Circumnavigations: Walney Island

Now the second shortest circumnavigation distance on the current PSK list (Scarba), Walney Island provides an ideal route for the budding circumnavigator or for those looking for one a little more 'fast and furious'. But once again, Walney Island should not be underestimated - good planning is required to ensure fast water, or in fact any water at all. Beware of the shallow waters that can provide lively conditions along the west shore too.
Walney is a regular paddling haunt and there are many who have completed this trip, we just need to hear more details...

Walney Island

Route Distance: ~17 nm / 31 km
Prevailing direction: CCW

Solo

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Posn.	K1W	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Boat	Tide	Dir	Note	Verified	Link1
1		K1M	John Willacy	02:50:32	29-Apr-22	Rockpool Taran 18	9.1	CCW		Yes
2		K1M	John Willacy	02:51:56	26-Apr-21	Rockpool Taran 18	9.6	CCW		Yes
3		K1M	John Willacy	02:53:09	23-Sep-20	Rockpool Taran 18	8.5	CCW		Yes
4		K1M	Ian Cooke	03:05:13	20-Sep-20	Rockpool Taran 18	9.9	CCW		Yes
5		K1M	John Willacy	03:10:00	18-Dec-12	Rockpool Taran 18	9.2	CCW		Yes
6	(1)	K1W	Pascale Eichenmuller	03:21:23	29-Apr-22	Rockpool Taran 18	9.1	CCW		Yes
7		K1M	Chris Wade	03:23:38	16-Apr-22	Tiderace Pace17 Tour	9.3	CCW		Yes
8		K1M	Glenn Sutcliffe	03:48:26	02-May-22	Valley Pintail	9.1	CCW		Yes

8 solo paddlers.
CW = clockwise, CCW = counter-clockwise
Tide = height at Liverpool (m)

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Teams

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Posn.	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Boat	Tide	Dir	Note	Verified	Link1
1	Team_Mx	Pascale Eichenmuller John Willacy	03:08:54	30-Apr-21	Rockpool Taran 18	9.5	CCW		Yes
2	K2	Peter Hart / Keith Longney	03:21:58	19-Jul-13					Yes	Website
3	Team	Chris Drew Will Herman	03:57:42	02-Feb-13	North_Shore Atlantic Rockpool GT				--	Blog
4	Team	O.A.G _	~07:00:00	06-Aug-11					--

7 team paddlers in 4 teams

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Notes

Chris Drew / Will Herman et al. (02-Feb-13)
From Will: "...not the biggest tide but close to being the right conditions for a fast-ish trip. I wanted to check timings for various sections, partly as HW time meant it was necessary to start on the west, from Earnse Point, rather than my preferred launch point at Roa Island. It was a bit of test run if you like, and I was pleased given the moderate tidal flow and head wind up the channel. I think that with a good sized tide and light northerlies, on a warm day, we could knock quite a lot off that. We will probably do it again on a big autumn tide."

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Peter Hart / Keith Longney et al. (19-Jul-13)
Peter and Keith have an extensive background in Quadrathlon and have completed the 10 Lakes Challenge and a Caledonian Canal Crossing. Peter is also a World Record RIB Driver! Take a look at their website: http://www.lakesquad.org/

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O.A.G _ : (06-Aug-11)
A club trip organised by the Outdoor Activity Group, Fleetwood.

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Walney Island
12 completions -- 8 solo + 4 team + 0 escorted
15 paddlers in total (8 solo / 7 team / 0 escorted

Route Distance: ~17 nm / 31 km
Prevailing direction: CCW
Recorded Start Points:

• Airfield (1)
• Earnse Point (5)
• Roa Island (2)
• South End (3)
• West Shore (1)




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