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Halloween paddle November 5th???
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elaineginader
Hi John, I looked on the messabout calendar for the date of the Halloween paddle from Ellk City to Cannon Quary. The calendar says the 5th the info on it says the 6th. I'm wondering which date and if the meet up time is correct. It's not that far off and I'm planning to go this year to take my kayak for a paddle. Elaine |
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I thought I updated the Yaquina float pages months ago! <sigh> (isn't that what I said last year too? <g>) The float dates and details are dependent on the tides, so there's no reason I can't do the pages a year ahead, or even a decade...
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Cobblestone Pizza is probably not open on Sundays, so the Yaquina floats are scheduled on Saturdays, November 5th for the Halloween float this year: http://www.coots.org/mb/Halloween/ The ebb tide won't be as strong as last year, but it starts earlier, so we won't be loading boats on trailers in the dark. :o) I'll get to updating the After Thanksgiving float page tonite... On 10/14/2022 9:15 AM, elaine wrote:
Hi John,-- John <jkohnen@...> I have no truck with lettuce, cabbage, and similar chlorophyll. Any dietician will tell you that a running foot of apple strudel contains four times the vitamins of a bushel of beans. (S. J. Perelman) --
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elaineginader
Thank you Bob and John for fixing the meet up time. I don't want to be late like past times. See you there, I have to fix something on my trailer so I'd better get busy. Elaine On Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 2:24 PM John Kohnen <jkohnen@...> wrote: I thought I updated the Yaquina float pages months ago! <sigh> (isn't |
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Bob Larkin
The 10-day forecast (extrapolated a day) is showing the 5th of Nov to be under the influence of the Pacific High pressure. This can be great weather for being out on the Yaquina River.
Elaine, we look forward to seeing you there and the same for all others that can make it! |
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HW Kateley
SO, what kind of boats do you all bring? Anything?
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Bob Larkin
Usually on the smaller side, but otherwise almost anything. Look at John's pictures, such as this group.
The time is chosen for the water to be flowing out, so there is a knot or two of free motion. |
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elaineginader
Hi all, I most likely won't be joining you on the Halloween paddle. If you're not on Facebook Michael has a new boat. A Friendship gaff rigged sloop and I'm sewing a cover for her. Big job a lot of thinking is being done. No play till this project is complete. See pictures below. Elaine On Wed, Oct 26, 2022, 4:18 PM Bob Larkin <bob@...> wrote: Usually on the smaller side, but otherwise almost anything. Look at John's pictures, such as this group. |
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I'm gonna have to miss this float, due the the plague I caught (most likely) from our friends Up North. It looks like it'll be wet, but the Weatherman backed off on his worst threats -- now he's just calling for showers in the afternoon. Heavy rain Friday should give a strong outgoing tide, even though it won't be a big lunar/solar tide:
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http://www.coots.org/mb/Halloween/ We've had fun on rainy day floats. Don't be a wimp. <g> On 10/26/2022 4:18 PM, Bob L wrote:
Usually on the smaller side, but otherwise almost anything. Look at John's pictures, such as this group <https://www.flickr.com/photos/jkohnen/albums/72157711572915011>.-- John <jkohnen@...> A sailor's joys are as simple as a child's. (Bernard Moitessier) --
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Bob Larkin
The total rain forecast for the coast range is in the 2+ inch range. They don't forecast the Yaquina R. levels, but the Alsea R. is expected to rise 2-ft and the Siletz 3-ft. Wind is expected to continue into Saturday along with isolated squalls.
I have two concerns. First, the initial river rise in the fall washes the wood from the banks into the water. The river flow will be up considerably moving this debris along. The second is due to the classic current flow against wind and wind waves. This is particularly an issue in the last stretch going south to Cannon Quarry park where the waves may get past uncomfortable. Or, maybe none of this is an issue. But with the uncertainty I plan to skip this one and get ready for the trip on Dec 3 from Cannon Quarry to the Toledo Airport ramp. What are other people's thoughts? I'm not a local :-) |
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elaineginader
Hi Bob, In my other email I won't be coming this year but if I had been planning to I'd skip it for the same reasons as yours. Elaine On Fri, Nov 4, 2022, 8:16 AM Bob Larkin <bob@...> wrote: The total rain forecast for the coast range is in the 2+ inch range. They don't forecast the Yaquina R. levels, but the Alsea R. is expected to rise 2-ft and the Siletz 3-ft. Wind is expected to continue into Saturday along with isolated squalls. |
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Staying home warm, dry, and safe, sounds like the smart thing to do tomorrow. Fighting wind gusts to 30 mph in a small boat is either fun nor safe, even if the wind isn't against the current. The forecast West wind will be funneled either up or down the river by the hills -- more likely up, just because <g> -- with errant gusts coming down through gaps. :o( We've had fun on wet Yaquina floats, but strong wind isn't any fun at all! Good point about the drift, too.
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Even just driving to Toledo for pizza doesn't look like fun: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=44.6223&lon=-123.9373 https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-145.16,32.62,436 "It's a Weather Hazards Grab Bag the next few days. Wind. Heavy rain. Flooding. High Seas. Snow. There is a SLIGHT CHANCE of low elevation snow starting Sunday. Stay tuned" https://www.opb.org/article/2022/11/03/atmospheric-river-bringing-rain-wind-snow-to-pacific-northwest/ On November 4, 2022 8:15:59 AM PDT, Bob L wrote:
The total rain forecast for the coast range is in the 2+ inch range. They don't forecast the Yaquina R. levels, but the Alsea R. is expected to rise 2-ft and the Siletz 3-ft. Wind is expected to continue into Saturday along with isolated squalls. --
John <jkohnen@...> A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought. (Lord Peter Wimsey) Sent from some sort of mobile device. |
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Fooling with the Earth Wind Map. Total Cloud Water (TCW):
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https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/overlay=total_cloud_water/orthographic=-145.16,32.62,436/loc=-123.737,44.798 Click on "earth" in the lower left corner to change what you look at. Kinda fun! :o) Environment Canada kept threatening that a "atmospheric river" was gonna hit BC all last week. While we had rain sometimes, and a bit of wind now and then, the "river" didn't show up until after the ship returned to Menzies Bay Sunday. <shrug> Best not to push one's luck on the Yaquina tomorrow. Sometimes the Weatherman is right. ;o) On 11/4/2022 10:12 AM, I wrote:
Staying home warm, dry, and safe, sounds like the smart thing to do tomorrow. Fighting wind gusts to 30 mph in a small boat is either fun nor safe, even if the wind isn't against the current. The forecast West wind will be funneled either up or down the river by the hills -- more likely up, just because <g> -- with errant gusts coming down through gaps. :o( We've had fun on wet Yaquina floats, but strong wind isn't any fun at all! Good point about the drift, too.-- John <jkohnen@...> The way to fight a woman is with your hat. Grab it and run. (John Barrymore) --
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Richard Green
I have not boated there and won’t be there from here but the shoreline scour of freshly fallen snags, etc would be enough to keep me home in front of the fire, too. Not to mention the ‘atmospheric river’ of wind and mucho rain.
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Rich On Nov 4, 2022, at 12:33 PM, John Kohnen <jkohnen@...> wrote: |
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Bill and Katherine Hayden
How about paddling the atmospheric river? On Fri, Nov 4, 2022, 3:42 PM Richard Green <chaos5@...> wrote: I have not boated there and won’t be there from here but the shoreline scour of freshly fallen snags, etc would be enough to keep me home in front of the fire, too. Not to mention the ‘atmospheric river’ of wind and mucho rain. |
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Richard Green
Heh!
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Don't be silly, Bill. We'd have had to patch up our inflatable boats and gather together enough tall tales and BS to keep them full of enough hot air to keep them aloft long enough for a good paddle. There just wasn't time. Maybe next time an "atmospheric river" comes our way we can be better prepared... <g>
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On 11/4/2022 6:19 PM, Bill H wrote:
How about paddling the atmospheric river?-- John <jkohnen@...> If it really rained cats and dogs, there would be poodles all over the streets. (Al Latham) --
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