British Sea kayaker Sean Morley is going to attempt to paddle around Vancouver Island in record time. The current solo circumnavigation record of 23 days and 10 hours was set just last year by Joe O’Blenis. Morley is set to being his journey Sep 22, and expects to complete the ~1100km paddle in just 18 days.
I will be travelling fast and light and hope to knock out 50 miles a day. In theory that means I could complete the 700 mile journey around the island in two weeks but the weather may have other ideas! I will be starting at Port Hardy, up on the north east corner, the idea being to wait for a good weather forecast before starting the ‘clock’ and knocking off the crux moves around the most northwesterly point, Cape Scott and the notorious Books Peninsular before any bad weather arrives.
You can keep track of the expedition on this website (including a map that will show his location at any given time), and Sean has also been updating his blog.
