Description
What:
A SISKA Energizer paddle from Port Browning on Pender Island to Port Browning on Pender Island GIGAbite Tour of Gulf Island Gourmet Adventure 3.0
Skill Level:
This paddle is rated as an Energizer Paddle because of its distance and open water crossings and possible current. To understand this designation better, please read SISKA's Paddle Guidelines
Paddlers taking part in this paddle are required to have PC Level 2 or equivalent experience. For information about PC Levels click here.
The total distance of this paddle is estimated to be approximately 44.00nm.
When:
Monday, June 15th, 2026. Meet at the launchsite by 9:30am to be on the water by 10:00am
Where:
We will launch at Port Browning on Pender Island. Need directions to the launchsite? Click here.
Who:
This paddle will be led by Tim Frick For more information about this paddle click here
To sign uo for this paddle please read the information & use the link under Registration: below
Details:
Our leader will introduce the Plan and make sure everyone is comfortable with the requirements and any concerns that you may have. Please stay off the water until we are all ready. The leader may choose to enlist helpers and establish communications protocol. If you have VHF radio please bring it with you.
Plan A:
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.
Plan B:
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.
Plot:
There is no plot for this paddle at this time
Registration:
To sign up for this paddle click here
The maximum number of paddlers for this paddle has been set to 20. There is room for 1 paddler(s).
Note: Preregistration of any SISKA paddle is mandatory and any required waiver(s) must be completed prior to the day of the paddle. The paddle leader will turn away any paddler, member or non member, that is not already on the paddle manifest with a signed electronic waiver on file
Note:
Always dress for the possibility of immersion and please bring a drybag containing a spare change of clothes.
Please bring a lunch / snacks and sufficient beverage to keep you hydrated, as well as a themos of something warm.
All participants are expected to have read, and to comply with SISKA's Policies and Procedures
A SISKA Energizer paddle from Port Browning on Pender Island to Port Browning on Pender Island GIGAbite Tour of Gulf Island Gourmet Adventure 3.0
Skill Level:
This paddle is rated as an Energizer Paddle because of its distance and open water crossings and possible current. To understand this designation better, please read SISKA's Paddle Guidelines
Paddlers taking part in this paddle are required to have PC Level 2 or equivalent experience. For information about PC Levels click here.
The total distance of this paddle is estimated to be approximately 44.00nm.
When:
Monday, June 15th, 2026. Meet at the launchsite by 9:30am to be on the water by 10:00am
Where:
We will launch at Port Browning on Pender Island. Need directions to the launchsite? Click here.
Who:
This paddle will be led by Tim Frick For more information about this paddle click here
To sign uo for this paddle please read the information & use the link under Registration: below
Details:
Our leader will introduce the Plan and make sure everyone is comfortable with the requirements and any concerns that you may have. Please stay off the water until we are all ready. The leader may choose to enlist helpers and establish communications protocol. If you have VHF radio please bring it with you.
Plan A:
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.
Plan B:
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.
Plot:
There is no plot for this paddle at this time
Registration:
To sign up for this paddle click here
The maximum number of paddlers for this paddle has been set to 20. There is room for 1 paddler(s).
Note: Preregistration of any SISKA paddle is mandatory and any required waiver(s) must be completed prior to the day of the paddle. The paddle leader will turn away any paddler, member or non member, that is not already on the paddle manifest with a signed electronic waiver on file
Note:
Always dress for the possibility of immersion and please bring a drybag containing a spare change of clothes.
Please bring a lunch / snacks and sufficient beverage to keep you hydrated, as well as a themos of something warm.
All participants are expected to have read, and to comply with SISKA's Policies and Procedures