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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...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Exploration of the Water Cave, Kennedy's Nags and Little Ailsa.

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 We paddled in wonder under wheeling gannets along the west coast of Ailsa Craig towards Stranny Point...  ...where we came to the Wat...