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From: skimmer <skimmer_at_enter.net>
subject: [Paddlewise] Derek has passed on- Sea Kayaker Magazine
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:15:51 -0400
The father of modern Sea Kayaking has passed on.

 

http://www.seakayakermag.com/blog/?p=932

 

He was kind enough to answer my letters decades ago!

 

Forwarded by C. Sutherland
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From: Mark Sanders <marksanders_at_sandmarks.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Derek has passed on- Sea Kayaker Magazine
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:33:14 -0700
Wow, sorry to hear that. I had just been wondering how he was doing 
lately. His book was my first instruction to kayaking. I never had a 
class with him, but I've heard all the stories from my friends who did! 
Quite a personality.

Mark


On 10/10/2012 3:15 PM, skimmer wrote:
> The father of modern Sea Kayaking has passed on.
>
>   
>
> http://www.seakayakermag.com/blog/?p=932
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From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Derek has passed on- Sea Kayaker Magazine
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:54:57 -0700
It's hard to believe. He was on Facebook just a few days ago. I'm very sad
to hear about his passing. I handed him my wing paddle at the Port Townsend
seminar several years ago so he could demonstrate several different styles
of paddling. Back then wing paddles were new and unfamiliar to most
paddlers. Somehow I thought he'd just go on forever. RIP.

Craig

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Mark Sanders <marksanders_at_sandmarks.net>wrote:

> Wow, sorry to hear that. I had just been wondering how he was doing
> lately. His book was my first instruction to kayaking. I never had a class
> with him, but I've heard all the stories from my friends who did! Quite a
> personality.
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 10/10/2012 3:15 PM, skimmer wrote:
>
>> The father of modern Sea Kayaking has passed on.
>>
>>
>> http://www.seakayakermag.com/**blog/?p=932<http://www.seakayakermag.com/blog/?p=932>
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