🌀 Safety & First Aid… Weather Cocking, Icebreaker, and Paddling 20 May 200921 Aug 2026 Jeff Cooper of H2Outfiffers shared with me a simple analogy to explain weather cocking. A common definition of weather cocking is that “a boat moving forward points into strong winds”.…
🌀 Safety & First Aid… National Safe Boating Week 15 May 200921 Aug 2026 People who use the water call the vests that they wear by many names. Some of the names for these water vests are: personal flotation device, buoyancy aid, and life…
🌀 Safety & First Aid… Paddlers Sometimes Take Avoidable Risks: Five Decision Checks 10 May 200922 Oct 2026 Five pressures to recognize, and a practical way to check the next decision. A familiar route, a confident companion, and a clear destination can make a paddling plan feel settled…
Gear Reviews… Tuktu Greenland Paddle 1 May 200921 Aug 2026 I use a Greenland style paddle designed by Chris Raab owner of Tuktu Paddles. I have to admit Tuktu Paddles designs all of my Greenland paddles. At one time I…
Gear Reviews… Chesapeake Light Craft: Sean’s perspective 9 Apr 200921 Apr 2009 Hey Everyone, Got a chance to meet with Jeff & KayakKev on Saturday, April 4th for the CLC Kayak Demo, its just been a busy week, so I'm just getting…
🌀 Safety & First Aid… Common Sense 15 Feb 200921 Aug 2026 In an old article entitled “Paddle vs. Power, So What Are We to Do?” I focused on the fear of being run-over or overturned by a motor boat’s wake. My…
🌀 Safety & First Aid… Stuff your PFD 26 Jan 200921 Aug 2026 I am often asked what I have in the pockets and on my PFD. Kokata PFD Princeton Tec - Aqua Strobe Princeton Tec - Impact II hand held flashlight Princeton…
Entertainment… Kayaking with a shark 14 Jan 20095 Jun 2009 Sean, Brian, and I are getting ready to leave on Sunday to paddle around the Florida Keys. The good thing is we probably will not encounter what three kayak fishermen…
🌀 Safety & First Aid… A brace is better than a roll 12 Jan 200921 Aug 2026 Sometimes when I go paddling, I think to myself why this activity is so intimidating to land lovers. I suppose the answer exists within the fear of rolling. Paddling is…
Florida Kayaking… Florida Keys Circumnavigation 5 Jan 200922 Aug 2013 I am Happy to tell everyone that I have some good friends that are going to circumnavigate the Florida Keys and I get to update their progress on a daily…
🌀 Safety & First Aid… Kayaking Notes 5 Nov 200821 Aug 2026 I was recently asked to describe my version of counting waves when launching your yak from a high surf beach. When I started kayaking 4 years ago I read a…
🌀 Safety & First Aid… Paddle vs Power so what are we to do? 2 Oct 200821 Aug 2026 I have many friends in the paddling community and the theory of coexisting with motor boats always comes up. This topic is more volatile than talking about politics, religion, and…
🌀 Safety & First Aid… Sit on Top Self Kayak Rescue 17 Sep 200821 Aug 2026 I am in the water, so now what do I do? That is a common question that anglers have if they come off their sit on top kayak in deep…
Backcountry Kitchen… Home 29 Dec 200725 Aug 2026 Jeff Fabiszewski and Sean Fitzgibbon come from two different worlds. Even with their comical differences they joined forces in April of 2001 at Osprey Bay Outdoors with one goal; to…
