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| WIND STATS FOR SUMMER 2008 And was this the windiest late summer ever? - click on the kayak to find out. |
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| WIND STATS FOR SUMMER 2005-06 Was it the windiest season ever? - click on the kayak to find out. |
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| RED TIDE Steve Gain has written a highly informative article on the subject - click on the kayak to read it. |
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| ROD HOLDERS This article shows how to install rod holders on your kayak. |
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| WHAT KAYAK TO CHOOSE Just getting started? Read this article to find out what kayak is right for you. |
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| PLASTIC OR FIBREGLASS Now you know what boat you want, what do you want it made of? |
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| SIT-INSIDE OR SIT-ON-TOP? Which one's for you? |
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| ESKIMO ROLLING - ESSENTIAL OR NOT? See what we think |
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| PADDLING IN GROUPS And now that you have your dream boat make sure your group ettiquette is up to scratch. |
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| MOST NEWS IS NOW ON OUR BLOG - CLICK HERE | |
| DATELINE: 2006 K4A CHARITY PADDLE FROM LONDON TO DURBAN Werner Stoltz is paddling this amazing distance for AIDS charities, click the kayak. |
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| DATELINE: 2006 PADDLERS KAYAK RACE SERIES Click on the kayak on the right to see race results for the whole series of kayak races and to see about upcoming events. |
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DATELINE: December 2005
K2K HAS RETURNED The intrepid explorers paddling down the coast of Africa from Kenya to Mozambique have finished their remarkable expedition and returned, safe and sound, to the bosom of their families. Click on the kayak on the right to see some pictures and link to their web site and read their stories. |
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DATELINE: October 2005
SEAFORTH SURFSKI RACE A number of kayak owners entered the traditional surfski only race on the 12th October. The more experienced surfskiers tackled the long course of 19kms while the kayakers and less experienced surfskiers did only one lap of 9kms. Margaret was second woman home beating three other women and Derek came first overall, in fact beating all the other surfskiers. Trevor Wright came second - on a surfski but his first ever race on a ski. Well done all. |
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| DATELINE: March 27th 2005 Cape Point Paddle 10 single kayaks and 2 doubles - and their owners - met at Buffels this morning to paddle to Cape Point. However a strongish northerly wind and common sense determined that the group headed into the wind rather than south to Cape Point. A reasonably tough but enjoyable slog towards Smitswinkel Bay ended after about 5kms as the wind started to gust to more than 40kms an hour. We turned and had some great surfing back to Buffels. Everybody said they had a great time and for some it was the roughest conditions they had faced - so the bar was raised for them and they realised they could cope with hairy conditions better than they expected. That is one of the the ideas behind a group paddle, to go beyond your comfort zone and learn. |
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| DATELINE: March 20th 2005 Kayak/Surfski Challenge A few paddlers from Paddlers today took part in the annual Langebaan race and did rather well. Derek won for fastest male kayaker, Margaret for fastest female kayaker, the Wepeners for fastest mixed double kayak and Jean-Claude came second behind Derek. Not a bad show hey? Of course we all finished a good few minutes behind most of the surfskis but well in front of a few, I am pleased to report. |
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