Route for 2019

The Barefoot Raid course & schedule

Click on legs (orange = AM; purple = PM) for more details, including date and destinations. Click upper right corner icon to view full-size chart.

Pre-raid schedule: Full-moon Regatta (optional)

A few days before the Raid, a fair portion of us will begin to socialize and warm up our racing muscles by participating in the Full Moon Regatta on August 15. This self-organized sailing race (no human power allowed!) runs in a triangle course (~9 nautical miles) with a start and finish along the northeast side of Marina Island. The route map above includes a rough estimate of the course and the start time is around noon. Before and after the race, there will probably be some camping on Shark Spit and trips to Gorge Harbour!

Raid schedule

On most days of the Raid, the fleet will race (or cruise) through two legs: one in the morning; one in the afternoon. Boats will typically raft together for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and will either raft up at anchor for the night with the motherships or go ashore to camp.

Here’s the daily itinerary for 2019:

Day 0: Sun Aug 18

Transit to Rebecca Spit boat ramp, launch, park in adjacent lots and overnight at anchor, with Poor Man’s Rock in Drew Harbour, or ashore (e.g. local camping, lodging, etc.). All racers self-supported (i.e. feed yourself).

Day 1: Mon Aug 19

Drew Harbour –> Lake Bay –> Carrington Bay

Day 2: Tue Aug 20 (possible rowing leg in Von Donop)

Carrington Bay –> Von Donop Inlet –> Penn Island (N)

Day 3: Fri Aug 21 (Longest continuous day)

Penn Island (N) –> Teakarne Arm vicinity –> Squirrel Cove

Day 4: Thu Aug 22

Squirrel Cove –> Kinghorn Island –> Cortes Bay

Day 5: Fri Aug 23

Cortes Bay –> Hernando Island (north) –> Manson’s Landing

Day 6: Sat Aug 24

Manson’s Landing –> Gorge Harbour –> Shark Spit

Day 7: Sun Aug 25

Shark Spit –> Open Bay (award ceremony and celebrations in PM)

Day 8: Mon Aug 26

Transit from Open Bay to boat ramps of convenience (Rebecca Spit and/or Heriot Bay)

The daily cycle of Salish Sea glee

  • 07:00 boats and crews raft together for breakfast
  • 08:00 skippers meeting
  • 09:00 start the morning leg
  • Boats race under oar, or sail, or pedal or paddle, until the designated spot
  • Lunch served on the motherships
  • Afternoon leg starts shortly after the slowest boats arrive
  • Crews then race to the pre-determined spot for the evening
  • Spend the night either:
    • at anchor, alone with their thoughts and blisters
    • rafted with the motherships, sharing stories of the days triumphs and losses
    • camped on the beach, communing with B.C’s rugged wilderness, and the intertidal zone
Come raft up to the Poor Man’s Rock for coffee and a hot breakfast!

The days will dawn bright and full of promise, and the cycle will be repeated. A score will be awarded for each leg according to the order of finish (1 for first, 2 for second…) The boat with the lowest score at the end of the Raid receives eternal glory, and a nifty prize…