Nuuchanulth Canoe Guide
June 26th, 2016
Observations of a canoe guide and guide trainer. Guiding tours by canoe helped shape my young adult life. In this position I developed leadership skills, public speaking skills, facilitation, and much more. Now, as a canoe guide trainer and co-owner of a cultural canoe tour company I get to …
Weather forecasting for trip planning
March 6th, 2016
Understanding the weather forecast. Now that we’ve built a basic understanding of how weather works and the patterns the wind follows let’s look at how we can use this knowledge to better understand weather forecasts. A useful forecasting website is the Canadian Government Weather Marine Forecasting site http://weather.gc.ca/marine/ For …
Understanding the weather
March 6th, 2016
A paddlers introduction to understanding weather It can seem like weather, especially coastal weather can be quite unpredictable at times. How many times have you looked at a weather report that has called for rain and been surprised by a beautiful sunny day? In fact the weather can be …