Text of an email from Annette received today: 'Dear Kayakers and Canoeists The next Ravenglass Seaquest is on Sunday May 6th starting mid morning. Please see the flyer attached - please distribute further. I'll send out more information and an entry form soon. As usual just e-mail me if you are inte...

The Ravenglass Seaquest does not have a corresponding website but if you take a look at the 2011 Start Info you will find most of the relevant details: http://www.performanceseakayak.co.uk/Resources/Articles/Ravenglass%20Seaquest%202011%20Start%20Info%20V2.pdf You will also find contact details for ...

7th July 2012 - post on Competition page and Performance Sea Kayak Gossip page.

The Kayak Essentials Swellies Extreme Race has now been confirmed as the weekend of the 21st/22nd July - details will follow soon on the Kayak Essentials website -http://www.kayakessentials.co.uk/swelli ... race-2011/

The date for the Eddystone Challenge has been confirmed as 7th July. Mayflower now have a new website too: http://www.mayfloweroffshorerowingclub.org/

Details over on the vulgar pages...

Details of the prize draw here:

http://www.performanceseakayak.co.uk/Re ... 011%20.pdf




JW

The prize draw for the 2011 Menai Challenge will take place at the Summit to Sea shop next Sunday, the 12th Feb. There will be an acccompanied paddle in the morning followed by the draw on our return. Meeting time for the 2-3 hr paddle paddle is 0900 at the shop, for an 0930 leave. Paddling venue wi...

Summit to Sea wrote:It's a balmy 8 degrees here on the Island &

It might be warm at your end of the Island but there was ice on the edges of the Straits yesterday morn. Granted it is a tad more tropical today though.

If you have access to a soldering iron perhaps you could make your own solar charger? http://electroschematics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Solar-based-Multipurpose-Charger.png http://electroschematics.com/4809/solar-based-multipurpose-charger/ http://electroschematics.com/4746/solar-charger-circu...

Sorry for the delay folks. The prize draw for the 2011 Menai Challenge will take place at Summit to Sea on Sunday February 12th. Pete Baars runs an accompanied paddle in the local area on the second Sunday of each month, meeting at the shop at 09:00 for a 09:30 departure. The draw will take place af...

Crank shafts were introduced into canoe slalom in the UK in the late 1980's. Richard Fox (5 times K1 Slalom World Champion) was the main driving force behind them. They were introduced in an attempt to improve performance during bow rudder strokes. When the arm is fully extended during a bow rudder ...

Come on Ken, lift the rudder when it's on the floor - have some respect!

Thanks to Rowland Woollven for some more pointers and apologies to Richard Atkinson for missing him out completely! I've included a link to an article Richard wrote based on a diary he kept during his trip - an interesting read for all potential attemptees. I've also been trying to find all those an...

Mark R wrote:Re. Stuart Fisher - his book 'Inshore Britain' isn't an account of his trip.Re. Me - I've used various boats when I've done sections of the coast. Best link to use is perhaps this - http://southwestseakayaking.co.uk/categ ... in-paddle/

Thanks, duly noted.

2012 looks like it will be a busy year for the UK Circumnavigator (possibly 15 or so paddlers making an attempt) and the levels of interest have finally catalysed me to finish a bit of a project. I've tried to list the various Circumnavigations attempts past & planned on the PSK site: http://www.per...

Similar idea to Nick; I have removed a few over the years by cutting a slot into the screw head by using a hacksaw blade to gain enough purchase to use a large flat blade screwdriver to undo the screw.

The date for 6th Ravenglass Seaquest has been announced as Sunday 6th May.

Another one for the diary.

The 2012 Oban Sea Kayak Race is scheduled for Saturday August 25th - bank holiday weekend.

Forgot to say, same time next year by the way.

I don't claim to be an ornithologist but your Chicken suit looks more like a Penguin to me No flies on you Jim, it was a Penguin andit seemed rather feeble compared Pete's chicken suit. Though there were comments about Pete's fowl dress sense. It also seemed a little too warm for Pete to paddle in,...

Mark R wrote:Now it so happens that I'm going to be a daddy

Congratulations!

The 'Martin?' might be Martin Lee I think.

'Only' 600 miles to go, then surely you are on the home straight now Mark?

Joe Leach
Derek Wade (?)
And I believe Barry Bramley & Rowland Woollven will be resuming their ongoing attempt.

Should have more details on the PSK site soon...

JW

marcusdemuth wrote:I just found the very interesting scientific report about the Menai Straits Challenge on my computer

I really liked the pretty colours in the graphs.

JW

Thanks to everyone who came along, a great way to see out the year. http://angleseypaddling.jalbum.net/New%20Years%20Eve%20Paddle/slides/P1270056.jpg http://angleseypaddling.jalbum.net/New%20Years%20Eve%20Paddle/slides/P1270053.jpg http://angleseypaddling.jalbum.net/New%20Years%20Eve%20Paddle/slides...

Canoeing by numbers update: Numbers now just shy of the 20 mark. The plan at the mo is: 1. Meet at Gallows Point layby at 0900 2. We will work a car shuttle at Gallows; so change into paddling kit and swap boats onto whichever cars are heading to the start. Leave dry kit at Gallows in order to chang...

The plan for Saturday is to meet at the Gallows Point layby for 0915-0930 ish. Change into paddling kit and swap boats onto cars - leaving some cars and dry kit at Gallows we will drive to the start at the Sea Zoo with an aim to be on the water for 1030-1045. The weather is looking a little breezy s...

Excellent.

JW