Why choose to paddle a tandem / double sea kayak The only experience greater than paddling itself, is sharing it with someone else. And one of the best ways to paddle with a friend, partner or your children may just be from the seat of a tandem sea kayak. Hence, why the tandem sea kayak Read More ...
Category: Sea Kayaking Knowledge
Knowing about the sea environment and what to do in dealing with it.
Introducing the first kayaking skill you need to know – sitting in it comfortably.
Getting started – first things first… Sitting comfortably in /on the Kayak An enclosed deck kayak, an open canoe and a sit on top kayak are quite different designs and require different ways of getting seated, safely and comfortably, (dry that is !!) Let’s look at the enclosed deck kayak. Firstly find and adjust the Read More ...
Tidal Currents For Sea Kayaking. Know how To Predict.
Predict your timing with these simple rules. A working knowledge of tidal currents for sea kayaking is essential to ocean sea kayaking trips. Especially ones that take place in areas that are subject to significant tidal current activity. It requires consultation of that area’s tidal current atlas to establish the times of slack, maximum flood Read More ...
What are sea kayaks and where did they come from.
Kayaks as we know them now have evolved from those developed over perhaps thousands of years by the Inuit peoples of the Arctic regions. They were fast and sea worthy craft made out of drift wood, bones and animal skins. They had to be quick as a hunting or fishing craft and sea worthy to Read More ...
Practical Ways How Clouds Can Predict Weather and empower kayakers.
This article deals with how clouds can predict weather. Using cloud identification to forecast weather is a skill that mariners have used for many hundreds of years. Watching clouds is simple and easy, yet it has been empirically proven that cloud observation as a means to predict the weather yields an accuracy of 60–75 percent. Not Read More ...