Juan Island, Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Jan 31, 2025

Distance

5.7nm

Avg. speed

3kts

Duration

1h 56m

Lunch SUP 🌧️

Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Jan 31, 2025

Distance

5.3nm

Avg. speed

3.7kts

Duration

1h 27m

Rainy Lunch Row

San Juan Island, Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Jan 30, 2025

Distance

5.7nm

Avg. speed

1.9kts

Duration

2h 59m

Lunch SUP ☁️

No more sun, but it was calm

Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Jan 28, 2025

Distance

6.2nm

Avg. speed

3.4kts

Duration

1h 49m

Lunch Row 🌞 🦭

Going downwind in the sunshine, feels like a life hack. No shirt, trying to get some vitamin D from that low in the sky fireball.

San Juan Island, Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Jan 27, 2025

Distance

7.3nm

Avg. speed

3.6kts

Duration

2h 2m

Lunch SUP - Headwind on the Return Leg 🥶

Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Jan 27, 2025

Distance

2.6nm

Avg. speed

3.7kts

Duration

42m

Sunday Sunset Row

Quick row to catch some rays.

San Juan Island, Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Jan 24, 2025

Distance

5nm

Avg. speed

3.2kts

Duration

1h 32m

High Pressure Lunch SUP

The high pressure brought out the sun and the cold wind. Really fun downwinder today. The first 1/3rd of the ebb stretched out the N chop just right for a while to get some fun, fast glides. Worth the crawl upwind and against current. First time busting out the baklava for the year. Wanted to keep going, but cut it short and headed for the harbor to make a work meeting 👎🏻

Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Jan 22, 2025

Distance

6.2nm

Avg. speed

3.4kts

Duration

1h 50m

North wind created the usually sloppy choppy conditions near shore, but out in the channel it got much more organized. Took a wide route on the ebb current, ferrying across the current. Not an ideal course but it was good practice. Loving the winter ferry schedule, lots of time to cross the lanes.

San Juan Island, Samish TDSA, San Juan County, WA, USA • Jan 21, 2025

Distance

6.4nm

Avg. speed

3.9kts

Duration

1h 39m

Not quite as calm as yesterday SUP

The ebb current push was nice, but rough and cold against the SE head wind. Not big seas rough, but noisy micro chop rough, that never lets the board settle down. It was tiring to stay with my legs still sore from the gym, but the sunshine helped once it came out from behind the clouds and I finally got in a groove.

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