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/2011/12/30/something-in-the-water/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/30/something-in-the-water/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:56:10 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9235 Each year when the ice is beginning to form on inland lakes there is still time for the hearty paddler to get in a few good days on the water. You simply need to be more cautious. Not only should you be properly dressed for the occasion, but you also need to keep your eye out for nearly transparent floating obstacles. Paddling along at a good clip, floating ice can be nearly invisible. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/30/something-in-the-water/feed/ 2 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/29/frickin-kayakers/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/29/frickin-kayakers/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:41:38 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9228 “Is it worth risking your life for a fish?” Good question from a spokesman for the Virginia Marine Resources Commission a day after authorities rescued 6.. Let that sink in… 6, Again, 6! capsized fisherman from Chesapeake Bay a couple weeks back. [ Read the full story here. ] No wonder there are so many [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/29/frickin-kayakers/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/08/the-gift-that-keeps-them-living/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/08/the-gift-that-keeps-them-living/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:17:04 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9164 Each year paddle bloggers write about great holiday gift ideas and inevitably that means gear, but here's a better idea.. give a lesson. It's natural (and wise) to feel a little apprehension when your friend or family member decides to take up kayaking as a new hobby. It's not a particularly dangerous sport, but when things do go bad, it almost always involves folks who are very inexperienced. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/08/the-gift-that-keeps-them-living/feed/ 4 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/2011/09/29/bone-head-paddling/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/29/bone-head-paddling/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:52:46 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9016 You could probably guess I was running a bit scattershot the last few days. It sure showed up this morning I can tell you. I ran the morning obstacle course out the door with the intent to be on the lake for day 8 of my 100 mile paddle. Getting to the lake was the easy part. Yeah, I was wearing my sexy base layers.. but what I didn't do was bring my outer layers. Oops! Well, I was there wasn't I? So with the sun shining through some broken clouds to the east I figured I could get away it. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/29/bone-head-paddling/feed/ 4