The Urban Oarsman. Grey Day Row to False Creek, Circumnavigation Siwash Rock and a Wrecked Sailboat on the Last Row of the Year to False Creek. December 28th, 2013

December 28th row to False Creek

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Gwragedd Annwn on the beach at Hollyburn Sailing Club, Dec. 28th, 2013.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

A grey day, the water is flat.  A good day to row….The last day of the year.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Looking to the North, leaving the club behind.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

 A seal follows me out, looking for fish, but I have none.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Steel grey West Vancouver Waterfront.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

In the Distance, a freighter approaches, entering English Bay for the Inner Harbour

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

 The freighter will pass under Lions Gate Bridge before I can cross the shipping lanes.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

The Harbour Police boat shoos the fishermen’s boat out of the way.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Freighter in, power boat out.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Leaving Siwash Rock behind.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

The gun emplacement above Siwash Rock.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Ducks ahead.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

The flock takes flight.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

The ducks fly towards Siwash Rock.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Awash Rock (not Siwash Rock)

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Rowing past Ferguson Point.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

The wrecked sailboat on the shore.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Rowing closer.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

WN 6832 RC, what sad fate befell you?

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Her keel is chewed off.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Rudder is gone too.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

The cabin is compromised by ocean water, her cockpit is graffitied.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

 Her mast is ashore.  I head towards False Creek.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

The “Drip” is caged.  Why?

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

The Munin heads out into English Bay.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

A slight breeze into the creek.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Granville Island Market.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

 Rowing into the creek.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

 Boats on the Dock in False Creek.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

There are still a few “Hippie boats” left.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

A pretty cutter anchored.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

No dinghies at the dock.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Under the Cambie Street Bridge.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Cambie Street Bridge.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Clearing the Cambie Street Bridge.  The Aqua bus is a lot faster than I am.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

The tents where the “Odysseo” by Cavalia show is.  South Side of False Creek.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Rowing out of the Creek.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Left-over sculpture from Expo86.  I have never rowed under it before.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

Looking up at the sculpture.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

The sculpture rotates with the tides.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

South shore of False Creek.

The Urban Oarsman Rows to False Creek on December 28th, 2013

North Shore of False Creek.

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Good-bye Granville Street Bridge.

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Good-bye Burrard Street Bridge.

 

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It is too early for Crow-flight.  Where are the crows heading and doing?

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Why are the Geese following the crows?

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Leaving the Geese and Burrard Bridge behind.

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The Munin heads back in from the bay.

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Slate grey sunset?

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Reflection off of West Vancouver Building.

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Close-up.

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 Sunset begins.

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Freighters lit by the setting sun.

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The sun gets lower.

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The freighters still glow as the sun sets.

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Getting lower…….

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The freighters still glow.

 

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 Hollyburn Sailing Club Glows in the sunset too.

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Going, going, going……

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On a day like this, the sunset seems to go on forever….

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 Crow-flight as the sun sets…

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I row on towards shore as the sun sets.

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Passing the fishing pier at Ambleside.

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Gwragedd Annwn on the beach as the sun sets.

The Urban Oarsman

 Happy Sunset Rowing.

Mike