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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Return to the rock.

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I am afraid I have not posted much recently, I have been having a lot of pain in my joints and have not paddled much. As I don't parti...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Fitting a Flat Earth sail to a Necky Chatham 16 Polymer kayak.

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The Necky Chatham 16 is a manoeuvrable kayak that should suit a Flat Earth Kayak sail very well.   Unlike the P&H Delphin , whic...
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Saturday, July 07, 2012

It's a hard life rearing cormorant chicks.

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 It was a beautiful calm June evening and I paddled out to an island ...  ...that was teeming with birds. As I got closer, I drift...
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Thursday, July 05, 2012

Basking shark Code of Conduct.

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At this time of year basking sharks frequent the waters of ..the west coast of Scotland such as here in G unna Sound, between Coll an...
Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Keeping critters out of the cockpit.

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When I started sea kayaking I got fitted out by the late Mike Thomson of Scottish Paddler supplies . He advised me to invest in a cockpit...
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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Farewell to Ailsa.

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 As we left Ailsa Craig, a light wind helped our progress back to the Ayrshire coast.  By the time we were half way across the wind ha...
Friday, June 29, 2012

Seaside rock: columns of granite at the Trammins, Ailsa Craig.

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We had nearly completed our circumnavigation of Ailsa Craig. We passed under the great rock columns of the cliffs called Trammins and arr...