Irish Sea Kayaking Association

I'm back. For now anyway....... Oileain now has 592 islands and rising, the most recent being four wee newbies in Cashla Bay around about Rossaveal, where the research introduced me to a Martello Tower of all things. There are a couple in Bertraboy Bay and some in Dunmanus Bay. Some researched stuff...

Knotman,
Kind words are always appreciated.
Thank you
DWalsh

I met a sea kayaker recently with a brand new paddle float, in his rear hatch (longevity, apparently ......), and a discussion followed. Mine has never been used in anger that I can recall, practice sessions only (and years ago at that) but just in case, it has always lived behind my seat, tethered ...

Rosslare Fort Island Since first I came upon knowledge of it over 10 years ago I have been utterly fascinated by Rosslare Fort Island T121-218 Sheet 77, surely the most interesting sandbank in Ireland? A couple of weeks ago the Wexford People newspaper published an article on it that sheds lots of ...

John
Is that good or bad? Is your Silva acting more like a water divining rod than a compass?
DW

Good grief !
To quote Martin Guilfoyle "My head hoits".
DW

When I were a lad, by gum, magnetic variation was almost 10 degrees. There was a warning it was decreasing by so much every year and that sort of thing but not enough for anyone to anything other than ignore. Not more than three years ago I gave a navigation class to a Symposium and I gave the varia...

Eamonn It was good to talk. Good work you are at. It is 20 years and more since I was first exhorted towards a "clickable map". Oileain may yet rival "Mountainviews"? Sean Pierce is now the editor of Oileain and in charge of things. I have passed him a message and he will surely ...

Eamonn
I've been schooled not to click on things like that.
Have you a phone number?
Thanks
DW

The correct statement surely was “A committee should always consist of an uneven number and three is too many” (thank you Henry Ford). He was of course better known for "You can have whatever colour you want so long as its black you want". Psychobabble is a generic term; my daughter is a d...