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Dates from the dock - Messing around in your Kayak

Written by Dan Caldwell Monday, 22 August 2011 00:00

Virginia Marshall thinks back upon her early days of messing around in a boat and how boaters are tricked in to learning essential techniques while having fun.

Reduce, Reuse, Kayak

Written by Tim Friday, 26 February 2010 10:51

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Our sea kayaking dream homes feature in the last print issue (read it here), and the related editorial about simplifying your life so you can kayak more, is generating some interesting replies including this one from David Alder in Nova Scotia.

Will the iPad Save Magazines?

Written by Tim Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:11

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I'm just gonna jump on the bandwagon here and post about the iPad launch because that's what everybody's doing on the Internet today.

Plus, I'm a magazine editor, and magazine editors and publishers everywhere are asking themselves, Is this the technology that will save our butts?

Not to mention there may be applications for kayaking too.

Is it Too Easy to Call for Help?

Written by Tim Saturday, 09 January 2010 22:03

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Thinking about the new Delorme/SPOT device and the day, not far off, when we'll all be able to text-message anyone from anywhere on the planet got me wondering about what some old-school wilderness idealists would have thought about our age of information technology.

A quarter-century ago people were already wondering if it wasn't getting too easy to call for a rescue.

New Year's Resolutions - Kayak Racing

Written by Tim Tuesday, 05 January 2010 09:59

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I love New Year's Resolutions. I make tons of them. I like to have a wide selection when I'm choosing which ones to break.

This is supposed to be - I mean, will be - the year that I start kayak racing. Since last year wasn't.

It's been a dream of mine to get into surf ski paddling on Lake Ontario. Last spring I ran into an avid racer who generously offered to loan me his old surf ski for the season. It's a great ski, he said, and just needs a few repairs. The rudder's jammed and there's a crack on the seam.