P&H Bahiya
Published April 24, 2009 | 
And you balance your world on the tip of your nose
like a SeaLion with a ball, at the carnival.
– tull
So yesterday I talked a bit about how I found myself test paddling a new kayak. Again I have 2 great kayaks but they are both no longer sea worthy. I could just get a new version of one of these or I can use the opportunity to see if there is something out there I’m missing. At the moment I’m familiarizing myself with the P&H Kayak line which I’ve not really looked at before. Yesterday I test paddled the P&H Bahiya. This is not a review of the Bahiya however. A review is meant to tell you what YOU should buy. A completely different thing than choosing what I should buy… which you may guess is an attempt at humor for the non-inferentially-challenged.
Not without decklines, sorry…
Published March 16, 2009 | 
You know, here’s the thing. Vendors often want to talk to instructors about their kayaks. In this case it was the Prijon/Wildwasser guy who wanted to make the case that the Prijon Capri 1 was fine for symposiums here on the Great Lakes. Continue reading
Deception Dash Movie
Published December 15, 2008 |
Steve Weileman at Essex Explorations did a great job putting this video together for us all this year. It’s a great clip that does a good job telling the story of this popular west coast event. I’m sure you’ll recognise some faces as well!
if you build it. . .
Published December 12, 2008 | 
I am now looking forward to using the boat for coastal expeditions.”
- Steve Burnip
The students of Falmouth Marine School in Cornwall, UK have launched the first of a new line of sea kayaks. Now here’s the catch, if you want one you have to get some education as well.
Bow Roll Rescue?
Published December 3, 2008 | Kelly Blades posted this clip of mid-west paddler John Martin’s Bow Roll Rescue. It had been written up in Sea Kayaker Magazine some time back. . . Kelly asks for opinions. Well, I commented on his site so other than that I’ll let you tell me what you think. . .
the itch
Published November 20, 2008 | 
I remember long ago -
when the sun was shining
Yes and the stars were bright
All through the night
And the sound of your laughter
As I held you tight
So long ago
- genesis
A phrase I’ve heard a couple times recently has been sticking in my mind. It goes something like this. “Circumnavigations are not important, they just provide a logical place to stop”. There is certainly no reason to not to go around something and there’s no reason not to make a note in the records of your life if you were “first”. But I’m beginning to realize that I could be content if I never go around something again. I will, certainly. . (see “provides a logical place to stop”). But I don’t want to miss the point of kayaking either. The kayak for me is there to take me places I may otherwise not be able to reach. When I get there, I should damn well enjoy it! Continue reading
Then Jesus Said, . .
Published November 19, 2008 | 
If you know how to roll, you don’t have to swim.
If you know how to brace, you don’t have to roll.
If you know how to edge, you don’t have to brace.
If you can walk on water, you don’t have to edge.
I lifted this off a Pnet Post debating rolling (again) . . .
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