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Offline ChristianG

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Re: Water at Britannia climbing...
« Reply #13 on: October 01, 2010, 01:08:48 AM »
I'm afraid that this was just a small release, short-lived...

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Re: Water at Britannia climbing...
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2010, 07:07:30 PM »
OKS updated.. water is down to 7 on the Ottawa... And 58.62 on Britania!

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Re: Water at Britannia climbing...
« Reply #11 on: September 29, 2010, 04:23:46 PM »
Just came back from the Wall, Sewer Wave and Deschenes playspot..Here are the pics i took with my BB.. To me.. the best spot right now is Deshenes.. Seems like a little fun hole! :)

The wall.

This is what there is right now..



Sewer Waves





Deschenes



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Re: Water at Britannia climbing...
« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2010, 04:05:28 PM »

 Ive spent a lot of time on the little wave behind sewer , its great , fast , you have to keep carving so your bow don't plough , a really fun wave , intermediate/advanced  as its fast and tricky .  short boat required .

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Re: Water at Britannia climbing...
« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2010, 03:59:36 PM »
I took a look at the Sewer today, wanting to get a feeling for the new Britannia gauge readings.

At the current reading of 58.5, the Sewer wave is still green, no inkling of breaking yet. Maybe good for soul surfing in a long boat, probably a fight to stay on otherwise.  The wave behind has a good little foam pile, though it's probably not too deep.  The rocks someone placed a couple of years ago to form an eddy break as you come off the wave are just barely covered at this level. 

The water is just lapping the bottom of the flat 6" rock ledge at the put-in, no sand showing. Maybe that should be our new Sewer "micro-gauge". Something like, Bottom of ledge = kinda lame; Middle of ledge = wave begins breaking; Above ledge = let's rock! :D


The Wall is definitely starting to take shape again, the water is almost to the top of the plastic pipes (or what's left of them). The front wave probably has a bit of surf potential in a longlong boat.

If the level rises significantly from 58.5 in the next few days, the Sewer at least should be worth checking out.

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Re: Water at Britannia climbing...
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2010, 01:13:41 PM »
Hopefully this holds for the weekend!!!

Tomorrow is expecting 20-30 mm of rains. It may help.

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Re: Water at Britannia climbing...
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2010, 12:43:21 PM »
OWL Gauge reads +12 and still rising

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Re: Water at Britannia climbing...
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2010, 10:28:02 AM »
Anyone for a trip tonight/tomorrow? I'm done around 3pm today, 4pm tomorrow! 613-355-2470. --C.

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Re: Water at Britannia climbing...
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2010, 07:29:54 AM »
58.46 and on a steep curve up!!  ;D

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Re: Water at Britannia climbing...
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2010, 09:09:05 PM »
Deschenes wave Comes in at 58.6 ish.. So does Sewer... The Wall as well around 58.6 and up! Water is 58.3 as we speak... Playspots will be in by friday for sure!! Wow.. Do I feel stupid for selling my boat this quick..  :-[

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Re: Water at Britannia climbing...
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2010, 04:47:53 PM »

 Ottawas at +10 and rising   :o ,  sewer & wall may be up in a day or when all that water gets here , please update if anyone goes ,

    http://www.ottawakayak.com/
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Re: Water at Britannia climbing...
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2010, 10:32:34 PM »
I would love to paddle Sewer Wave again, it's one of my favorite wave!

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Water at Britannia climbing...
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2010, 09:55:49 PM »
It's going above 58 m right now, which is the old '3'... May I remind every one that another half meter, and Sewer Wave will be at its best? Perhaps we should keep an eye on it...

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=45.417676,-75.744665&spn=0.002839,0.004823&t=h&z=18

--C.