The Immortal Coil
Published August 4, 2011 | 
Daisy, Daisy,
Give me your answer do!
I’m half crazy,
All for the love of you!
You’d think it was an insult, but it’s just a fact. Sometimes, the most amazingly simple things elude me. Take daisy chains for instance. Creating a daisy chain is the most common and dare I say, simplest way to manage the length of your tow rope. Put simply, a daisy chained tow rope is the perfect ”short tow” length. You can then quickly unravel your chain for a “long tow” length. The problem for me was that I simply never could work out how a daisy chain actually came together! Stupid? Well, if you’re stupid like me.. today I’ll do my best to show you how to do it… Continue reading
Given Up The Drink
Published December 31, 2010 | 
And I like pints of Guinness / As Billy used to say
It rained so fucking much here / That well drink away the day
– The Bollox
In May of 2011 Harry Whelan, Chris Millington and Jeff Allen will be aiming to beat the record for the fastest 1,000 mile circumnavigation of Ireland which now sits at 33 days. According to their website, the reason for taking aim at the record is to get around and back before giving in to the temptation of the Guinness after having “sort of” given up the drink recently. (Um, yeah.. no comment..) Not everyone knows what kayaks they’ll be paddling yet, but it sounds like most will be opting for Rockpool’s new Taran. For more information you can visit the Team Expedition Paddler website at www.ExpeditionPaddler.com
** Image: Giants Causeway. Ireland. Photo by Petr Brož.
Where would you most like to paddle Hadas?
Published March 30, 2010 | 
When all words fail she speaks
Her mix tape’s a masterpiece
Walks through the garden
so the roses can see
Oh I…have you got nothing to say
– ben folds
Today’s title was a question first raised by British Sea Kayaker extraordinaire, Jeff Allen. When I first read it over on the Sea Kayaking Cornwall website I supposed the sentence was deserving of a comma, something like, “Where would you most like to paddle, Hadas?” One way or the other, it’s always about the punctuation. You can read more about how that question (which ever way it went) lead to a 6500 kilometer paddling adventure here. That of course brings me to this…
Hadas Feldman of Israel will be a featured speaker at the Ladies of the Lake Sea Kayaking Symposium held Aug 12-15th in Marquette, MI. Hadas has an amazing paddling resume. Along with the the 2004 circumnavigation of the 4 main islands of Japan with Jeff Allen, she & Jeff joined Nigel Dennis and Pete Bray Continue reading
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