SISKA's January 2021 Newsletter. Upcoming events, reports and articles
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January 2021 SISKA Newsletter

Introduction

 
Dear Tony,

Thanks to those members who contributed photos and materials. After enjoying a SISKA event or paddle, please consider sending a short (100-150 words) summary article; for more information, contact one of us. If you would like to start a regular column, please let us know!

Alan Campbell (SISKA president) and Tony Playfair (editor)
PS: You can find SISKA on Facebook at this link.

PPS: SISKA has a Meetup site for "impromptu" and other paddles organized by club members. For more details, go to https://www.meetup.com/SISKA-Meetup/. To join this, you have to be a club member.

PPPS: You can find the SISKA newsletter archive here: http://goo.gl/VUkafR

Table of Contents

 

Upcoming SISKA Events


Saturday, January 09th, 2021 - 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Relaxed Paddle - Telegraph Cove to Cormorant Point Paddle
Saturday, January 09th, 2021 - 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Currents Clinic
Sunday, January 10th, 2021 - 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Esquimalt Lagoon to Millstream Falls Paddle
Thursday, January 14th, 2021 - 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Cadboro Bay to Uplands Tour Paddle
Sunday, January 24th, 2021 - 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Relaxed Paddle - Brentwood Bay Ferry Wharf to Mackenzie Bight Paddle
Thursday, January 28th, 2021 - 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Brentwood Bay Ferry Wharf to Todd Inlet Paddle
Saturday, January 30th, 2021 - 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Energizer Paddle - Cadboro Bay to Chatham and Discovery Islands Paddle
Saturday, February 06th, 2021 - 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Amherst to Tsehum Harbour Paddle
Sunday, February 07th, 2021 - 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Energizer Paddle - Albert Head to Wittys Lagoon Paddle
Thursday, February 11th, 2021 - 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Spirit Bay to Becher Bay Tour Paddle
Thursday, February 25th, 2021 - 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Cooper Cove to Roche Cove Paddle
Saturday, February 27th, 2021 - 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Energizer Paddle - Spirit Bay to Cabin Point Paddle
Sunday, February 28th, 2021 - 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Telegraph Cove to Chatham and Discovery Islands Paddle
 
For more details, go to the SISKA website

Community Events of Interest

These events are not formally supported by SISKA, but considered to be of interest to a significant number of our members.

Any member may request an event to be included in this section by sending a note to chairperson@siska.ca.

Siska's January 2021 General Meeting Info

by Fred Pishalski
 
Please come join us by Zoom on January 27, 2021 for our first SISKA monthly meeting of 2021. Our speakers will be Ian Graeme and Janice Mason (Team Oaracle) and they will share their adventure story of competing multiple times in the Race to Alaska (R2AK). They will share a few stories and learnings from their five years of participating in the race by different means— kayaking, rowing and sailing—and what keeps drawing them back.
The Race to Alaska is a 1200 km, non-motorized, unsupported boat race along the spectacular and remote BC coast from Port Townsend, WA (stop in Victoria BC) to Ketchikan, AK. The rules are simple. No motor, no support, through wild frontier, navigating by sail or peddle/paddle for the full distance
Janice Mason is an Olympian, world champion rower, mother and physician. Ian Graeme is a forester, avid outdoorsman, paddler and sailor. After completing the Race to Alaska on different sailboats in 2015 and 2016, Ian and Janice joined forces in 2017 as Team Oaracle, to become the first team to complete R2AK by oar power alone (tandem rowboat). And if that wasn’t a big enough relationship test, they returned in 2018 to complete the race facing forwards, in their tandem kayak. https://r2ak.com/2020-teams-full-race/team-oaracle-4
 

Here is the link for our Jan 27th SISKA Zoom Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84074609376?pwd=SWxWZC93QjBERHMwY2VTTTdHVnZMZz09