Circumnavigation:
Canvey Island

Route Distance: ~11 nm / 20.4 km
Prevailing direction: CW
Record: 2024 - 01:43:41
Solo: 1
Team: 0

Records

Billy Butler
K1M01:43:412024
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Canvey Island is a low-lying island bordering the mouth of the Thames Estuary, separated from mainland Essex by a number of muddy creeks. Canvey also straddles two incongruous worlds of sea-side tourism and the petro-chemical industry.
With a lap of around 21 km it is not the longest of PSK circumnavs but the featureless creeks that dry at low-water make for an all-or-nothing nav challenge to match the hard paddling required on such a short fast lap.


Get it wrong on this one and you are going straight to a muddy world of frustration and muttered curses!

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Circumnavigation: Canvey Island

Solo

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Posn.K1WCatPaddlerElapsedDateBoatTideDirNoteVerifiedLink1
1K1MBilly Butler01:43:4101-Nov-24CCWNote*Yes

1 solo paddler

Notes

Billy Butler (01-Nov-24)
Note*.
Billy Butler freely admits to portaging on this lap: "I got lost in the marshes and had to portage over a mud bank, twice." So while this one won't count for the record, Billy is happy for us to include this lap to get the PSK ball rolling for Canvey Island.

Summary:

Circumnavigation: Canvey Island

Solo paddlers: 1
Team paddlers: 0
Teams: 0

Recorded Start Points:
    • Leigh Beck (1)

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