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Photo Workshop at Sea Otter Island this summer

Sea Otter Island, West Coast Canada, the ULTIMATE photo workshop. Some of the most beautiful scenery and wild life in the world. We have One Photo pro that has done a lot of photos around kayaking. We are putting out the word for more. Dates of the workshops are between June and September and will be fully catered with gourmet food including local sea food. The lodge we will be at is fully solar powered. PS these photos are just my snap shots. If you think they look good it is the area not me. There are no roads or traffic but we do have phones.

I am still looking or another world class photographer to teach this work shop as well as a few people interested in a once in a lifetime experience and chance to push their skill level to the next notch with top level instruction.

The black bears never seem to bother anyone and are great to take pictures of and spend time on the intertidal zones

Wild life galore with hundreds of Sea Otters with many that are less than a mile away.

Lots of intertidal and some spots that are very abundant.

The eating is always fantastic and very fresh

There are many beaches to explore

Many nearby first nations art

The weather is always changing

Think about it and CONTACT ME at onwaterdesigns@gmail.com or for more of my crappy pictures go to www.seaotterisland.com. Tell me when you have time to do this workshop. Cheers Tim

Deception Pass Dash

This years Deception Pass Dash this winter I took the photos from another post Thank you Inge Watson, great photos. The temperature was just below freezing but once we got going it was fine.

I raced in my little 14' Coyote sit on top and averaged 5 miles per hour! Which was at the top 40% of the Sea Kayaks which should be faster because they are longer!

Brandon Nelson is an animal and averaged 6 MPH on an illusion kayak made by Sterling. The range of speeds for the Sea Kayaks was 6 MPH to 4 MPH and I was ahead of the average of about 4.6 MPH with 5 MPH

The SUPs were slower than me but not by much. Their shirts read " If it were any easier they would call it kayaking" Beau won that class with a short 12' board. The fins and rudders had to go around the kelp.

The lay down paddleboarders were faster than me which surprised me.

There was one rower that luckily didn't win. There is a rivalry with paddlers and rowers

I think this is Greg Barton who finished first and put the rower in second place. If the water is calm the rowers have a chance but if it is rough the paddlers have the advantage. I think he was closer to 8 MPH with the total race boat. Wow.