Here's another good reason.....! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI73iFo6wlo&feature=youtu.be https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/66836435_10157377094085477_6725928805694701568_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_oc=AQnEl3VLqnJVA8bWMTqlAtodt-JkdQhFrLUoo6-jx2iKjyl6M5uKVcbeSN-s0AZ1pTI&_nc_ht=scontent-syd2...

Our most recent podcast is live, a chat about our very favourite sea kayaks over the years. There are lots of British designed and built boats discussed, as well as few views on why our kayaking in Australia has maybe evolved slightly differently to your in the UK. Hope you enjoy our ramblings. Link...

Thanks mate!

G’day again, our second podcast episode has just been posted, this time an hours chat about our 2011 North Reef Expedition. This was the first big trip undertaken in our part of the world in the newly released Rockpool Taran. Hope you enjoy listening. https://www.buzzsprout.com/353102/1222241-the-20...

G'day Folks, We've entered the world of podcasting, with a relaxed hour or so of tall tales from paddlers in our part of the world. The first episode is up, a chat over a couple of bottles of red with Kate & Steve Dawson, two of our sea kayaking, surf ski'ing, marathon paddling mates who are about t...

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it. The inspiration for the title came from another mate who circumnavigated South Georgia a couple of years ago. At a very po-faced gathering of outdoor types a chap asked him, in many more words, what cause he was promoting, what charity or issue. He just laughed and ...

Last month the oldest 60% of our Bass Strait crew reunited for a mini-expedition of note, the 100km or so from Eden to Mallacoota traversing the Nadgee Wilderness. This paddle has plenty of challenges in amongst some of the most pristine & wild coast on the eastern seaboard. This is a cup-of-tea-lon...

Mate I'm glad you gave Kari Tek a shout. They'll sort you out, good people, part of the community.

Kari Tek are about to land a big lot of 0.8m Trade Wind sails. As far as we can see, buying from us in Australia and paying freight and your local taxes shouldn’t be any cheaper than buying from Kari Tek, and they’re local, a lovely business, and well and truly worth supporting. As to copying the sa...

A collapsed sea cave on the Beecroft Peninsula, about 150km south of Sydney, on one of the rare days you can get close.

[media]https://youtu.be/FrFJZnXw2jM[/media]
Youtube struck & removed our video, here's the new link....

G'day Guys, Just a note to let you all know that the latest sail from Flat Earth is due to land at Kari Tek later this month. It's a design based on the original sails we used back in the '90's, refined with Mick's unique hardware & sailmaking prowess. It was the last project Mick was working on bef...

Mate sorry to say, but that's a terminal problem. Most of the more recent skis have drastically lowered their 'hump' so that doesn't happen anymore, but I can't think of a satisfactory work around, and haven't seen anyone manage it.

Yes on land about 1200m away, watching it all on an iphone screen. Very clever piece of tech.
Mark.

A short video of the biggest sea kayaker's gathering in Australia, this year on the NSW South Coast.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4wzvMOo3mI[/media]

Thanks all, and nice to hear from you Douglas, hope you're getting out on the water!

Thanks Kevin, glad you liked it.

Here's a video of our crossing of Bass Strait, the 330km stretch of water between the Australian Mainland & Tasmania earlier in the month. We saw everything on the water from our own reflection, to the might & fury of this daunting stretch of water when it gets angry. Such a beautiful & complex plac...

G'day McGruff & everyone, thanks for the kind words. The rudder might have prevented the broach - maybe - but certainly would have prevented the very cool little hit & spin that follows it. Rob had the rudder up on the steep sections, and when he needed to dance around, and then dropped it as the ti...

Here's a few of your local designs cracking a few waves in Sydney yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek_mlYAzxGo

Ah yes, that e hops on when you pass the equator....

I've been playing around with a drone filming a few sequences around Sydney, here's the latest offering, a calm but swelly evening paddling out of Long Bay in Sydney (famous for it's maximum security jail)..... A few members here have joined us over the years on our Tuesday night paddle when visitin...

You just unscrew the 58 baseplate, take off the bungees, and use your deck bungees instead, before screwing on the baseplate again. It allows you to put it where you want it, rather than being proscribed a set position that may or may not be suitable due to your eyesight, sail mounting point etc etc...

Muckle Flugga? Seriously, you're just hoping us non-Brits will think that a real place right? Like that Rum & Muck island, as if....

In Australia they are now compulsory on all watercraft if you're more than 100m offshore, and it's pretty successfully enforced by the local waterway authorities. The surfski & OC community were pretty dark about the imposition, but a couple of very smart local manufacturers very quickly came out wi...

Here's our take on the first one of these to land in our part of the world, with the disclaimer that we're the Valley distributor in Australia.

http://expeditionkayaks.blogspot.com.au ... first.html

Mark.

Im to young for it :)
Maybe when I get retired

Norb, you're right mate. Here's how us retired blokes use sails when the wind gets up. The bloke with the silly hat & white beard is a particularly old fogie.

https://vimeo.com/27268493

Not sure if you can get them in the UK, but these are the best we've used by some margin. http://www.wheeleez.com/kayak-cart-mini.php Wheels fit in your hatches, roll over sand and rough ground, and most important allow you to mount the frame in the middle of your boat, so you don't have to lift an...

Not sure if you can get them in the UK, but these are the best we've used by some margin. http://www.wheeleez.com/kayak-cart-mini.php Wheels fit in your hatches, roll over sand and rough ground, and most important allow you to mount the frame in the middle of your boat, so you don't have to lift and...

If they come to Sydney & bring whisky we will give a free sailing lesson.