Raccoon Strait Adventure
"LEARNED SO MUCH AND HAD A BLAST!"
Highlights
- Prerequisites: Intro & Intermediate Sea Kayak classes and the ability to paddle 6 miles
- Improve your paddling skills
- About 3.5 hours of paddling time
- Will help prepare you for the Angel Island Circumnavigation trip
- Learn about the different routes, tides, and currents
- Amazing views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, San Francisco skyline, and the open Bay
TRIP DESCRIPTION
An intermediate 6 – 7 mile trip from our dock in Sausalito up the Strait to the east side of Tiburon. We won’t cross to Angel Island but instead paddle alongside the Tiburon Peninsula. Conditions can be dynamic and windy, especially on our way back. Good control of your boat is a must. This is a good trip to work up endurance and stamina for longer trips like the Angel Island Circumnavigation. Bring snacks and water. We will not be getting off the boats until we return to Sea Trek.
The trip is conducted in single traditional sea kayaks. It is intended for those paddlers who’ve taken Sea Trek instructional classes, and wish to gain more experience while enhancing their skills in more challenging conditions outside our normal boundaries (Richardson’s Bay).
What you’ll learn: We’ll experience tides, eddies, currents, and wind interacting with one another, and learn the effects of these interactions.
The trip starts at Sea Trek’s Bay Model location. Wetsuit, paddle jacket, and other kayaking equipment are included in the cost of the class. To reserve your spot today, register online by clicking the BOOK NOW button above or call (415) 332-8494.
Bay Model, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965 Follow Bay Model signs, and park in Bay Model lot.
COMING FROM THE NORTH ON HWY 101:
- Take Sausalito/Marin City exit. Sea Trek is roughly 1.7 miles.
- Go left under the freeway and right onto Bridgeway.
- Count seven signal lights (including the signal where you turn right onto Bridgeway).
- Turn left on Marinship Way. This is the first possible left after Harbor Drive and is opposite a 7-11 market and bus stop shelter.
- Go down the hill and continue straight. Follow Bay Model signs. Turn right between Bay Model warehouses. Drive towards the water and the Bay Model/Sea Trek parking lot is on the left. Parking is free.
COMING FROM THE SOUTH (Golden Gate Bridge) ON HWY 101:
- Take the Rodeo Drive exit off 101 (comes after Spencer Drive exit). From exit to Sea Trek is approx. 1.2 miles.
- At the first stop sign bear left onto Nevada Street.
- Nevada Street ends at Bridgeway. Turn right on Bridgeway and at the second signal light (just after Spring Street signal light) take a left at Marinship Way (opposite a 7-11 market and bus stop shelter).
- Go down the hill and continue straight. Follow Bay Model signs. Turn right between Bay Model warehouses. Drive towards the water and the Bay Model/Sea Trek parking lot is on the left. Parking is free.
JOIN THE ADVENTURE
Ages 18 years old and up. Please call for questions about kids under 18 years old.
If you have any questions feel free to contact us.
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