Blogs and News about Blind Island of the San Juan Islands, Washington State.
Last updated on Sun, 5 Jul 2009
Paddle it like you stole it.In the end, we met up with aforementioned couple, Chelsea and Tim, on Blind Island - nearly half distance we'd hoped to cover on Saturday. Blind Island was teeeeeeny. No homes or roads and only 4 campsites available. ...
Jimmy Buffett's Book Club | CETUS TALESWe grabbed a mooring buoy near Blind Island and are thoroughly enjoying our new "back yard". We have been using mooring buoys on most of our stops, as we have a Park Pass that we don't have to pay the $10 a night -- so the more we use it the more we save! ... We were able to start out with our spinnaker flying up San Juan channel! Then throughout the day we managed to run a nice reach even having to reef the main for a while, then turn and run wing and wing for a bit. ...
Spring Tides 2009The basic premise of the trip was that we would leverage a particularly large tidal change (it was a new moon) that occurred at a relatively convenient time to have a three-day weekend in the San Juan Islands. ...
The Dash Point Pirate: Shaw IslandI planned to paddle around Shaw Island clockwise and timed my launch to take advantage of a weak flood current in San Juan Channel. Like the morning before, the wind was blowing from the southeast, which gave me a little boost. ... a pleasant paddle along the northern shore of Shaw now that I was sheltered from the wind. The forecast predicted lighter winds later in the day. Occasionally I could feel it still blowing, like when I crossed over to Blind Island for lunch. ...
Orcas Island Circumnavigation Day 1 « KAYAK SUCCORSo we paddled by the shore of Shaw Island heading into San Juan Channel. Thinking about this now I can't imagine how we could have made this mistake. Wasp Passage is very small and San Juan Channel is huge in comparison. ... A little rock in the water called Blind Island . This little state park has only 4 campsites and we pulled ashore the same time as several doubles and triples. The island was going to be packed. We rushed up the shore and staked claim to the first ...
San Juan sailing - the fun day Here are some snaps from our San Juan trip with Trika. Top is where we 'gunk-holed' (weighed anchor) for the evening, Blind Island near Shaw Island - a lovely spot for a glass of wine at sunset. You can see the Ulithi, our boat, ...
san juan ’s trip 2007 sitting at the mouth of the bay is a small island, blind island . the tradition is simple enough but fun. first you have to have set out the crab traps and have caught a crab or two. once the crab is caught, we dinghy ashore with booze ...
Pirates of San Juan A couple hours later we landed at our first destination, Blind Island . The sight of a few crabs in the shallows around the island piqued our interests and we set out like hunter gatherers upon the new land, no bigger than a city block. ...
