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  • Dave's Yak Tales
    Silver River -
    9 hours ago
  • René Seindal
    Sending newsletters in bulk - I have a newsletter — Venetian Stories about the history of Venice — with a couple of hundred recipients. For some time, I have managed that with a free Wo...
    15 hours ago
  • Paddling Planet
    You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows - If you’ve seen the news recently, you may have noticed that we seem to be living “in interesting times,” in the words of that old Chinese curse. It’s all a...
    23 hours ago
  • paddling with a camera
    Paddling stories with my real voice vs AI voiceover - In my latest YouTube video, I’m trying something different – and I’d love your input. For years, I’ve used my own voice in videos where I share stories fro...
    1 day ago
  • Start Kayaking Blog
    Understanding Bet: More Than Just a Wager - The word “bet” is commonly associated with gambling, sports, and games of chance, but its meaning and influence stretch far beyond casinos and betting da...
    1 day ago
  • Trash Paddler
    Cue the Mosquitos - Started my paddling week with an early Sunday morning paddle of the upper Concord River in Concord, MA. The inscription at Egg Rock shows that water lev...
    3 days ago
  • PaddlingLight.com
    Wild Rye’s New Water Collection Review - Earlier this year, Wild Rye sent over a few pieces from their new "When Wet" Collection for review. The pieces included the Parker Action Dress, Sawyer S...
    1 week ago
  • Open Boat, Moving Water - A Paddler's Journal
    Crystal - June 7, 2025 - Punch BrookMy original plan was to do the RICKA Flatwater trip on the Upper Wood River, but it got cancelled due to rain. My second option was the RICKA s...
    1 week ago
  • Off on Adventure
    Windham High Peak - Windham-Blackhead Range Wilderness - 5/18/2025 - It's been a long time since I put up a blog post. No excuse really, but with a new dog in our lives, we'll get him some blog time and put some fresh bl...
    4 weeks ago
  • Newfoundland Sea Kayaking
    Dominica - Waitukubuli Sea Trail - I just got back from completing the Waitukubuli Sea Trail in Dominica. Another amazing trip! Details to come soon!
    2 months ago
  • My Newfoundland Kayak Experience
    I am back! - I had no on the sea paddles last year at all so its two years since I've been on the briny waters. An email from Brian was the impetus and we met at ...
    2 months ago
  • Paddling and Sailing
    I've got to Stop collecting and Start getting on the water more!!! - I know many paddlers say you can never have too many boats, but I have too many. I'm really loving this must recent one though. When my back wou...
    2 months ago
  • Essex Explorations
    Returning to Chisik Island - [image: Snug Harbor Outpost] 'Hey, they're sending me across in a kite!'. Ok, I might be exaggerating, but I honestly have paddle kayaks bigger than this p...
    5 months ago
  • Go Kayak Now!
    Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!
    6 months ago
  • Recreational Kayaking in Maine
    Royal River Old Town House Park Towards Wescustogo Park - *The Royal River Land Trust has a page about this part of the river, found here. *I found the in formation on this page helpful, especially the m...
    11 months ago
  • The Dash Point Pirate
    THE DUBCAST WITH DUBSIDE: Special Guest Jack Gilman - IN THIS EPISODE: Dubside and Jack Gilman reminisce about the early years at the Delmarva Paddler's Retreat, October 2022. LINKS: The Yonkers Paddling and R...
    1 year ago
  • A Lonely Sea Kayaker, Jakarta, Indonesia (No more)
    Flattering Oval Face Hairstyles For Women - *Title:* Flattering Oval Face Hairstyles for Women *Introduction:* Oval faces are considered to be the most versatile face shape, as they can easily acc...
    1 year ago
  • Waterlines -- A Maine Sea Kayaking Journal
    Sunday Morning Paddle Club - –at Lake St. George in Liberty, Maine Sponsored by Lake St. George Brewing & Water Walker Sea Kayak Sunday mornings from July 9 through August 27.* Click ...
    2 years ago
  • Frogma
    ESB Paparazza! - ok the story was, I had morning chemo and an afternoon scan last week Tuesday, so I took the day off from work, took my camera along & wandered the vicini...
    4 years ago
  • Miles Paddled
    Miles Paddled 2020 Year in Review - So 2020 wasn’t what any of us were expecting, but here we are on day one of a whole new year with hope for better things ahead. Emphasis on hope because le...
    4 years ago
  • CASKA: Chicago Area Sea Kayakers Association
    Thomas Bamonte - Blog Access CASKA https://bit.ly/3f59upk Thomas Anker made a splash on Kickstarter last year by raising nearly $3,000,000 for their entry into the… A soda ...
    4 years ago
  • Sarah Outen
    ‘Home’ now available to stream - Happy sunny Monday – Here’s the latest updates with a very filmic bias… To celebrate International Women’s Day yesterday we released ‘Home‘ for streaming v...
    5 years ago
  • A Paddler's Guide to the Salish Sea.
    Eglon Beach to Point No Point - Trip #20 - Views of Point No Point and the beach between the PNP Lighthouse and Eglon Beach. Trip #20 in the book. The point is a glimpse of what West Point and othe...
    5 years ago
  • Paddle California
    Kayak Lessons: Beginner Rules and Developing Judgment - My daughter is now three years old and even though I try to let her learn about the world through experience and exploration I also give her some hard an...
    5 years ago
  • Gott ute och inne
    Decenniets första gottute-tur - Kenneth behövde hjälp med en invigning av en ny tältkåta. Vi var inte svårövertalade…! Invigningen grejades med en lagom blandning av seranoskinka med en p...
    5 years ago
  • P&H Paddlers
    The 222 Mile Challenge - In May 2020, myself and Paul, both veterans, both suffering from PTSD, and both a little crazy for taking on this nutty challenge, will be leaving Dungenes...
    5 years ago
  • Smaavolls turblogg
    Padlehelg i området rundt Slåtterøy, Bømlo - Fikk nok en flott tur til Bømlo i oktober. Fine padleforhold som dere ser. Og magisk i telt.
    5 years ago
  • Sea Kayaking
    - [image: Paddle Pirates Sydney] I've gone commercial. After 15 years of dedicated kayaking I have got myself qualified as a Paddle Australia Sea Instructor,...
    5 years ago
  • Sea Kayak Stonington
    Isle au Haut - Camping at Duck Harbor - As with our canoe trip the previous week, we were dragging our feet about getting out to Isle au Haut. I’d made the reservation for Duck Harbor Campgr...
    5 years ago
  • Newfoundland Kayakoholic
    2019 - Post 14 - Cupcake Tripping - On the weekend past five of us decided to do a little overnight kayak trip to Great Colinet Island. I checked my log-book and the last time I was there wa...
    5 years ago
  • kayaking stuff
    Time for reflection on water - If you spend much time on the water in a kayak or canoe, sooner or later you’re likely to be transfixed by reflections. Sitting so low in a kayak, refle...
    6 years ago
  • "Kayaking Dreamin"
    - I like to think we are paddling down the shore when paddling on the south coast of Newfoundland but locals call it "up the shore".....Tony right behind y...
    6 years ago
  • KajakGal
    Garmin Fenix 5x Plus - Der er sket rigtigt meget på GPS-området, når det gælder ure i de seneste år. De er blevet hurtigere til
    6 years ago
  • Instructors Blog
    Knots got you all tied up? This video will sort you out - Does trying to learning about knots get you all tied up? (Sorry about that.) Dave Wooldridge from Ridge Wilderness Adventures recently released a short cli...
    6 years ago
  • kayakgreenland1959
    East Greenland Kayak Hunting Equipment - EAST GREENLAND KAYAK HUNTING EQUIPMENT Ken Taylor/Cameron cameron@twinoaks.org ...
    6 years ago
  • OCEANPAX Paddle / Run / Be
    Patient and graceful grains of sand... - I love how the wind touches, and reshapes the sand. Sometimes, gale forces create deep and rolling dunes. At other times, a breeze just “whispers” and g...
    6 years ago
  • Oceanos de Libertad
    RESCUE 3 INTERNATIONAL (GOVIN KAYAK) - [image: P1230128] [image: descarga (3)] [image: P1230112] [image: P1230303] [image: P1230177] [image: P1230137] Hace unas semanas, tuve la suer...
    7 years ago
  • Kayak Yak
    Kayakers in the Gorge - Yesterday, Louise and I discovered some kayakers playing in The Gorge under the Tillicum Bridge. Although it's a fair distance inland, The Gorge is actuall...
    7 years ago
  • Sea kayaking with SeaKayakPhoto.com
    Duncan Winning OBE - Today, I received a phone call from Gordon Brown to tell me that Duncan Winning OBE died yesterday. He had been ill for some time. I send my sincere cond...
    7 years ago
  • Each and Everyone
    銀行でお金を借りる住宅ローンについて - 住宅ローンはまとまった金額の借り入れになりますので、金利と利息の関係や、お金の借り方などをきちんと知っておくこ […]
    7 years ago
  • Gecko Paddler
    Endless Summer!! - October 28th and it was 18°C or 65°F in Victoria, BC. I can't remember when I last got a sun burn this late into the year but it happened. After a busy co...
    7 years ago
  • Michigan River Paddling
    - *Manistee River M-72 to M-66 * July 14 - 16, 2017 I took a break from posting for a while, but I have still been doing a lot of paddling. I was paddling mo...
    7 years ago
  • The Mundane Adventures of Bryan
    Freya Hoffmeister - North American Circumnavigation - Freya is doing it again - she has set out on yet another circumnavigation and this time she has her eyes set on North America. She set out from Seattle ...
    8 years ago
  • Kayak Paddle Tales and Birdography
    Back to the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge and St. George (after awhile away) - *It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.* Aesop In the almost-three years we have lived in NC, there have been only two things I miss about Flor...
    8 years ago
  • Durhamblogger
    Durhamblogger - Checking In with News! - Hello readers! Yes, it's Mike, the "long lost Durhamblogger" checking in after a long absence! Suffice to state that a LOT has transpired in my life since ...
    8 years ago
  • Senjaroller
    Photo page update - Kajak Sport has just released their new product catalog. Click on this link to check it out : www.kajaksport.fi We have 2 of our photos in the catalog. Tha...
    8 years ago
  • Gnarlydog News
    West Coast Dream - The wind was blowing that afternoon as we crested the coastal hill to view what lays ahead for tomorrow's paddle. select 1080p to view video in full HD glo...
    8 years ago
  • The Lake is the Boss
    Do we go or do we stay? - Michael Gray, a noted kayak instructor and tripper as well as the guy that wrote 'Hey, I'd Eat This at home!', an excellent wilderness cookbook with a nu...
    8 years ago
  • Kayaking the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta
    Mobile Waterway Blues - This is what kayaking in Mobile's Trashy urban waterways is like. Sadly, this is after 5 years of filing complaints about the City's waterway trash polluti...
    8 years ago
  • Beachpebbles
    For Sale - Valley Avocet LV - I am selling my much loved Avocet LV. This kayak has a custom blue metal-flake finish, a keel-strip along hull, recessed deck compass, and under deck pum...
    9 years ago
  • something to sink your teeth into
    December 2015 to January 2016, how time flies when you`re having fun - On a family visit to the USA, I was lucky to get a paddle on the Potomac river My brother (not a kayaker) has good connections and so I found myself go...
    9 years ago
  • South West Sea Kayaking - Savage Shores
    HNY 2016 - Apologies for the lack of posts…no idea why, other than that I’ve been doing stuff! Lots of WW paddling in Devon and Wales, but not a huge amount of sea ka...
    9 years ago
  • Marc Charron's Blog
    Apologies - Wow, hard to realise & admit that I haven't updated my blog since March 2014... I fought-back against FaceBook but with a daughter in Jamaica (back then) ...
    9 years ago
  • Just Yakkin' . . .
    Going Tubeless with a Rolling Darryl Rim and a Nate Tire - Disclaimer: The following worked for me. I cannot guarantee that it will yield similar results for other rim/tire combos. Some folks were curious how I co...
    9 years ago
  • TorsoRotation.com
    phone poem - the black lines of the poem undulate like a centipede tracing odd paths
    9 years ago
  • Canadian Ckayaker
    - A few miles upstream from Arnprior, the Ottawa River flows over a dam and then divides and redivides into a number of smaller channels. This section of ...
    9 years ago
  • BaffinPaddler - http://baffinpaddler.blogspot.com
    Cycle to the Chutes a Michel in Saint Felicien, Quebec - When we arrived in Saint Felicien, Quebec (Canada) with bikes and sea kayaks, wondering what to do and where to go, several locals asked, "Have you been ...
    9 years ago
  • KayakQuixotica.com
    Last in its Class - [image: canoe]So here’s what I expect to happen. I’ll take the old canoe out to my local lake and set it in the water. All will seem fine. (It says it has ...
    9 years ago
  • Mackayak
    Scottish Sea Kayaking E-Group Greenland Skills weekend - Alan Forsyth explains paddles. The latest Greenland Skills weekend at Bute and Cowal was another great success with five of us mentors sharing the knowle...
    9 years ago
  • PenobscotPaddles
    Racing low at Naskeag (Maine) - Looking from Pond Island to Blue Hill Bay Light on Green Island As I sit in the basement, trying to get my brain to think on this hot, sticky day, it's...
    9 years ago
  • Quiet Kayaking in New York State
    Francis Lake, June 2015 Part I - Well, kayaking season has been quite erratic here in Northern New York... we've had a ton of rain, a lot of wind, some extremely hot and humid days, an...
    9 years ago
  • A whole bunch of Ing's.
    It's time - Just one beach today. Didn't linger long; just a desire to go. Avidity that just hasnt been present for months. My kayak tippy the first few km; as I got...
    9 years ago
  • SILBS SAYS...
    - Devaluation of the IPPON What has happened to the Warrior? When I began studying Judo back around 1958 there was a different attitude (and scoring syst...
    9 years ago
  • John's Kayak Adventures
    2015.02.261 - Canada Day Paddle - [image: IMG_0171-Pano] Louise and I went for our annual Canada Day Paddle on the Gorge. Every year, Gorge Road is closed for a mile-long block party. We do...
    9 years ago
  • Kate's Paddling Blog
    The Rum, Eigg and Muck trip that wasn't - In the days leading up to the first of three expeditions I had planned to guide, my heart sank as the weather forecasts got progressively more extreme. The...
    10 years ago
  • THE CAPTAINS BLOG
    - Welcome Back! *Welcome to a new year with Savannah * *Canoe and Kayak! The shop is open and* *tours are running daily. We h...
    10 years ago
  • Paddle the Twin Cities
    Chili Con Carnival - Big chili cook off tomorrow.. We have to have a name for the chili so, we have put out the word to friends and family to come with a good Alaskan name.....
    10 years ago
  • Kayaking the Lakes of South Dakota
    Jay Heath (1941 - 2014) - Sioux Falls - Jay Albion Heath, age 72, died peacefully at home on Monday, July 28, 2014, four and a half months after receiving a diagnosis of esophagea...
    10 years ago
  • Paddling for Fun
    LAST wee trip to Arisaig in August 2013 - Wee quickie weekend visit to Arisaig, last one of 2013 Sunset over Eigg and Rum from Arisaig Port Nam Murrach, Rhu, Arisaig ...
    10 years ago
  • Dr. T. in Canada
    Iceberg hiking - [English below] Am letzten Sonntag war ich mit Norah am Cape Spear um einen grossen Eisberg aus der Nähe anszuschauen, den wir am vorigen Wochenende vom Si...
    11 years ago
  • have kayaks, will travel
    This blog has moved to havekayakswilltravel.com - We're no longer blogging here; please visit our blog on our new website, havekayakswilltravel.com. Click on "articles" on the top navigation to find our ...
    11 years ago
  • Inflatable Kayaking in B.C.
    Hotham Sound - A July trip to Hotham Sound! This was actually my second trip up here in 2013. It's one of my favorite places to paddle. I did a solo trip around my birthd...
    11 years ago
  • baihui
    Time flies - I would not have guessed a small glitch in the blogging process would have thrown me off publishing reviews and commentary. Lots has happened over the ye...
    11 years ago
  • Rjimlad's Kayaking World
    Kayaking Upgrades for Land Rover Defender - I know most of you readers are envious of my big black truck and are puzzled as to why you didn’t make the brave buying decisions I make, but let me tell y...
    11 years ago
  • Nashua River Watershed - Kayaking
    Which is More Important: Clean Water or Clean Water? - I created this blog to talk about the importance of clean water and to talk about how one person can make a difference with patience, hard work, and a sus...
    11 years ago
  • Kayak The Merrimack
    The Kayaking Season That Wasn't - At this time last year I had already taken a couple kayaking trips, this year not so much. Three weeks ago while trying to install a steel door in my base...
    12 years ago
  • Out and About
    Expedition to Determine the Fate of the Peace Tree - In 1822, General William Ashley published an ad in the *Missouri Gazette* recruiting adventurers into the American Fur Company for the purpose of explor...
    12 years ago
  • .
    North Uist 2012 - Here are some memories from our trip July 2012 to North Uist. Sorry about the quality but if you keep the window small its not too bad. Hope you enjoy. ...
    12 years ago
  • ~PaddleSong~
    A Christmas Offering - With Christmas comes a bit of fun inspiration, I've spent the last couple of days working on this, I hope everyone likes it. For our international friend...
    12 years ago
  • kayak across the water
    Lapping the couch - No matter how slow you are going, you are still lapping everyone on the couch. You may have encountered the above quote already. Obviously, it’s intended t...
    12 years ago
  • Sea Kayaking Beyond the Break
    Knapppering to Ogmore - Taran, Chris Adrian and I had planned to head out from The Knapp in Barry westward along the coast to Ogmore. The forecast had promised low wind and sun, p...
    13 years ago
  • Virginia Paddler
    Maury River south of Buena Vista, October 2011 - Two locations along River Road, south of Buena Vista, Virginia, offer paddlers public access to the Maury River. I visited these spots on a clear October a...
    13 years ago
  • River Bottle Blues
    Same as it ever was….. - I spent the morning paddling Ellerbe Creek and found pretty much what I was expecting. As much as things change they always seem the same. Very dishearten...
    13 years ago
  • Mystic River Trash Haulers
    Into Alewife Brook - This afternoon I went trash hauling into Alewife Brook much further than I have been previously. I tried looking for the apple tree that we had seen a swan...
    13 years ago
  • The Thin Line That Leads Us
    Rhapsody in Blue - Kayaking off MacLeod's Maidens, Skye Sea kayaking over the years has proved to be an exquisite blend of serenity, excitement, fear (sometimes, but not alwa...
    13 years ago
  • Paddler's Book Club
    Mary The Kayak Lady: One Woman, One Kayak, 1007 Lakes - At a time when everyone seems to be so enamored of the big feats of kayaking (crossing the Atlantic, circumnavigating Australia), it was refreshing to read...
    14 years ago
  • kayak adventures photos
    2010 October Guana - We put in at the six mile boat ramp and paddled north. It was so lovely to see the wood storks and the roseate spoonbills. The wind does affect even t...
    14 years ago
  • Peter's Paddling Blog
    Kattegat x2 - Time for a long due update. The last month I got back into some old school sea kayaking again in the sea of Kattegat. View Kattegat 2010 in a larger ma...
    15 years ago
  • Fat Paddler | A Big Man's Kayak Adventure
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  • Ocean River Sports
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  • Qajaq Rolls
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  • Kayaking Serbia | Kayaking photoblog about rivers and lakes
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Same List, but alphabetical

  • "Kayaking Dreamin"
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  • A Lonely Sea Kayaker, Jakarta, Indonesia (No more)
  • A Paddler's Guide to the Salish Sea.
  • A whole bunch of Ing's.
  • Apples and Kayaks
  • BaffinPaddler - http://baffinpaddler.blogspot.com
  • baihui
  • Beachpebbles
  • Blog
  • Canadian Ckayaker
  • CASKA: Chicago Area Sea Kayakers Association
  • Dave's Yak Tales
  • Dr. T. in Canada
  • Durhamblogger
  • Each and Everyone
  • Essex Explorations
  • Fat Paddler | A Big Man's Kayak Adventure
  • Frogma
  • Gecko Paddler
  • Gnarlydog News
  • have kayaks, will travel
  • Inflatable Kayaking in B.C.
  • Instructors Blog
  • John's Kayak Adventures
  • Just Yakkin' . . .
  • KajakGal
  • kayak across the water
  • kayak adventures photos
  • Kayak Paddle Tales and Birdography
  • Kayak The Merrimack
  • Kayak Yak
  • kayakgreenland1959
  • Kayaking Serbia | Kayaking photoblog about rivers and lakes
  • kayaking stuff
  • Kayaking the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta
  • KayakQuixotica.com
  • Mackayak
  • Marc Charron's Blog
  • Michigan River Paddling
  • Miles Paddled
  • My Newfoundland Kayak Experience
  • Mystic River Trash Haulers
  • Nashua River Watershed - Kayaking
  • Newfoundland Kayakoholic
  • Newfoundland Sea Kayaking
  • Ocean River Sports
  • Oceanos de Libertad
  • OCEANPAX Paddle / Run / Be
  • Off on Adventure
  • Open Boat, Moving Water - A Paddler's Journal
  • Out and About
  • P&H Paddlers
  • Paddle California
  • Paddle the Twin Cities
  • Paddler's Book Club
  • ~PaddleSong~
  • Paddling and Sailing
  • Paddling for Fun
  • Paddling Planet
  • paddling with a camera
  • PaddlingLight.com
  • PenobscotPaddles
  • Peter's Paddling Blog
  • Qajaq Rolls
  • Recreational Kayaking in Maine
  • René Seindal
  • River Bottle Blues
  • Rjimlad's Kayaking World
  • Sarah Outen
  • Sea Kayak Stonington
  • Sea Kayaking
  • Sea Kayaking Beyond the Break
  • Sea kayaking with SeaKayakPhoto.com
  • Senjaroller
  • SILBS SAYS...
  • Smaavolls turblogg
  • something to sink your teeth into
  • South West Sea Kayaking - Savage Shores
  • THE CAPTAINS BLOG
  • The Dash Point Pirate
  • The Lake is the Boss
  • The Mundane Adventures of Bryan
  • TorsoRotation.com
  • Trash Paddler
  • Virginia Paddler
  • Waterlines -- A Maine Sea Kayaking Journal

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