Kayak Instruction
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🩹 First Aid for Marine Animal Bites, Stings, Punctures.
Hey Paddlers, After writing my previous blog on Sea Urchins titled Search’in For Urchin, I promised to write a blog about First Aid for Marine Animal Bites, Stings,…
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🛶Kayaking at night: Gear
Retailers lure us in and then try to brainwash us into purchasing their flashy inventory. The reality is that we do not need a lot of fancy stuff…
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🛶 Kayaking at night: Caution
There is one reality to paddling at night. A kayak is nearly invisible on the water. A trained powerboat captain traveling on smooth water at a safe cursing…
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🛶 Kayaking at night: seeing in the dark
My friends and I have paddled a lot of the water with in a thirty minute drive of my home. I know these waters well. I have paddled…
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Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center Events in June
Guided Canoe Trip Friday, June 12, 2009 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Education Services Staff and Volunteers, Environmental Lands Division Take this opportunity to explore a portion of…
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Weather Cocking, Icebreaker, and Paddling
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…
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National Safe Boating Week
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,…
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Paddlers Sometimes Take Avoidable Risks: Five Decision Checks
Practical checks for familiarity, commitment, expert halo, conformity, and scarcity, with attention to conditions, group capacity, and alternative exits.
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Tuktu Greenland Paddle: My Experience with a Custom Wooden Paddle
My Tuktu Greenland paddle looks simple enough, until someone asks why I prefer that wooden stick. I share what keeps it in my hands: the feel of wood,…
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Chesapeake Light Craft: Sean’s perspective
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…
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Common Sense
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…
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Stuff your PFD
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…
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Kayaking with a shark
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…
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A brace is better than a roll
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.…
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Florida Keys Circumnavigation
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…
