The second issue of Ocean Paddler is out, and much improved over the first issue. Among other items, Steve Lutsch has a report on the Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium, where a meeting of the Nordkapp Trust is scheduled. (In the photo of the try-out beach, I am the one whose white Tilley hat is intercepted by the edge of the roof of the shed, with Linda beside me holding her Greenland paddle.) There also is an article about GPS and GPS units that doesn't describe sea kayaking applications in any detail, and several trip reports. And Frank Goodman describes why a kayak turns into the wind when it is moving, but not when it is merely drifting, with diagrams that make it easy to understand. Some GPS uses that should have been covered in Ocean Paddler: * Finding one's average speed. * The use of routes. * Using the GPS as a notepad for your log. (If you are otherwise too busy to keep track of arrival and departure times when island- hopping and taking breaks, pressing the Mark key will record the time of the entry along with the position.) * Finding the bearing and distance to the next waypoint. * Using the track or course reading as a compass check. * Using the map page and/or compass page to check drift. Can anyone think of uses for a GPS unit peculiar to sea kayaking (or marine travel in general) that I have overlooked? Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> >* Finding one's average speed. >* The use of routes. >* Using the GPS as a notepad for your log. (If you are otherwise >too busy to keep track of arrival and departure times when island- >hopping and taking breaks, pressing the Mark key will record the >time of the entry along with the position.) >* Finding the bearing and distance to the next waypoint. >* Using the track or course reading as a compass check. >* Using the map page and/or compass page to check drift. > >Can anyone think of uses for a GPS unit peculiar to sea kayaking >(or marine travel in general) that I have overlooked? > >Chuck Holst How about the altitude readout on days when the waves get over 12 feet high :-) Dan Volker *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
No. Ocean Paddler does not have a Web page. Great River Outfitters, importer of Nigel Dennis Kayaks and Valley Canoe Products kayaks, is the North American distributor of the magazine, so I assume it can be found in most shops that carry those kayaks. I bought my copy at Midwest Mountaineering in Minneapolis. Chuck Holst -----Original Message----- From: sjkayaks [mailto:sjkayaks_at_earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, July 13, 1998 5:17 PM To: Chuck Holst Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Ocean Paddler is there a web page for this mag? thanx sjkayaks_at_earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Holst <CHUCK_at_multitech.com> To: 'Paddlewise' <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Date: Monday, July 13, 1998 3:17 PM Subject: [Paddlewise] Ocean Paddler > >The second issue of Ocean Paddler is out, and much improved >over the first issue. Among other items, Steve Lutsch has a >report on the Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium, where a >meeting of the Nordkapp Trust is scheduled. (In the photo of the >try-out beach, I am the one whose white Tilley hat is intercepted >by the edge of the roof of the shed, with Linda beside me holding >her Greenland paddle.) There also is an article about GPS and >GPS units that doesn't describe sea kayaking applications in >any detail, and several trip reports. And Frank Goodman >describes why a kayak turns into the wind when it is moving, but >not when it is merely drifting, with diagrams that make it easy to >understand. > >Some GPS uses that should have been covered in Ocean >Paddler: > >* Finding one's average speed. >* The use of routes. >* Using the GPS as a notepad for your log. (If you are otherwise >too busy to keep track of arrival and departure times when island- >hopping and taking breaks, pressing the Mark key will record the >time of the entry along with the position.) >* Finding the bearing and distance to the next waypoint. >* Using the track or course reading as a compass check. >* Using the map page and/or compass page to check drift. > >Can anyone think of uses for a GPS unit peculiar to sea kayaking >(or marine travel in general) that I have overlooked? > >Chuck Holst >************************************************************************* ** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >************************************************************************* ** > ------ Message Header Follows ------ Received: from multitech.com by multitech.com (PostalUnion/SMTP(tm) v2.1.9c for Windows NT(tm)) id AA-1998Jul13.171717.1944.303478; Mon, 13 Jul 1998 17:17:17 -0500 Received: from gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.85]) by gateway.multitech.com with ESMTP id <16130>; Mon, 13 Jul 1998 17:02:48 -0500 Received: from sharonwh (1Cust53.tnt16.atl2.da.uu.net [153.34.26.53]) by gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA27201 for <CHUCK_at_multitech.com>; Mon, 13 Jul 1998 15:01:47 -0700 (PDT) From: "sjkayaks" <sjkayaks_at_earthlink.net> To: "Chuck Holst" <CHUCK_at_multitech.com> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Ocean Paddler Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 17:01:39 -0500 Message-ID: <01bdaea9$cfd39d20$351a2299_at_sharonwh> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 09:09 AM 7/14/98 -0500, Chuck Holst wrote: > >No. Ocean Paddler does not have a Web page. Actually, there is one at: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/oceanpaddler/index.html Not much of one, just an announcement of the launch of the new mag. Have fun. Hank Hays *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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