Irish Sea Kayaking Association

<r>Hi Brian,<br/> <br/> Not having the best memory, I have bent my skeg wire a couple of times. Not too difficult to fix. I managed to straighten it by hand well enough that it works fine. <br/> <br/> Here is a website that describes it for an Aquanaut. Hopefully it\'ll have some relevance for you. ...

Apparently RTE sent a camera crew out, so keep an eye on the 6 and 9 o\'clock news tonight (Wednesday 14th June) to get a good look at those dolphins.

John

Is the Boot Camp still going ahead, and if so is it moving to Bullock too?

John

Is your relationship with sea kayaking going through a rocky patch? (sorry)

Were there any lakes in the area? Black headed gulls and some tern species breed on freshwater lakes, like Lough Ree here.

John

<t>Hi All,<br/> <br/> I will hopefully be heading on my first kayak camping trip to the Blaskets this weekend and am in the middle of practising packing my gear. Just wondering if anyone has any advice on this, lessons learned the hard way, etc? So far I have i) Heavy things (like water) as close to...

I\'d say that\'s the first time Simon Berrow has been called shy and elusive...

<r>I think we\'re going to have to call the Photoshop police on that one. What about this one; would your roll be solid enough to survive?<br/> <br/> <URL url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92anYJeftXA&feature=youtube_gdata"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92anYJef ... tube_gdat...

<r>That\'s a very good point about the risk of spreading invasive species around the place when moving your boat. The following link gives a bit more information about what to do after paddling in inland waters in particular, and on the various plants and animals that might want to hitch a ride with...

I couldn\'t agree more. Having spent plenty of childhood holidays boating on Lough Ree, a source-to-sea trip on the Shannon is definitely on my to-do list once I have the equipment/experience.