http://www.kayakquixotica.com Tilting At Waves Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:09:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2012/01/25/don-ho-solution/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2012/01/25/don-ho-solution/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:22:43 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9305 Now here’s a bit of interesting news.  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Makers of great big ships among other things.) has come up with this cool, efficient, and dare I say, “fun” way to cut up to 25 percent of CO2 emissions from large cargo carriers.  Heck, they’ll even go a bit faster as well!  The big idea?  [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2012/01/25/don-ho-solution/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/28/frog-bay-tribal-national-park/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/28/frog-bay-tribal-national-park/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:55:22 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9223 The Red Cliff Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa are creating a nearly 90 acre Tribal National Park on the northern tip of Wisconsin with a quarter-mile beach looking out on to the Apostle Islands. Kayakers & hikers alike will of course be celebrating access to a new section of shoreline, of course they may [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/28/frog-bay-tribal-national-park/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/01/netarts-bay-incident/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/01/netarts-bay-incident/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:44:26 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9114 I’m certainly not going to wade into the second guessing game that goes on with these sorts of incidents, but if you’re a sea kayaker or coach it would be worth your while to read this incident report about the events of October 4th in Netarts Bay off the coast of Oregon. Personally, I only have two rather general [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/01/netarts-bay-incident/feed/ 6 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/26/boatloads-of-discontent/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/26/boatloads-of-discontent/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:47:32 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8324 Wisconsin, like in so many other places around the country and around the world, is facing an abrupt change in how we how we treat others and our environment, all in the name of money as usual.  At the moment, those who choose individualism and corporate profit are in charge.  The folks interested in a [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/26/boatloads-of-discontent/feed/ 5 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/08/11/14-kayakers-greenland-found/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/08/11/14-kayakers-greenland-found/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:25:28 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=6624 Reports were going out this morning of 15 kayakers that became lost in a storm along the coast of Eastern Greenland today. About an hour ago reports came through that they have been all found safe and sound. Greenland is a very popular destination for paddlers and adventurers for exactly the same reason it can be so dangerous.. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/08/11/14-kayakers-greenland-found/feed/ 0