G'Day Andrew McAuley has set off agin to try and cross the Tasman. My mates in Tassie report that he left Fortescue Bay at 3:30pm yesterday to paddle to NZ. Theres a good weather forecast for the next week with a slight offshore breeze forecast. His website http://www.andrewmcauley.com/index.html has the latest report. Other relevant websites are http://tinyurl.com/y3kjgp which predicts the weather and sea state across the Tasman for the next week and http://tinyurl.com/ym2ctm which gives the currents and temperatures along the way. A second group, paddling a double with a cabin built onto the stern, will be making an attempt in late January. Their website is http://www.crossingtheditch.com.au/ . This is the toughest crossing imaginable and if Andrew and/or the Knox boys succeed it will be a major one for the records. Here's wishing them all good fortune. All the best, PeterO (And thanks Dave for telling me about tinyurl its a beauty!!!) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Gee whiz, is there NO kayaking fun going on in this world!?? Is everyone still recovering from New Years?? Mark Sanders www.sandmarks.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 1/12/2007 7:32:42 AM Pacific Standard Time, sandmarks_at_ca.rr.com writes: Gee whiz, is there NO kayaking fun going on in this world!?? Is everyone still recovering from New Years?? Mark Sanders www.sandmarks.net >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All of my paddling in this brave new year has been limited to the surf kayak. Well, I did help a couple friends discover their inner roller at the pool, but other than that, it has been the surf that has occupied me. Cheers, Rob G *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
New Year's resolutions. No kayaking in the snow and cold and spend more time with the family. They won't be able to hold out for long. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I've been paddling too much to write much of anything. A week in the Keys just before Christmas, paddling everywhere from Pennekamp to the backyard mangrove tunnels in Key West, a few nights at Camp Lulu Key in the 10,000 islands, for New Year's, then 2 nights last weekend at Whitehorse Key, also in the 10,000 islands. No time for anything else. Oh, well... there's nothing else for it... I'm going paddling again. Screw work. Happy New Year! Don McCumber *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Its below 80 here so I am hunkered down. Jim et al Georgia, USA On Jan 12, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Mark Sanders wrote: > Gee whiz, is there NO kayaking fun going on in this world!?? > Is everyone still recovering from New Years?? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
This would be why I am not paddling today: http://picasaweb.google.com/mhjackson123/20070112snowkayak33WR From Victoria BC... At 08:32 AM 12/01/2007, you wrote: >Its below 80 here so I am hunkered down. > >Jim et al >Georgia, USA > >On Jan 12, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Mark Sanders wrote: > >>Gee whiz, is there NO kayaking fun going on in this world!?? >>Is everyone still recovering from New Years?? >*************************************************************************** ----------------------------------------- Mike Jackson, Paddler Happy owner of a CD Gulfstream, a CD Sirocco, and a Seaward Passat http://www.islandnet.com/~mjackson/pblog/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Mike, what's your point? :) Mike Jackson wrote: > This would be why I am not paddling today: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/mhjackson123/20070112snowkayak33WR > > From Victoria BC... > > At 08:32 AM 12/01/2007, you wrote: >> Its below 80 here so I am hunkered down. >> >> Jim et al >> Georgia, USA >> >> On Jan 12, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Mark Sanders wrote: >> >>> Gee whiz, is there NO kayaking fun going on in this world!?? >>> Is everyone still recovering from New Years?? -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA http://www.savvypaddler.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Mike Jackson wrote: > This would be why I am not paddling today: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/mhjackson123/20070112snowkayak33WR > > From Victoria BC... So Canada's tropics are snowbound. That's funny!! Here in the eastern Great Lakes region, I should be paddling - it's spring weather now; has been for a while. Folks are gardening and worried that the flowers will start coming out soon. Hey, I can send you a useful winter tool - it's called a shovel! :-) Months ago, I was considering entering the Keskinada cross-country ski race. However, even if it snowed tomorrow, I would only have a few weeks to get into ski shape (swimming and such keeps me in general shape, but...). I looked at Lake Ontario earlier today (two blocks away) and it was pretty calm for a winter day. I really should be paddling... Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Hmmm, how often does it snow in Victoria? Here on the south shore lake Superior the bays are still unusally ice free for this time of year although ice balls are forming. I would go paddling but the skiing is more fun now. Here's a video of lake conditions on Wed near Ontanogon MI. http://www.kookfromwisconsin.com/surfmich.wmv Only the surfers were crazy enough to go out. -mike > This would be why I am not paddling today: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/mhjackson123/20070112snowkayak33WR > > At 08:32 AM 12/01/2007, you wrote: >>Its below 80 here so I am hunkered down. >> >>Jim et al >>Georgia, USA >> >>On Jan 12, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Mark Sanders wrote: >> >>>Gee whiz, is there NO kayaking fun going on in this world!?? >>>Is everyone still recovering from New Years?? -- mike Dziobak Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Dr. 870 Dow Bldg. Houghton, MI 49931 Tel:906-487-3471 Fax:906-487-2943 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:27:49 -0800, "Mark Sanders" <sandmarks_at_ca.rr.com> said: > Gee whiz, is there NO kayaking fun going on in this world!?? > Is everyone still recovering from New Years?? Four of us went out last saturday - 72 degree air temp and 44 degree water. I had to drag my hands in the water to cool down. 3 surf skis and an outrigger canoe. We saw 6 other kayaks - all blissfully unprepared for a swim. We were the only ones wearing neoprene. Early January on the coast of massachusetts and people are 100+ meters from shore in shorts and t-shirts with a gusty wind... Tomorrow I'm headed out to visit the warren light craft facility - http://www.warrenlightcraft.com/ Then we have the awards ceremony for our local surfski point series - we have races every tuesday night, when the days are long. It's nice to get out and play after work. If it's not snowing we'll probably paddle tomorrow after the awards ;-) Kirk -- Kirk Olsen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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