Irish Sea Kayaking Association

I\'ll be there
See ya saturday

ps. lift available from dublin Friday evening
have space for 1 more kayak & paddler
any takers - let me know

<r>On my Holidays this year in Wexford and I could not believe the amount of plastics and other rubbish washed up on the tideline.<br/> I did my bit to try and take some of the stuff - but for a bigger impact<br/> you need lots of people.<br/> <br/> The Big Beach Clean 2013 will form part of an Inte...

<r>Below Notice to mariners are issued by DUBLIN PORT Co. Also available on their website <URL url="http://www.dublinport.ie/information-centre/notice-to-mariners/"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.dublinport.ie/information-ce ... -mariners/">http://www.dublinport.ie/information-centre/notice-to-mariners...

<t>Dear ISKA Committee,<br/> this is an open letter with an appeal to include the New Open Water Navigation course modules for L4 / L5 proficiency into the Training Bursary <br/> available to ISKA members.<br/> <br/> I think these courses should be treated as individual modules<br/> which bring a pa...

<t>Hi JP,<br/> My thruppence worth as follows:<br/> <br/> Level 3 Sea Kayak Skills<br/> There are not too many changes here and what is proposed is quite modest.<br/> That said there is a big gap between L2 skills and L3 Sea Skills – which I surmise is as a result of bring L3/L4 closer to L5 so that...

<t>An extract from Afloat Magazine<br/> <br/> Registration - Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has surprised Ireland\'s sailing and boating community by announcing the passing of a Vessels Registration Bill as a priority for 2013.<br/> The proposed legislation is among five transport bills include...

<t>Hi JP,<br/> Yes that is all clear - and indeed makes perfect sense.<br/> <br/> However having checked the syllabus for L4 / L5 Sea Skills<br/> on the Canoeing Ireland website - these fail to mention that<br/> the Navigation Courses are now a pre-requisite.<br/> <br/> So leading to my question abo...

<t>I don\'t think the government will enforce registration on vessels<br/> of kayak size - (but you never know - they are looking for sources of extra revenue).<br/> <br/> The Magazine article hints at other implications such as insurance cover<br/> for rescue - which could have much more implicatio...

<t>The answer is - I don\'t know..<br/> That document is of course the VHF Licence - which registers your \"vessel\" for communications with the coastguard.<br/> <br/> Until the government\'s Bill is published we won\'t know if this type of registration might become mandatory or indeed if they insis...

<t>From the New Ross Standard Newspaper Jan 15th (Typo\'s are my own )<br/> <br/> Whales have returned to Co. Wexford’s waters.<br/> During the past week two Humpback whales, upto seven Fin whales, as well as three Minke Whales, about eight common Dolphins, four Harbour Porpoise and many seals have ...