PADDLE IS FULL. NO WAITLIST IS AVAILABLE. The GIGAbite (Gulf Islands Gourmet Adventure) 3.0 starts with a ferry ride to Pender Island from Swartz Bay on Monday morning. The paddle is from Hope Bay to Kadonaga Bay to Dinner Bay on Mayne and then straight back. We'll then drive to Port Browning to set up camp. Dinner at the pub in small groups.

Tuesday features a one way Thieves Bay along the Pender Bluffs and around to Port Browning. Dinner in groups at the Copper Otter.

Wednesday is a circumnavigation of South Pender with a stop at Poet's Cove for a meal at 2pm.

Thursday we pack up and head to Mortimer Spit. The paddle will be over to Saturna with an option top hike or paddle to Taylor Point and back. 2 pm gourmet meal at the Sage Hayward Feral Goat Bistro. Then paddle back and take the evening ferry back to Swartz.

Preference will be given to members who have not participated in this trip in the past.

This is the third official year for the Gulf Islands Gourmet Adventure. We will camp at Port Browning Marina (sites are already reserved) and do day paddles that feature a gourmet meal at some point. Preference this year will be given to Level 2 paddlers for whom this will be their first GIGAbite experience. A deadline for signing up will be announced, after which registration is open.

Always dress for the possibility of immersion and please bring a drybag containing a spare change of clothes. The drybag goes in your kayak with you, not in your car at the launch site. Please bring a lunch or snacks and sufficient beverage to keep you hydrated, as well as a thermos of something warm. Your paddle leader will introduce the plan and make sure everyone is comfortable with the requirements. Please stay off the water until the group is ready. If you have a VHF radio please bring it with you.