Irish Sea Kayaking Association

some clarification is needed. the plan Friday is to camp on the shore at Kildysart, with possibly a late evening paddle (after 9:30pm). You can ignore Brian's earlier post re camping on Inishtubbbrid Island Fri night, see his following post instead. Sat we'll camp offshore on Coney Island. We'll hav...

A few more details. Briefing at 9:30am Sat 17th June at Kildysart Quay https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/52%C2%B040'10.4%22N+9%C2%B005'59.4%22W/@52.669546,-9.1003832,19z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d52.669546!4d-9.099836?hl=en Kildysart is only accessible 2 hours either side of HW(12:24),...

Hi all, just a short heads up on this meet. The wiska gang are looking forward to welcoming you all to a social meet exploring the Islands of this hidden paradise on our doorstep. Deserted villages, lighthouse, a well-preserved 12th century abbey, beautiful scenery and plenty craic are in store for ...

Re whether your house insurance PL can cover you for incidents on the water - it turns out mine doesn't,they just found an exclusion for water-sports that they hadn't seen last week :( Call me cynical, but.... I can't help wonder if that got added because I asked the question. So I'm sourcing anothe...

1. The committee did not ask people to vote for CI membership for all ISKA members, so I don’t see how you can recommend they vote for that Mick. We recommended members to vote that PL insurance be mandatory, members would have the option of selecting their own policy; CI, CANI or other. 2. I respec...

This is a thorny subject and despite a huge effort and exploration by the committee of the options, it is very difficult to find consensus. The following are my personal opinions, not as a representative of the committee, but based on considering all the details available to me on the committee. • I...

IMG_4295_smaller.jpg Gorgeous fibreglass sea kayak in great condition. Length 5.18m Width 0.52m Volume 203L Paddler Weight range 65kg-115kg €1400 (Was £2,200 new) Boat is in County Clare. Will have it at the ISKA meet in Carraroe this weekend 27th Aug. if anyone wants to view / try out. (Or call me...

If we're off the water early on Sunday ( if we get on the water at all! ) then maybe some people would like to help out with this: Clean Coasts Ireland beach cleanup at Streamstown this Sunday see http://cleancoasts.org/ Streamstown Point, Connemara There will be a clean up of Streamstown Point on t...

Another wiska signing up
Promising to be a great weekend!
Don't know yet if I can make it Friday evening or Sat morning. Will link up with the other's travelling from Ennis if I can make it for Friday.
Will there be a chance for fishing too?

Fiona (despite the misspelt username )