Two more to add to the list with a different twist: : 1. "A Cat in a Kayak" ..... My nieces, nephews and grandchildren loved it. And I liked reading it to them! It was written by Maria Coffey who wrote "A Boat in Our Baggage", a book about traveling with a folding kayak. 2. "Keep It Moving....Baja by Canoe" by Valerie Fons. Another interesting man woman torture trip. They said they used covered canoes but the pictures could have fooled me. They look surprisingly like kayaks. I always wonder why those who undertake these monumental trips seem to have forgotten how to have fun and enjoy themselves on the adventure. Never the less it was good reading. Hal Wilton, NH Power your boat with carbohydrates, not hydrocarbons. http://www.jlc.net/~hlevin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
>>What are the essential books a beginning (or experienced) sea kayaker should have in his or her library<< Two books which I consider essential that you do not have for sale would be "Waves and Beaches" by Willard Bascom, and "Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation" by David Burch. While the information in these books pertains mostly to ocean kayaking (particularly "Waves and Beaches") and may therefore be of somewhat limited use for an inland Minnesota club, they are definite must haves for those of us who paddle in the sea. Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> Scott wrote: > Two books which I consider essential that you do not have for > sale would be "Waves and Beaches" by Willard Bascom, and > "Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation" by David Burch. While > the information in these books pertains mostly to ocean > kayaking (particularly "Waves and Beaches") and may > therefore be of somewhat limited use for an inland Minnesota > club, they are definite must haves for those of us who paddle > in the sea. > Please don't forget that Minnesota borders on Lake Superior, which truly IS an inland ocean. The other Great Lakes here on the 'Prairie Coast' are also significant bodies of water, with many hundreds of miles of beaches - though maybe not with as consistent on-shore winds as you see on the 'Left Coast' (and minus the tides) Good natured chiding aside, I was also going to recommend "Waves and Beaches" as a must-read for *any* sea kayaker or surf paddler, but you beat me to it. Play Hard, Erik Sprenne (at the southern end of Lake Michigan) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> Scott wrote: > Two books which I consider essential that you do not have for > > sale would be "Waves and Beaches" by Willard Bascom, and > > "Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation" by David Burch. While > > the information in these books pertains mostly to ocean > > kayaking (particularly "Waves and Beaches") and may > > therefore be of somewhat limited use for an inland Minnesota > > club, they are definite must haves for those of us who paddle > > in the sea. > > > Please don't forget that Minnesota borders on Lake Superior, > which truly IS an inland ocean. The other Great Lakes here on > the 'Prairie Coast' are also significant bodies of water, with > many hundreds of miles of beaches - though maybe not with > as consistent on-shore winds as you see on the 'Left Coast' > (and minus the tides) *************************** You ain't a kidding regarding the Geat Lakes being a significant body of water... I live across the street from Lake Michigan on the far North Side ofthe city and have lived her for 10 years... I have seen storms that produced waves that must have been 30 feet high with gale force wnds that caused waves to hit seawalls where the splashes have gone on the roofs of 4 story buildings... I am sure any ocean kayaking book would be applicable to "da lake"... Tom Heineman, Rogers Park, Chicago *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 11/19/1999 9:28:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, romeug_at_erols.com writes: << I don't have a foldable(but will soon) and feel that the book does apply to hardshells as well. >> This was a reference to Ralph's book (The Folding Kayaker) I find the same applies to his newsletter. I have kept up my subscription even though I haven't been in a folding kayak for about 3 years. Of course....one day I just might get that K-Light..... Sandy Kramer Miami *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> > Here's another book question: What are the essential books a beginning(or experienced) sea kayaker should have in his or her library, and why? There are now many books on sea kayaking that deliver pretty much the same information. What distinguishes one from another? Which would you recommend first, and why?<<< In my opinion, a great beginning book that would also serve as a useful reference for experienced kayakers is "The Essential Sea Kayaker" by David Seidman. I just started kayaking in May this year and have opened this book at least 100 times. Covers *all* the basics, e.g., how do you get in and out of a kayak: from a beach, from a pier that is high, from a pier that is low OR how do you come in when there is surf OR how do you do an assisted recscue OR a self-rescue with a paddle float... you get the idea. The author wrote this while learning himself from a more experienced kayaker so it is a great beginner book. Three of us in Chicago bought kayaks this summer and all three of us would be looking in our books before and after kayaking and practicing techniques described and illustrated in this book. $12.95, available at Amazon I believe. Tom Heineman Rogers Park, Chicago *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Thomas M. Heineman wrote: > > > Here's another book question: What are the essential books a beginning(or experienced) sea kayaker should have in his or her library, and why? There are now many books on sea kayaking that deliver pretty much the same information. What distinguishes one from another? Which would you recommend first, and why?<<< > > In my opinion, a great beginning book that would also serve as a useful > reference for experienced kayakers is "The Essential Sea Kayaker" by > David Seidman. I agree on this one wholeheartedly. The book is excellent for two reasons: 1. The book is by a professional writer (David Seidman) unlike many of the kayaking books out there that are main the product of practicioners not writers. So the Essential Sea Kayaker is well organized and as thorough as a well written story. 2. The guiding light behind and throughout the book is Andy Singer. For those of you who don't know Andy, in brief Andy is a leading boat designer (Wilderness Systems has a handful of model designed by him including I think the Picolo), an early importer of kayaks and an early instructor in the field. A very low key guy, he clearly has observed and studied every aspect of sea kayaking from many angles and imparted this knowledge to David Seidman to distill for readers. All of the excellent drawings are by Andy, BTW. I have only one beef with David's book...the short shrift he gave folding kayaks. I happened to meet him a few weeks after the book was published (along with Andy whom I already knew). I asked David why had he said the things he had regarding foldables. He was taken aback and finally uttered something about "that is what _people_ say about them." I pressed him a bit more with "have you ever even been in a folding kayak?" His answer was no. At that moment I vowed I would one day set the record straight on this breed of boat. A year or so later, I was contacted by his publishers on some unrelated matter (mailing lists) and I proposed a folding kayak book to which they agreed. In looking back at the episode later, I chuckled to myself realizing that in my mania to get a book out I was following in the footsteps of another indignant Diaz a half millenium ago, one Bernal Diaz del Castillo. Diaz del Castillo had been a foot soldier in the army of Cortez during the conquest of the Mexican Aztec empire in 1519. Many years later, while retired to the good life in Guatemala, he heard of a book that had just been published titled "The History of the Conquest of New Spain (Mexico)". That author was writing from Spain using secondary sources without ever even being to Mexico. Diaz del Castillo read the book and got mad. Although almost 80 years old, he sat down and dictated from memory a book to tell how the events really had unfolded. His book, "The _True_ History of the Conquest of New Spain," is a classic of Latin American history and much of what we know of the era comes from his vivid descriptions and accounts. I mentioned all this in my newsletter by way of introducing the folding kayak book. A few months later I got an enthusiastic letter from a reader thanking me for putting him on to the Diaz del Castillo book which he thought was great! Goes to show that you never know what people will pick up on in what you tell 'em. :-) ralph diaz ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation, David Burch Sea Kayaking, Shelley Johnson The Complete Book of Sea Kayaking, Derek Hutchinson There are, of course, lots more, but these three come immediately to mind. Joan On Fri, 19 Nov 1999 11:56:56 -0600 Chuck Holst <CHUCK_at_multitech.com> writes: > Here's another book question: What are the essential books a > beginning > (or experienced) sea kayaker should have in his or her library, and > why? > There are now many books on sea kayaking that deliver pretty much > the > same information. What distinguishes one from another? Which would > you > recommend first, and why? > > I ask because the Inland Sea Kayakers club (ISK) has added a > Bookstore > page to its Web site > (http://www.isk.canoe-kayak.org/bookstore/bookstore.html), and we > would > like to know which sea kayaking-related books to list, assuming we > can't > list them all. <g> What's up now is only a starter list, sort of a > proof-of-concept page. I know for sure that there are several books > not > yet on it that should be (e.g., Ralph Diaz' book on folding kayaks). > > > So, what would you add to the list? > > Chuck Holst > > > ************************************************************************* ** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author > and not > to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > ************************************************************************* ** ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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