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MAGAZINE
PM 41687515
Fall 2008Free at select outlets
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Volume 18, Issue 4
8 Oceans
Plus:Skills • New gearDay trips • ConservationEcology • Health and nutrition
Water trails:
Chronicles of
Jon Bowermaster's
kayak journeysacross the globe
Paddling Florida'sGreat Calusa Blueway
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As I wr ie his, al l I have o show or being he new Wavelengh edioris his one senence.
And i couldn' eel more like home. Abou en years ago or so I was a fedgling paddler on a press ouro Discovery Island couresy he now-deunc Oak Bay Beach Hoel.
Alan Wil son, hen-owner o Wavelengh Magazi ne, happened o bealong or he ride as well. While being boaed in comor in a yach ona paricularly windy day across Plumper Passage, I remember chating wih A lan briefy abou he amazingly ligh carbon bre paddle he hadalong or he rip. I seem o recall el ling him abou how I was planning on buying my rs kayak inhe nex ew weeks.
Who would have hough, a decade laer, here I'd be, inheriing A lan's legacy. And wha anincredible decade i has been, all han ks o kayaking.
Wavelengh couldn' be a beter place o end up. My rs sroke o luck was being ranserredo Vancouver Island in 1993. I ound mysel in he mids o his oudoor recreaion heaven, sonaurally hik ing, hen kayaking , became my passion. In 2003 I ook a chance by aking hesummer o work o paddle he ouer coas o Vancouver Island. Eighy-six days o paddling and alo o research and wriing laer, I had a publisher or Te Wild Coas, a guidebook or he wes coaso Vancouver Island . Whiecap Books quickly asked i I'd like o ex plore he coas some more orsome ollow-up volumes. Who could reuse? So in subsequen years volumes 2 and 3 o Te WildCoas series were born. Ten a series o coasal alases.
Wih one more proessional dream le o ull l, a bi earlier his year I launched my owncreaion, Wild Coas Magazine (you can read i a www.wildcoasmagazine.com; asue readersmay noice some Wild Coas rais creeping ino Wavelengh, or which I oer no apologies. Ihink he wo magazines creae a grea amily). Around he ime he rs Wild Coas Magazinecame ou I began an email exchange wih on and Diana Mumord, he nex owners o
Wavelengh Magazine aer A lan reired. A ew more emails and a cup o coee laer we had a deal,
and so here I am. K nowing wha I know now abou magazines, I mus hank Ala n, on and Dianaor all he hard work in geting Wavelengh where i is oday. So i's wih a bi o repidaion and alo o exciemen I'm puting my own humbprin on Wavelengh. Firs is he change o agenda orhis issue, rom warm-weaher paddling o general ineres. (Sorry, I had oo many oher sories oell his issue. Wach or hose aricles soon.)
Some new hings o wach or: more advenures; regular aricles on ecology and conservaion(wo subjecs close o my hear); a new Day rip eaure aking a pracical approach on whereo paddle (o evenually creae a apesry o rips across he coninen); a look a amazing people(saring wih Jon Bowermaser); a Healh and Nuriion column (welcome Bruce!), and a new eaure called Opions, which looks one sep beyond he regular kayaking milieu o ouriggers,sails, wh iewaer, pedals or wherever else invenive minds a ke sel-propelled waerspors.
O course, he many alened regular conribuors o he magazine will remain Wavelengh's
backbone. Wach or somehing or jus abou any ineres – rom new gear o kayak shing.So welcome o he laes incarnaion o Wavelengh Magazine. I have a eeling i's going o be
my bes kayaking rip ye.
- John Kimantas
by John KimantasThe First Word
Wavelength enters a third era
Playing in S ansum Narrows,
Saltspring Island, with my partner
Leanne Chetcuti and paddler Carey Lockwood.
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13 The eyes, ears and paddles of Cannery RowConservationby Meade Fischer
16 Cover feature: 8 OceansThe journeys of Jon Bowermasterby John Kimantas
24 Great CalusaWater Trailsby Dan Armitage
28 A moment with manateesReflectionsby Matthew Crane
30 Rigged out: outrigger canoesOptions
by Sheila Porteous 34 Paddling Salt Lake City-style
New Gearby John Kimantas
38 Paddle MealsGo green with two fun salsasby Hilary Masson
40 A touch of Arizona in Nfld.Day Trip #1: the East Coastby Keith and Heather Nicol
42 Bliss near SeattleDay Trip #2: Pacific Northwestby Lisa A. Johnson
44 Launch from Nanaimo, turn leftDay Trip #3: British Columbia by John Kimantas
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Dan Lewis operates Rainforest Kayak
Adventures in Tofino with Bonny Glambeck.
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Alex Matthews writes our paddling skills
columns. He has authored and co-authored
several kayaking skills books and has been
involved in the design and development of kayaks.
Adam Bolonsky is a kayak fishing guide
and fitness expert, based near Gloucester,
Massachusetts.
You can read Adam’s lively blog at
paddlingtravelers.blogspot.com
Hilary Masson, our Paddle Meals
contributor, is a guide and part owner of Baj a
Kayak Adventure Tours Ltd.
www.bajakayakadventures.com
Neil Schulman’s writing and photography
have appeared in numerous magazines and
publications. He also does environmental work
in Portland, Oregon.
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Bryan Nichols is a marine biologist and
science writer from Vancouver Island who is
currently working on a PhD and a tan in Tampa.He’d probably get done quicker if he wasn’t
trying to kayak around all of Florida’s Gulf Coast
barrier islands.
Dan Armitage is a boating, fishing and
travel writer based in the Midwest. He is
a licensed (USCG Master) captain, hosts a
syndicated radio show, and presents kayak
fishing and photography seminars at boat
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Contents
6 Letters
9 News
46 Fishing AnglesA fish in the hand –and how to let go
48 NavigationThe ABCs of reading charts
51 WildlifeAppreciating the birds
52 Ecology
A kayaker's ode to thecoconut
54 SkillsetThe sweep roll
56 Health and NutritionFood as medicine
62 BooksDreaming in Nuchatlitz,Fatal Tide and more
Columns and regular features:
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Mirage i 9s
Mirage i 12s
Mirage i 14T
o he edior,In reviewing he aricle rolling or Salmon?
( Wavelengh Summer 2007), Adam Bolonsky made some good poins bu excluded oneo he mos imporan consideraions whenshing rom a kayak, ha being where o puhe sh once you have caugh i.
Over he years o shi ng cod and salmon Ihave experimened wih various approaches ohandling he cach wh ile on he waer. Teseechniques varied rom draping he sh acrossmy deck under he bungee, o simply droppinghem ino he cockpi. Te rs mehodresuled in an unsable paddling condiion, as
he cach dragged in he waer signicanly,slowing he kayak. Te second mehod resuledin a slimy mess ha required a horoughcleaning aer each ime ou and le my kayak smelling way oo shy or comorable wilderness camping.
Aer a ew rips I discovered ha he mose cien sysem is o ga he sh as opposedo neting i. "Bonk" i ino submission a heside o he boa and hen simply drop i ino
a dedicaed dry bag beween my legs in hecockpi. I preer a ough 20-lire Baja bag orhis purpose.
Tis mehod leaves he cockpi (and you)clean and only requires a quick wash o he bag once back a shore. Here are a couple o addiional ips.
Always drop your cach in head rs o avoidsnagging sharp ns, and keep your skinny shanks clear o he bag in he even ha anunruly ha l-dead rock cod should seek revenge wih is dorsal n!
Kelp beds and wind dri cos you inlures, bu sh and chips around a campre?Priceless!
Peer Brunning Vancouver, BC
Carry on, backwardso he edior,I was looking a some o he ar icles in
he Wavelengh Magazine and noiced A lex Mathews' aricle Geting Sared – Te Solo Kayak Carry in he Winer 2007 ediion andel compelled o make a commen.
He wries abou carrying he kayak so hahe bow is acing he direcion he carrier isgoing. Ten he wries "Be paricul arly mindulo he sern o he boa, which is hard o seeover your shoulder."
I've been a paddler or over 30 years andi didn' ake me long o gure ou ha he balance poin o he boa doesn' change wheher he bow or he sern is o he ron.Since he rudder is he mos sensiive piece o ki ha I have on he boa, I wan o see where Iam guiding i so when I carry my kayak, I car ry i wih he sern in ron.
Food or hough.W.L. Bruce
Kayak fishing: I caught one! Now what?Letters to the editor are always
welcome. Please send them to 2101Cinnabar Drive, Nanaimo, BC, Canadaor email to
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Imagine a nework o landing and campinghavens along he coasline o Briish Columbia wihin paddling d isance o each oher. Ta's
he goal o he new B.C. Ma rine rails Nework ask Force, a group wih is eyes on 12,500nauical miles o shore and he loy dream o creaing he world's longes waer rail.
An al liance o represenaives o kayakingclubs rom across B.C., in parnership wih heMinisr y o ourism, Culure and he Ars ,is working o develop his v ision under he banner o he B.C. Mari ne rails Nework ask Force. A signican advanage in B.C.is ha 90 per cen o he land is owned by he governmen. Sies on privae land where
necessary wi ll be included by agreemens beween owners, communiies and hegovernmen.
Work owards a marine rail in B.C.originally sar ed in he early 1990s busalled due o lack o public awareness, andulimaely cubacks wihin governmen. In all2007 he rs coasal reay beween he B.C.Governmen and he Maa-Nulh Firs Naions
was raied, raising he quesion o how hiscould aec access or kayaking. I also raisedhe specre ha access o public land aken
or graned could be los due o privae landownership and various y pes o commercial venures – i seps aren' aken o preserveaccess.
Te rs meeing o clubs examininghis issue ook place in December 2007in Vancouver. Shorly aer he meeing ,represenaives o mos o he largeskayaking clubs on he Lower Mainland o B.C.and Vancouver Island, plus a represenaiverom Oudoor ecreaion Council, ormed heB.C. Marine rails ask Force. Tis a liaion
represens he i neress o roughly 1,500kayakers and canoeiss. Te group's mandaeis o work cooperaively wih governmen odevelop a series o sies linking he coasline o B.C. o creae a group o inerconnecedroues. An inormaional websie willevenually be developed as par o he railprogress.
Key o he developmen is he cooperaion
o Firs Naions, mos o which sill haveunresolved land claim dispues on he coas.Te Marine rails ask Force has worked
wih he B.C . governmen o develop aninormaional package o promoe herails nework o Firs Naions and coasalcommuniies along he roue, as well as ohersakeholders.
Each club has aken on responsibiliy ora secion o coasline, wih asks involvingideniying primar y roues, some secondary roues and developing a campsie invenory. A secion o he Wes Coas o Vancouver Island,rom ono o Por Hardy, dubbed he WesCoas Marine rail, has already been proposed
and presened o he province. I will beproceeding hrough various channels in ordero ge he necessary sies designaed as B.C.Marine rails sies.
While he ask orce eyes greaer local andinernaional suppor, poliical hurdles remain,paricularly a changi ng poliical climae and noormal announcemen o governmen buy-in,keeping he uure o he rail in li mbo.
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News
Island speed record eyedBriish kayaker Sean Morley has a new goal
in sigh: a speed record or circu mnavigaing
Vancouver Island.Morley, he cu rren world masers sur kayak champion in he high perormancecaegory, made hisory in 200 4 by compleinghe rs solo circumnavigaion o he UniedKingdom, Ireland and all heir inhabiedislands in a six-monh, 4,500-m ile (7,200-k m)expediion – he longes underaken by akayaker in Briish waers.
Te curren record or rounding VancouverIsland sands a 23 days 10 hours or a singlekayak by Joe O’Blenis in 2007, a rip sponsored by Wavelengh Magazine paren company Wild Coas Publishing and siser publicaion Wild Coas Magazine. Te record or acircumnavigaion in a double kayak was seearlier ha year a 19 and a hal days by K ieronasagh and Je Norvil le.
Morley's aim is o complee he 700-mile(1,100 km) journey in 18 days. He will beleaving immediaely aer he Wes CoasSea Kayak Symposium on Sep. 22, w ih his
iinerary cal ling or a launch rom Por Hardy o awai good weaher crossing noorious Cape
Scot, hen a couner-clockwise roue o comeino he cover o he Inside Passage on he easside o Vancouver Island beore he change-o-season sorms arrive in early Ocober.
“Vancouver Island can presen some o hemos challenging condiions a kayaker canace including erce winds and huge waves o he noorious headlands o Cape Scot and heBrooks Peninsula, high sur and reacherousrees guarding he remoe beaches o he wescoas and raging idal rapids reaching speeds o 15 knos in he myriad o chan nels separainghe Vancouver Island rom he mainland,”Morley said in a press release rom rip sponsorKokaa.
Now based ou o Caliornia, Morley runsiver and Ocean LLC , a sales and cusomerservice agency in he paddlespors indusr y,and is he wesern region sales represenaiveor Kokaa.
You can ollow his progress by ollowing helinks on he expediion websie
www.expediionkayak.com and his bloghtp://riverandocean.blogspo.com/.
Right whales, wrong speedsCommercial ships along he Alanic coas
may have o go slow o avoid collisions wih heendangered righ whale.
Te ederal governmen is recommendinga ve-year, 10-kno speed lim i or commercialships wihin 23 miles o major mid-Alanicpors, where coll isions have been common.Only abou 300 o he whales remain, wihheir erriory exending rom heir breedinggrounds in he souheasern Alanic o heireeding areas o he Massachusets coas.
Busy shipping lanes cross heir migraionroue.
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Kayaks have been mixing paddling wihchariy in Vancouver or he pas hree years, wih Kayak or a Cure successully raisingmoney or research iniiaives a he CanadianCancer Socie y. Kayak or a Cure III proved o be anoher year o laughs, love and a grea day o paddling on he waers o English Bay as 60kayakers made he rek across he bay.
Tis year was special or execuive direcorand ounder Mark Sarkey.
“2008 was a record year or us,” he said.“We cerainly aren’ raising mill ions o dollars ye, bu our evens have coninued o gainmomenum and populariy and we were able oraise $50,000 his year as an organizaion.”
In is hird year, K ayak or a Cure also heldan even in Vicoria, B.C. and Columbus, Ohio.“We’re hril led o have seen successul grow hin wo addiional venues his year and a re solucky o have leadership in each ciy wihinour sa . Ta’s wha makes his special – wehave a anasic eam involved in running andorganizing Kayak or a Cure evens hroughNorh America.”
o learn more abou Kayak or a Cureevens in Vancouver and around Norh America, visi www.hopefoas.ca or conacMark Sarkey a [email protected].
Tanker traffi c in strait opposed A plan in he works o build a an ker por on
B.C.’s Inside Passage doesn’ have he blessingo he Canadian public.
Te plan would see a naural gas acili y buil on he norh end o exada Island,ueled by as many as one anker ver y ve daysraveling he Srai o Georgia o he aci liy.
A poll released by a coaliion o
environmenal groups, including he GeorgiaSrai All iance, ound seven in en BriishColumbians suppor a ban on oil an kers inBriish Columbia’s inside coasal waers.
Environmenal groups are seeking ederallegislaion banning oil ankers along he waerso he newly creaed Grea Bear ai noresConservaion Area.
Te poll’s release coincides wih a renewedpush rom pipeline gians o open up B.C.’sinside coasa l waers o anker ra c. Enbridgeand Ki nder Morgan, wo o he indusry’slarges players, have recenly revived proposalso bring oil o he B.C. Coas rom he ar sands by pipeline and hen ship i o Asian markes
by superankers. I al l he proposed projecsgo ahead, more han 300 a nkers would ravelhrough coasal waers each year, GeorgiaSrai Alliance says.
Suppor or a ban climbs o nearly eigh inen or people who live on Vancouver Islandand he coas.
More coasal news can be ound online a www.wavelenghmagazine.com.
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by Meade FischerConservation
The eyes, ears and paddles o
and Elkhorn Slough
Lauren Hanneman knowsexacly why she became par o eam OCEA N.
“Being surrounded by seal pups, barking sea lions, endangered
oters and counless birds – isn’ha every conservaionis’sdream? And o ge paid o alk opeople abou he hings I love somuch,” she says.
“Or perhaps hanging ou aseal bend and being surrounded by plunge-diving pelicans anderns during a eeding renzy.I am a welands enhusias; I
canno imagine anywhere else I would wan o be, excep or oher weland sysems.”
Cannery Row
Pelicans and cormorants at Cannery Row.
Dani Lori on
patrol with
Team OCEAN.
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I’D BEEN paddling he incredibly rich anddiverse waers o Monerey Bay or several
years, sharing inormaion, helping peopleand picking up foaing rash, so when I saw anoice in he paper in spring, 2001, i caughmy atenion.
Wih he rapid growh in populariy o kayaking in he area, he Monerey Bay Naional Marine Sancuary was sar ing a piloprogram and looking or people o sa i. Tey waned kayakers who had some backgroundor ineres in environmenal proecion. Teplan was o parol he mos popular srecheso waer and serve as liaisons beween hesancuary and he visiing public. I seemedhe perec summer job. I applied and wasacceped.
When hree o us showed up or he rs
o several weeks o raining, eam OCEAN was born. One day a week or eigh weeks welearned all abou he sancuar y, is hisory andmore imporanly, is fora and auna and how o proec hem.
We learned he ecological relaionship beween he kelp beds and he rich l ie o heMonerey coas and he incredible variey o sea birds, inverebraes and sh ound alongour shores. Bu mos o all we ocused on hehreaened and endangered marine mammal sha live in he area.
One o he sancuary’s concerns was hasince our seals, sea l ions and oters (especially he oters) were cue, he ouriss were lovi nghem o deah, chasing hem abou in atempso ge up-close phoos.
By he ime he season sared, he one woman in our group had o drop ou, leaving Jeery and meo parol Elkhorn Slough andMonerey’s Cannery ow our d ays a week. Jeery drove down rom San Francisco eachday, so was clearly in i or more han he smallpay.
We had dieren syles. He seemed oconsider himsel more a park ranger, while Isaw mysel as a docen, a wis on he “goodcop, bad cop” game.
Six hours a day, our days a week was anexhausing schedule or wo, bu he joy o being ou on he waer, wih he og, wi ndand sun along wih he wonderul sighsand sounds we encounered daily, made i worhwhile. A he al l debrieng we oeredour suggesions or he uure. I suggesed a voluneer program o augmen he paid sa.
Aer a su mmer o I reurned as a voluneer
in 2003. eam OCEAN was hriving, wihour paid sa and wo dozen voluneers. I hasconinued o grow since hen, and here a renow six sa members.
Te rs new sa member in 2002 was LoriBeraha, now saring her sixh year. She also works on a whale waching boa in addiiono oher jobs. She is a world raveler and sailor who has crewed on boas o places I can’ evennd on a map.
Lori decided o join eam OCEA N during
a career workshop ha involved brainsorminghe perec job.
“I imagined a ranger-like posiion, combingand monioring he beaches and helpinginjured wildli e. When I saw he job ad Icouldn’ believe i. Kayaking w as even beter.”
Beore Lori signed on, we’d experi mened wih paddling Sana Cruz ha rs season.I didn’ seem worh he manpower, so weesablished he cur ren patern o parolsalong Monerey’s Cannery ow and El khornSlough, a ve-mile-long esuary a he cenero Monerey Bay. Tese are he mos accessibleand popular o Monerey Bay’s many greapaddling spos.
Boh locaions are rich in wildlie. Canner y ow has massive kelp beds ha are home or
snails, ocopi, anemones, schools o small shand he sea urchins ha are a avored oodor endangered oters. Te Monerey Harbor jety is usually a mass o Caliornia sea lions,and each rock along he shore hoss a nappingharbor seal. Te air and rocks are lled w ih
Ron Eby has been leading Team OCEAN since 2006.
Sea lions near the Monterey Harbor jetty.
Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary
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Conservation
gulls , pelicans and cormorans.Occasionally migraing whales appear
beyond he kelp beds, and orcas parol jus acouple o miles oshore.
Te slough also has an oter populaion,much o which congregaes near he launch
ramp a he harbor. I’ve seen up o 75 huddledogeher. Farher up he slough here is ahaul-ou beach or seals. While brown pelicansand gull s dominae he slough, i’s also homeo egres, herons, avoces, wi lles, sandpipers,erns, grebes, plovers and dozens o ohercoasal birds. A imes we see whie pelicans, arare visior in our area. Tese ascinaing birdsdon’ dive or ood like heir brown cousins.Tey encircle a school o sh, creaing a capivepool o ood.
Elkhorn Slough is a avorie o our sa.
Lauren Hanneman is passionae abou savinghe slough, which acs as a nursery or youngsh.
“I loses more o i precious mudfas andpickleweed habia due o erosion rom idalfow,” she says. “Te migraory birds comehere because Caliornia has los over 98 percen o is coasal welands. We all need heseresources, no mater wha our reasons are.”
Lauren is a veeran o ve seasons wiheam OCEA N, alhough she is sil l under30. Her college degree more closely s he job han anyone else, and she is sill searchi ng
or ha perec career ha combines whashe loves abou his program w ih a career.She is a naural when i comes o engagingand educaing people abou environmenalissues, and ha, plus he marine envi ronmen,moivaed her o join.
Sa member on Eby ook over he lead job in 2006. H is new duies include schedulingsa and dozens o voluneers. on is reired
rom he navy, and is a man o unboundedenergy, oen biking o he launch sie beoresaring his si x hours on he waer.
“I love he waer, especially he slough,love o kayak and waned o learn more abou wha I was seeing, and o share my enjoymen
o our wonderul sancuary w ih ohers. I amabsoluely amazed a how ull ling my ime wih eam OCEAN is,” he says.
Tere is also he camaraderie wih ellow members and ineracing wih sancuary guess, “many o whom have become riendsand paddling buddies, and some who have become members o eam OCEAN,” ay says.
ober Scole s, a reired pol ice o cer, is inhis hi rd season. He remembers one paricularSaurday on he slough.
“Te gul ls were agiaed a Pelican Bermand Seal Bend because here was a fedgli nggull abou a hird o he way across hechannel. Apparenly i had enered he w aerand was hen washed away by he incomingide. Te parens ound i and sared makingi swim back. Te gulls fanked he chick andeach ime i ried o sop or change direcion,he aduls would peck i. Once hey go i back
Moss Landing
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Otters,sea lions
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on he berm, all he gu lls quieed down.” We all have avorie momens on he waer. One o mine, rom he
rs season, was being ou on Elkhorn Slough a he end o summer, wihno a ouris in sigh, bu a sky lled wih hundreds o pelicans, d iving allaround us in a eeding renzy.
O course, here’s he people as well.
“Perhaps he mos grai ying and memorable aspec o his programis he wonderul people and voluneers I have had he privilege o meeing and paddling wih over he las ve years,” Lauren says. “Ihave had job oers, me members o Congress and some o he mosascinaing people.”
on eels he learns somehing new each i me he paddles.“Someimes rom oher eam members, someimes rom people on
he waer, someimes rom hings I discover, and also rom he sa o hekayak shops who paddle or a living. I see he spark le in he eyes o g uessas I inerpre he sancuary or hem a nd share my ascinaion wih wha we are so blessed wih.”
HEE AE some downsides. For Lori i is having o reprimandhe public. I recall, during he rs season, nding a rail o oil a
Cannery ow rom some local spill, probably a small shi ng boa, bu being unable o rack he source.
For on i's seeing wildl ie being disurbed.“Whi le any one ransgression may no seem o have a lasi ng impac
on is own, repeaed disurbances by ens o housands o guess in hesancuary can have a lasing eec.”
ober has had some people become a l itle belligeren.“Tey hink we are he kayak police. By ar I creae my own negaive
experiences when, aer alki ng o someone, I realize i is no wihin my abiliies o make hem experience wha I am ex periencing.”
Lauren unorunaely sees he same negaive issues year aer year.People sill disurb wi ldlie in criical a reas, he various ineres groupssuch as environmenaliss, duck huners and shermen sil l can’ resolveheir dierences, and mos rusraing or her, needed signs are no beingreplaced.
Cannery ow and he slough have kayak outers, creaing c rowdedcondiions on summer weekends. One o he avorie ouris atracionsis he oter, and heir playul anics make visiors wan o ge closer. eamOCEAN members spend more ime proecing oters ha n any oheranimal. We remind people ha while hese creaures appear careree,hey divide heir ime beween eedi ng, grooming and sleeping, leaving
litle ime or much else, and geting oo close disrups heir surv ivalschedules.
Te curren group o sa and voluneers parol boh areas Friday hrough Sunday rom early summer o early all . Al l have reurned orhis season.
“I hink we acually do ma ke a dierence,” Lori says. “And I can eel i
every ime I go ou, even i some hings work agains us.”
Meade Fischer is a par-ime educaor, wrier, radio commenaor, aris and environmenal acivis. He lives near Monerey Bay and can be reached a [email protected].
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8A look atone writer's
journeys by
paddle to the
far corners of
the world
by John KimantasCover Feature
oceansOU CAN’T PLAN on good weaher
visiing Anarcica, bu somehow Jon
Bowermaser go a lucky break. Arriv ing a he peak o summer, he
Naional Geographic wrier and ex plorer andhis eam ound hemselves in he mids o wo and a hal weeks o perec blue skies andemperaures upwards o a balmy (by Anarcicsandards) 40 degrees Fahrenhei – condiionsha made he ocean and glaciers a wonderlando blue and whie hues.
Bu he Anarcic can be a ricky place, andin ime he blue skies urned o an unlikely week o orrenial rain. Widely considered he
dries deser on he plane, he Anarcic rain bogged down Bowermaser’s crew wih slush, winds and ice-encrused kayaks – in an area
ha isn' supposed o see rain.Could his be ye anoher signal o global
warming? Bowermaser's concerns wereoried by a visi o he Ukrainian A narcicscience base Academik Vernadsky on GalindezIsland. Fiy years o weaher daa showed anundeniable warming rend.
While meling ice is one concern – he winer ice can exend 7.2 million square mi les,or abou wice he size o he Unied Saes– rain is a new one. Bowermaser wachedhe resuls ake heir oll on penguins, whichhave never had o deal wih his phenomenon beore.
“Te chicks ge soaked wih rain and heparens can’ dry hem o, so a nigh hey reeze,” Bowermaser said. “So i’s no jus
Y
Fiona Stewart photo
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Jon Bowermaster
8.
1.
For fve weeks in 2008
Bowermaster and his
team explored the
Antarctic Peninsula
by sea kayak and
sail – including rough
crossings o Drake
Passage, beautiul days
o blue sky as well as
storms and torrential
rains. The goal was
a look at how thepeninsula is evolving
thanks to warming
temperatures and
increasing numbers o
tourists.
(The numbers match the
order in which the trips
were taken. )
In June and July
1999 Bowermasterwas part o a three-
week long journey
halway between
Russia and Alaska
on the Aleutians to
a an area o active
volcanoes the Aleuts
called 'the birthplace
o the winds.' Two
21-oot kayaks carried
everything the our
needed or ve weeks.
The search or water in one o
the driest places on earth in
South America meant days o
pulling kayaks rather than paddling,
including across southern Bolivia's
Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest
salt lake, once the ocean oor and
later an inland lake.
P e t e r M c B r i d e p h o t o
Barry Tessman photo
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4.
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Warm-water paddling
7.Bowermaster rates this one
o the most stunning views
he's had rom a kayak – Cape
Pillar, a rock stack that soars
1,000 eet rom the sea at the
Tasman Peninsula.
Gabi Mocatta photo
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Everglades National Park
abou ice. I’s abou wildlie.”Te Anarcic rip was Bowermaser’s las in he Oceans 8 series o
kayaking expediions ha rs began in 1999 wih a rip o he AleuianIslands. Te goal was o ravel each o he seven coninens, plus Oceania,
over he nex decade by kayak. Suppored by he Naional GeographicExpediions Council, Bowermaser and his group o advenurers began wih a ve-week journey o where he Pacic Ocean joins he Bering Sea,a place he Aleus called he “bir hplace o he winds.”
Te name was a hin o jus one o he many hazards hey wouldencouner, made ougher by he need or crossings as long as 17 miles.Srong winds, cold waer and more ha n he occasional sorm slowedheir goal o reaching he remoe chain o ve volcanic mounain islands.Te highes, 6,0 00-oo-high Moun Cleveland, was amed dur ing a15-hour ascen, where he mos dangerous elemen became no hesrong winds and snow bu he poisonous gases blowing o he craer o he sill-acive volcano.
(Ironically, Moun Cleveland eruped jus a ew days aer my inerview wih Bowermaser in July. “As beauiul as hose islands and beaches are, you would no wan o be camped on hem when Clevelandsends ash hree o ve m iles ino he sky,” he wroe back aer I emailedhim abou he news.)
NOT ALL TRIPS Bowermaser ook were quie as cold as he Aleuians. Poliics were a major hurdle in heading o Vienam, wherekayaks were no allowed unil a “l ming permi” was paid. Te goal was o paddle he coas rom near Mong Cai on he Chinese border800 mi les souh o Hoi An, souh o Danang. I was a chance o see hecounry pos-war in a way ew wil l ever ge o see i.
Ocean condiions were he las concern on he rip hrough Bolivia,
Argenina and Peru, where Bowermaser and his crew were orced o pullkayaks across he bone-dry Salar de Uyun i, a 40-by-120 mile sal lake –he world’s larges.
Te goal was Souh America’s A liplano, he mounainous deser
region crossing he borders o all hree counries. Pul ling kayaks ormuch o he six weeks he g roup wen in search o waer in mosly dry lake beds as old as 2 mill ion years. Once covered by ocean and morerecenly as large lakes as lit le as12,000 years ago, hey remain a reasurerove o corals and ossils le behind by he a ncien sea lie.
Hauling he kayaks across he sa l beds became a symbol o hechange in condiions in a la nd where rich lakes once resided.
emarkably, people have lived here or 10,00 0 years. Inspired o ndou how hey have survived in such an arid climae, Bowermaser’s visiended aop he alles volcano in he region: Bolivia’s Licanbur, a peak ha a 19,600 ee looks ou over he Aliplano and Lago Verde.
A NEW HAZAD or he kayakers in he exploraion o Loango,
he new naional park in Gabon, Wes Arica, was large la nd mammals.Te 200-mile journey in 200 4 around he park’s ocean shoreline wasme by river-swimming elephans, manaees, surng hippos and gorillas.I was a chance or Naional Geographic Sociey member Mike Fay o nish his exploraions o he Congo, many areas o which can on ly be explored by waer. Earlier Fay had done an exensive land-basedexploraion – a 2,00 0-mile, wo-and-a-hal year walk h rough hedense jungles o he Congo. His eors helped creae 13 new naionalparks in Gabon.
Hotes o all he rips, hough, proved o be Croaia’s Dalmaion coasin summer 2005. ravel was possible only in he early morning and laeevening as he crew paddled h rough he 1,246 islands o Croaia ha
6. The Croatian journey o 2005 started in the
Zrmanja River, which leads to the Adriatic
in a trip that required running rapids and
this 40-oot horseshoe waterall.Peter McBride photo
Jon Bowermaster
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Paddling upriver through Loango National Park in Gabon meant improvising
campsites, in this case setting up tents over the kayaks in a ooded orest. The
result was surprisingly comortable – except or photographer Peter McBride,
who had his kayak ood during the night.
5.
do he Adriaic Sea.Te goal was o kayak he counry ’s lengh along he Adriaic.
Joined by phoographer Peer McBride and videographer Alex Nicks,he group kayaked 400 miles, rom Zadar o Dubrovnik, saying amonghe sun-drenched archipelagos.
O all he locaions he’s raveled, Bowermaser considers Croaia'scoas he mos accessible as a kayaking holiday resor. Bu he hasa personal so spo or Oceania. Te desinaion in 2002 was heuamous, a group o abou 78 coral ree aolls se in a sring abou 930miles norh-norheas o ahii. Te Polynesian name means ‘DisanIslands,’ an ap descripion o wha Bowermaser considers “iny greenoases foaing in he deser o he sea.”
“I’ve reurned several imes since, so i mus have a special atracionor me,” Bowermaser said.
Te eigh rips were no jus advenures or heir own sake. ForBowermaser hey were a chance o docu men he relaionship beweenhumans and he sea, and he changes occurring as he coasal human
populaion grows and he climae wa rms. In Polynesia, he problem
is a rising ocean and increased sorms ha h reaen he aolls’ uure.Elsewhere Bowermaser sees wo recurring hemes: climae change bringing increased sorms and he worldwide plague o plasic polluion. Add overshing, a nd Bowermaser believes he lives shared by coasalpeople rom Chile o Croaia o Vienam are no ha dieren aer al l.
Wih he Oceans 8 series complee, Bowermaser is coninuing ourn h is atenion o he changing and enuous relaionship o humansand he sea wih a new series o rips ha has already a ken him o heGalapagos Islands and wil l likely ake him o Greenland, Mex ico andoher locaions around he world a laer daes.
Bu aer dragging and ranspor ing kayaks across desers in Souh America’s A liplano and hrough poliical barriers, Bowermaser said inuure hey’ ll li kely buy or ren kayaks a he locaions raher han bringhem along.
His rs Naional Geographic assignmen ook place 20 years ago, anadvenure covering a dogsled expediion across rs Greenland and hen
Cover Feature
Continued on page 22.
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3. The Tuamoto atolls rarely rise more than
a ew eet above sea level thanks to a
low rim or coral. The remains o eroded
volcanos, Bowermaster considers the
Polynesian islands a paradise.
Jon Bowermaster
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Peter McBride photo
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One-third o Vietnam's 80-million people live near the ocean,
so getting around meant improvising in the population
centres. In Hoi An, hiring cyclos was the solution in getting to
the water's edge. Right: Jon Bowermaster.
Anarcica. Now Bowermaser is urning h is atenion o he sory raherhan he advenure. A nd he hopes he message rom his eors is getinghrough.
“I alk o a lo o schools and people don’ say kids care abouadvenures anymore because hey’re oo ocused on heir Gameboys.Bu when I show picures and alk abou lie ou here kids ge ur ned on.
Even wih aduls – I don’ hink people hink oen abou wha we do andhow i impacs on all our oceans.”
Jon Bowermaser is a eaured speaker a he rade Associaion o Paddlespors’ 25 h Wes Coas Sea Kayak Symposium Sep. 19-21 in Por ownsend, Washingon. For more on his rips, DVDs and books, visi hiswebsie a www.jonbowermaser.com.
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by Dan ArmitageWater Trails
Great Calusa
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“W HOOSH!”
I sounded like porpoise spouing in slow moion direcly behind me,and I was sar led as my kayak dri ed across he quie pocke o waerucked back in he mangroves. Looking down ino he sa ined sal waer,he botom seemed o be moving pas abou a oo beneah my kayak. Wha made his roubling was ha I had d ried o a sop in w aer ha was abou six ee deep. Ta “botom” urned ou o be he mud-brown back o a housand-pound manaee cru ising righ under my cra aer anoisy nasal exchange o air.
My rs close encouner wih a “sea cow” ook place on my rs day paddling a 190-plus-mile waer rail called he Grea Calusa Blueway.I fanks a paricularly scenic srech o sub-ropical, souhwes Floridacoasline. I’s a roue I nd mysel recommending o el low kayakersevery chance I ge, and or more han mere manaee sighings.
Plans or he paddle ra il began in 2003 when o cials wih Florida’sLee Couny Parks and ecreaion Deparmen and he couny’s Visiorand Convenion Bureau boh recognized he value o boaing o visiorsand residens o souhwes Florida. Tey waned o creae somehingspecial or waerspors enhusiass who preerred o ravel by paddlepower, while a he same ime showcasing he value o he ragile near-shore areas and he wild lie wonders available only o shallow waerexplorers.
A waerways coordinaor was hired o oversee and promoe heprogram. Ta job wen o local oudoor columnis Besy Clayon, w ho was covering he rail developmen process as par o her boaing bea ahe local newspaper.
Te Grea Calusa Blueway Paddling rail is being developed in hreephases and, “in he end, is 190 marked rails meander hrough mos o our scenic waerways, bu here are sill u nmarked pars le o d iscover,”Clayon said.
Te rs wo phases were done by 2005, and encompass wodisinc regions o he Gul o Mexico coas. Te rs porion meandershrough Esero Bay, while he newes secion direcs paddlers hrough
Florida's Blueway trail
a chance to mix paddling,
camping styles, fshing and
even manatees
Stopped at a temporary tidal island;
above: exploring mangrove water-tunnels.
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he scenic bays o Sanibel a nd Capiva islands,and he waers around Pine Island. Te hirdleg o he rail creaed a paddle-riendly roueup he Caloosahachee iver near For Myers,compleed las Ocober.
Te Calusa Blueway Paddling Fesival , which
will r un Oc. 25 o Nov. 2, highlighs all hreephases.
Aer consuling w ih Clayon, I decidedo ackle par o he Phase 2 secion. Te roueI chose would ake me rom a barrier islando a srech along he mainland, al lowing meo ake advanage o our dieren overnighaccommodaion opions. I would also give mehe chance o ex perience wha many residensand visiors consider an oasis among he moredeveloped areas o he Sunsh ine Sae: PineIsland.
Te later was a ting jumping-o poinor my paddle advenure, and one o he mospopular among kayakers who have ime o ackle bu one secion o he waer rail.Cruising to Cayo Costa
Despie scheduling my rail our duringhe dr y season, in January, I did ge we. Once.Luckily i was on my rs nigh on he rail whenI oped or a rusic cabin raher han a en whilecamping a Cayo Cosa Sae Park, across PineIsland Sound rom Pine Island.
Cayo Cosa is a rue barrier island, separaing
he sound rom he open waers o he Gul o Mexico, and is abou as basic as you can ge wheni comes o ameniies. Campers mus bring al lheir ood and waer or heir say. Te sae park here oers rusic cabins a nd primiive en-camping sies, and is accessible only by boa.
ropic Sar Cruises, based in Pineland onhe norhwes shore o Pine Island, oers daily erry serv ice o he island – including kayaks –and oers renal kayaks a he sae park. A erspending he nigh o my arrival a he hisoricarpon Lodge in Pineland, ropic Sar’s Cap.
ed Serrell me me a he arpon Lodge dock andhelped me load my kayak aboard he erry. Oncehe oher passengers were aboard, Serrell poinedou he sighs and he hisorical highlighs – inan educaional-ye-eneraining ashion – alonghe roue as my ellow passengers and I made hehal-hour cruise o Cayo Cosa and he sae park dock.Life on the Trail
From Pelican Bay a Cayo Cosa, paddlers canhead souh pas Cabbage Key o pick up a leg o he Blueway rail leading souh oward Capivaand Sanibel islands across San Carlos Bay and on
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o For Myers Beach and he rs phase o herail. A er wo days o exploring he coas o Cayo Cosa, which included several inerludes wih residen manaees, wild pig sighings a ndsome excellen shing, I chose he main sem
o he Blueway Phase 2, which d irecs paddlerseas oward he hamle o Bokeelia on henorhern ip o Pine Island.
Tere, Clayon had recommended sayinga Jug Creek Cotages, which caers o
CayoCosta
Patricia I.
Part I.
NorthCaptiva I.
McCardle I.
Underhill Pt.
Shell Pt.
Point Ybel
PINE I.
LittlePine I.
Regla I.
Sanibel I.
CapeCoral
Wood Key
BoenGrande
GULF OF MEXICO Gasparilla Sound
Captiva Pass
Boca Grande Pass
Pine Island Sound
San Carlos Bay
Blind Pass
Fort
Myers Beach
Tropical Point
Punta Rassa Sanibel
Causeway
Tarpon Bay Sanibel
JN Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Bowman’s
Beach
Cayo Costa
State Park Bookelia
Annie’s Cr.
Sirenia Vista Park
Matlacha Park
Jug Creek
Pineland
Blind
Water Trails
Florida
celebrates
Bluewaywith festival
The third-annual Calusa Blueway
Paddling Festival will take place Oct. 25
to Nov. 2 on the Great Calusa Blueway
Paddling Trail in Lee County’s waterfront
communities. Paddlers, competitors,
families and outdoor enthusiasts
from around Southwest Florida, the
state and the nation are expected toattend the one-of-a-kind eco-event.
Nine days of festivities will include
competitive canoe/kayak races, a pro-
am kayak fishing tournament, paddling
clinics and demonstrations, seminars,
family activities, archaeological and
environmental events, guided tours, a
speakers series and more celebrations
along the Great Calusa Blueway.
The 2008 Calusa Blueway Paddling
Festival includes areas of Pine Island,
Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel and Captiva
islands, Bonita Springs and Estero, Cape
Coral, North Fort Myers, Fort Myers,
Alva and Buckingham. Many Lee County
hotels and motels are creating “paddling
packages” for out-of-town kayakers and
canoeists traveling to Southwest Florida
for the festival. Such packages are listed
before festival time at
www.calusabluewaypaddlingfestival.com
and at www.fortmyers-sanibel.com.
Festival times, dates, locations and
more can be found online at
www.calusabluewaypaddlingfestival.com. Free trail maps, outfitter information, and
more details on the trail can be found
online at
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paddlers and oers small housekeeping cabinsnear he head o a canal r igh o he Blueway in he hear o Bookelia. I was able o beach hekayak and leave i unlocked a he ramp locaeda he end o he canal and walk o my unky,palm ramed, pasel-pained, one-bedroomcotage.
Te ollowing day’s paddle rom Bokeelia o
Malacha was a delighul en-mile cruise haI ook all day o ackle as I sopped o sh aevery chance. Ducking ino shallow bays andexploring sandy idal isles, I hooked severalsea rou and redsh along he roue, one o he later large enough o drag me aroundNanucke sleigh ride-syle beore breaking o.
Te waerways coordinaor was dead-on inselecing ha n igh’s accommodaion, whichoered a waerron swimming pool and houb o ease muscles made sore by he pas hreedays’ paddling. Te Sun and he Moon Inn in
Malacha is righ on a canal along he Blueway,
wihin walking disance o several resaurans,a seaood marke and a bai and ackle shop,and a “mus sop” or anyone exploring hasecion o he rail.
Owner Cur Peer is an av id kayaker anddoing hos, he combinaion creaing oneo he mos paddler-riendly properies onhe Easern Seaboard and a magne or local
kayakers as well as guess.In ac, raher han reur ning my renal
kayak o Backwaer Outers jus up he sreein Malacha, I simply hosed i down and le ion he lawn or he nex lucky gues, arrivingha aernoon wih plans o pick up where Ihad sopped, and coninue on down he ra il.
Ta’s he spiri o cooperaion hapervades his k ayak-riendly corner o heSunshine Sae, where i’s all abou promoingpaddle power and sharing is pleasures wihone and all.
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Calusa Blueway Paddling Festival: 239-433-3855; calusabluewaypaddlingfestival.com
Tropic Star Cruises: 239-283-0015; tropicstarcruises.com
Backwater Outfitters: 239-541-2532; backwateroutfitters.com
Gulf Coast Kayak: 239-283-1125; gulfcoastkayak.com
Tarpon Lodge: 239-283-3999; tarponlodge.com
Cayo Costa State Park: 941-964-0375; floridastateparks.org/cayocosta
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A LL I WANED O DO on my lasday in Florida was paddle, so, beore
he res o he ami ly considered any oheropions, my aher-in-law Sacy and I weredropping ino he waer. He had been a consancompanion on my paddling excursions during
his vacaion. A long-ime canoeis, he hadound a new passion in kayaking and was righ behind me as I crossed he channel rom SanCarlos Island o Esero Island’s F. Myers Beach,on par o he Grea Calusa Blueway. Nohing was planned; we jus waned o be on he waer.
As we approached he inland side o heisland we began o explore he man-madechannels ha ormed waery subdivisions. Wefoaed hrough hem discussing he changessince Hurricane Charley had hi he area in2004. Mansions were fanked by ramshackle
cotages and cleared los, he island’s remindero ha caegory our hurricane.
Sacy had menioned ha manaees wererouinely seen in hese channels. We didn’expec o see any o he endangered species onour meandering journey hrough he w aer-alleys, bu in one channel we noiced a womansaring ino he waer, a orgoten cup o coeein her hand. When we came broadside o her shesimply saed ha wo manaees had jus passed by he pier. We immediaely sa up and ocusedon he waer around us.
We peered ino he green waer,coninuously searching or any hing ha migh be a manaee, and my mind obliged me by creaing shapes rising rom he gray dephs.ime passed and my anicipaion urned oimpaience. Finally he waer sirred and a
Reflections by Matthew Crane
manateesA moment with
Chance encounter on the Florida coastcreates proound change or amily
gray orm began o rise. Te shape becamedened, and I could see hai r and a head anda long round fuke wih a single bie ou o i.My hear sopped; my boa seemed so smalland insignican o he ex panse o wha mus
have been he manaee’s back. I rose slowly up and anoher gray shape foaed up ou o he blackness beside i. A abou hal he sizeo he moher, i mached her speed and slow grace as hey broke he surace and exhaledogeher; hey inhaled loudly and sank again.
We sared aer hem unil hey were gone andhen we waied.
Te pair came and wen several moreimes, someimes saying down so long wehough hey were gone, bu hey would
surprise us and reappear again. We calledour wives, who were rushing o mee us. Wehoped hey could access he channel romhe sree, bu here was nohing we could do bu foa and wai or each precious sighinghoping he res o our amily would ar rive
Te spiri o kayaking
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beore he manaees le.Te sun rose high above us as we wached. Evenually he waer was
jus a glare wih no manaees. Feeling ha our ime wih hem was over, we slowly began o paddle o he bay, bu a ew srokes ino our deparurea gray shape appeared behind Sacy’s boa. Baby had become curious and was now invesigaing us.
Sacy and I began o slowly paddle back o he area we had las seen he
pair. We were araid o separaing he wo and hoped Baby would coninueo ollow us back o where we hough Momma was. Luckily, Mommasuraced in ron o us and Baby coninued o ollow us, dri ing rom boa o boa. Her inense curiosiy and innocence ouched my hear. She bumped he boas and swam underneah us, seeming o play. She spenmore ime invesigaing Sacy. When she suraced near h im he wouldalk o her and she would look a him inquisiively. My aher-in-law, hemanaee whisperer! Baby didn’ seem o mind me foaing around ry ingo snap picures.
Te res o he ami ly nally ound us. Baby had rejoined Momma by his ime and hey were back ino heir old roaion. We made a swich onhe kayaks wh ile he manaees were underwaer, allowing my son Jacob
and his grandmoher Debbie a chance o be close o hem when hey cameup. My wie had paddled our hi rd kayak across he bay o our channel andshowed up soon aer we made he swich.
Sacy and I sa on he pier waching he res o our ami ly make heirown memories. I wached as my son’s body siened, much as mineprobably did he rs ime I saw hem. He ur ned his head slowly and whispered ha hey were righ beside him. Debbie was nearby and sheswung her head around and le ou a quie “oh.” Soon aerward hey suraced beside my wie and she had her momen o awe.
We sayed wih hem unil he ho sun nally drove us o reurn home.Te experience was behind us bu somehing was di eren wihin us. Wehave bonded raher closely since hen. Our wo amilies do hings ogeher
all he i me now and or a while aer he encouner we all had a litledieren view on he world.Te unplanned naure o paddling creaes momens ha l ive orever in
memories: coming around a bend ino view o a sunse silhoueting a grea blue heron as i shes or is supper, nding an eagle scraping he mirroredsurace o a lake or foaing wih a manaee moher and baby – hese arehe momens ha paddlers carr y wih hem orever. Tese experienceschange us and enrich our lives more han we may ever realize.
Refecions is wriing ha capures he spiri o kayaking. Mat Crane is awrier and outer. His paddling began in Ialy and now he spends ime on herivers and sreams o he Midwes kayak shing and inroducing ohers o he
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EING OVEWEIGH and ouo shape makes i di cul o ener he world o ness. As a h iry-somehing
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Yes, we al l know physical aciviy reduces
he risk o coronary hear disease, obesiy,diabees, breas and colon cancer whileimproving musculoskeleal srengh andmenal healh. Beter ye, a consisen exerciserouine can reduce he amoun o necessary inervenions and medicaions, while
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I know all abou chronic condiions: I havea congenial hear deec ha requires animplanable debril laor or backup, and kneesso riddled wih ar hriis ha my ibia bones aresaring o bend like bows or ring arrows. My problem is nding a spor ha will conribueo a ul l body and cardiovascular workou.I am no prepared o join a gym lled w ihhe weny-somehing, lycra-wearing crowd.unning does no agree wih my ruined knees.Hockey, soccer and oher eam spors are oendi cul o schedule ino a lie ul l o work,school and amily. Besides ha, eam sporsoen have complicaed rules, and wors o al lspecaors.
Swimming , oued as he genles spor, issomehing I can’ engage in wihou a ceraina song abou belugas repeai ng in he back o my mind – much o my chagrin.
Unwilli ng o give in, I searched or yearso nd he righ ness aciv iy. My srenghsare based on siting, relaxing and enjoyinghe scenery. I am also a social person whoenjoys he company and moivaion o ohers while exercising. Wih such alens in mind,
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I happened upon paddling. Te spor o ourigger canoeing is expanding worldwideand i's no surprising: his physical aciviy is accessible, aordable, fex ible, and oers acomplee body workou.
Tere are seven clubs associaed wih he
Canadian Ourigger Associaion (COR)here on Vancouver Island alone, making ia convenien and accessible spor. Tere arehree clubs along Vicoria’s scenic Gorge waerway. Membership includes all heequipmen you will need o ge sared in hespor, including use o he boas. Te clubshave paddles, personal foaion devices(PFDs), lighs or he boas and, o course, a variey o racing kayaks and canoes.
Te OC6 is he mos popular canoe. I seassix people, is easy o ge in and ou o and is
he mos sable boa. People wih disabiliies,including hose who require wheelchairs, canalso paricipae in his spor wih he willingsuppor o heir eam. OC1s are boas suiedo a single paddler, while OC2s are boas builor wo.
All you wi ll need is some comorable, we weaher exercise wear and you’re se.
Te goals o individual paddlers var y. Somehrive on racing and compeiion, ohers cravepersonal ness and achievemen, and someengage in paddling or purely recreaional
purposes. Even in an OC6, ness goals can vary or each person in he boa. A person canpaddle a 100% eor while someone in hesea behind hem paddles a 50%; he boa sillmoves orward. People who choose o enerpaddling compeiions will eam up beoreraces and ener evens wih individuals whohave similar goals . For some people, racing isnever a consideraion.
Once you have masered he basic sroke,he spor isel is painless and mediaive. Oen
in he winer, when paddling aer dark, hereis nohing bu you, he boa and your paddleo hink abou. eammaes ypically chaterand joke while ou in he boa; as a resul,riendships oen develop (and someimes evenromance arises!).
Ourigging is a spor well-suied o rainy Wes Coas winers. In Vicoria, on days wherehe wind is blowing, a eam can ravel up heGorge in relaive saey away rom he wind.Te Gorge waerway and he Inner Harbourare beauiul all year round. On sunny andcalm days, a moderaely skilled eam can enjoy exploring Vicoria’s breakwaer and beyond.
Generally speaking, paddlers are a riendly and welcoming group ha is disinclinedo judge someone on heir size or ahleicabiliy. Oen he mos imporan par o
being a “good paddler” is simply showing up wih a posiive atiude. People in paddli ngclubs have a plehora o personaliies, rangingrom shy o incredibly ougoing. Ouriggingoers someone sriving oward ness socialopporuniies as well as a way o genly increase heir overall ness level a heir ow npace.
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In Washington and Oregon states, an umbrella group is the
Pacific Northwest Outrigger Racing Canoe Association,
www.pnworca.org. There's even a member club in Montana. The
"Outrigger Links" tab on the website will take you to other paddling
organizations along the East Coast and as far as Australia.
Another site with a comprehensive list of clubs is
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New Gear
Paddling, Salt Lake City-style
S AL LAK E CIY is an unlikely venue or a summer kayakingdesinaion. Bu every summer i becomes an oudoor lover's mecca,
atracing paddling gear manuacurers and reailers rom across he world or Norh America's larges oudoor rade show.
Naurally, i's a grea opporuniy o show o he nex year's new produc lines, wih companies scrambling o ge prooypes ready orproducion models ou i n ime or Oudoor eailer, aecionaely
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week and rundling down on a 3,00 0-mile dr ive o ake a look a wha'snew in he indusry (plus San Francisco, CA, and New por, O, as well, jus o explain he 3,0 00 miles). Te resul is probably he oddesshowcase o new paddling gear we've ever accumulaed – no refecionon he high number o boohs dispensing ree beer, we assure you.
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Current DesignsTe Bri-syle boa batle is going o become very heaed, especial ly wih Curren
Designs' enry ino he ray wih is new Inniy (above). Acionados will appreciaehe classic Greenland syle. Bu ex pediion kayakers will love he volume. Classed as a nexpediion-grade kayak, i is designed o accommodae boh larger paddlers and large
loads o gear. Te specs: 17'9" long, 22 inches wide and a weigh o 48/42 in berglassand kevlar.No big enough? Need ha super-sized? No problem. Ener he Isle (below): a
massive (18' long by 24" wide) boa designed or larger paddlers seeking a Greenland-syle kayak. I is mean o deliver he edging and rolling o a perormance Greenlander bu wih a hard chine.
Tese are jus wo o seven new boas by Wenonah under he Curren Designs brandname or 2009. www.cdkayak.com.
Boreal Designs has a new enry or heBri-boa caegory wih he innovaive Epsilon. Orraher, six Epsilons, wih a model caering o every size o kayaker. Te 16'4" P100/C100 is 22½" wide a nd designedor paddlers 90-160 pounds. Te 17-oo P200/C200is 23½" wide and made or kayakers 140-225 pounds.Te 17'6" P300/C300 is 24¼" wide and made or people200-280 pounds. Te P and C designaes a choice o polyehylene or composie, meaning Boreal has buil an
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Te hands-down winner or boh he unlikel ies and pretieskayak o he show wen o he oddes o sources: Vienam.
Old Modern Handicras has been building and exporingmosly scale model boas or years. Bu i also urns ou a ull-size(17-oo) cedar srip kayak ha ans o wooden boa crasmanship will nd sunning.
I is ruly an inernaional projec. Te cedar is Canadian, heberglass rom he U.S. and he workmanship rom Vienam. Worried i's a cheap Asian impor? Well, he workmanship speaksor isel. Each kayak akes abou 200 hours o labor o build, we wereold. (And i would ake me ha long jus or he model.)
Can' aord he ull deal? Old Modern's line o model boas alsoincludes scale canoes and kayaks, wih abou as much atenion odeail as he u ll-size parens. A perec Chrismas presen or hekayaker wih everyhing. www.handicrascan.com.
Old Modern
This scale-model (about 17 inches as opposed to 17 eet) shows the
workmanship o the Old Modern Handicrats line.
New Gear
Te clear pick or he preties new paddles a Oudoor eailer had o be he new Crysal series by H 2O Paddles. Ge ready o be bogged downin jargon: he 2009 series o ouring blades eaures lexa n polycarbonae,a muli-componen blade consrucion, and he par ha makes i look soprety: he indusry's rs all polycarbonae ranslucen lexan blade.
Te resul is a srong, l ighweigh blade ha will be i neresing o esor srengh and perormance. Te model on show a Oudoor eailer was a pre-producion prooype only. Bu an eyecacher noneheless.
Expec boh h igh and low angle blade syles wih boh ca rbon andglass and sraigh a nd ben shas available. Te ranslucen opions orcolor will be crysal red, crysa l blue and crysal green.
Wan o save a bi o cash? Solid colors will be available as well. www.h2opaddles.com
Te range o paddle opions or kayak shermen is growing by leapsand bounds. Te gh is on o creae he perec muli-purpose ool. Tesandard eaure now on shing-oriened paddles is a measuring ape onhe handle. No more sruggli ng or your ape measure! Anoher goodone was a hole o hang he scale on so you can weigh your sh whilesill ou on your boa. Bu he bes o show among paddles designed orshermen had o be Aqua-Bound's Fin Salker. As well as he mandaory ruler on he back side o he blade and sha, i has a mate blank nish ominimize refec ions – no scaring he sh wih he shine rom his blade.Bu wha reeled us in: he hook rerieval sysem buil ino he blade – youcan remove snags by reaching your paddle ou and hooking he line w ih blade. Deniely he cach o he day. www.aquabound.com.
2. Paddles
Crystal by H2O Paddles
Aquabound
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New Gear
Love i or hae i,i's an iPod world now.For hose who love i,proecing your iPodrom he elemenscan be a problem.Or raher, was aproblem. Accessoriesor iPods seemed hedominan new produc among manuacurers or 2009, wih al l mannero waerproo iPod covers o solve your porable music issues. Bu hedesign o he show had o go o Seatle Spors. Well-known al ready or
heir line o dr y su sacks, waerproo backpacks and dry gear bags,Seatle Spors has joined he mp3 craze w ih is Audio Dry Pockes andMicro Dry Su Sacks. ake your choice o ashionable colors (warning:he fowery pink may clash w ih cerain PFDs). Bu wha we liked bes was he audio jack ha meshes wih an inernal cord ha allows you o
plug in your headphones while your iPodis snug and dry inside he pouch.
Bu wha abou powering youriPod over he weeks and monhs o aCongolese, Hima layan or Anarcicexpediion? I you can' plug i in bumus simply have music in he ouback,Seatle Spors has ha covered oo – aUSB solar charger wih panels ha slide
open, or old back ino a handle or he buil-in hree- uncion fashligh. We could add he device's USB por could conceivably power a lapopcompuer as well as your iPod, bu we have o draw he line somewhere. A public service reminder: he idea is o ge away rom i all, no ake i wih you! Wih all h is, you migh orge. www.seatlesporsco.com.
3. Fun stuff
Seattle Sports
I your radiional sel-infaing sleeping pad leaves you wihanyhing less han a desirable sleep, he Dry Gear Solo by Aerobed
may be your answer. Tis producer o infaable su has creaeda blow-up matress o compee wih sel-infaing sleeping pads.Consider: an adverised weigh o 4 pounds, an infaed heigh o seven
inches, a or people up o 6'6", and iolds o he size o a sandard sel -infaingpad. Plus no ear o geti ng we i caughsleeping below he ide line. You cansimply foa away! (No advisable, buhey, i could happen.) And or he kayaker wih every hing: also rom Aerobed,he infaable soabed couch! Can' waiill hey inven he infaable hi-de V. www.hinkaero.com.
Aerobed
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Go green with this fun salsa M
Y ANNUAL MIGRION down
o he green waers o he Sea o Corez has inspired a lo o paddle mealcreaions. I have been orunae enough o bohase and wach he creaion o many dierenmeals. One hing I have learned is ha nomater wha he meal, a good salsa only makesi beter.
Te rs o hese wo salsa recipes is hemos unique and in my mind he asies. Ag ua Verde green salsa is as special and unique as isnamesake in Baja Mexico. Tere is somehingspecial abou he beauiul green waers o his
small shing own and I have enjoyed many memorable meals on is sandy shores.
Green omaillos are he main ingredienin his sa lsa and give i is amazing color andfavor. omaillos are a baby green omao wiha leay casing. W hen choosing your omaillo,ge he inies ones possible because hey arehe mos favorul.
I nd green salsa goes well wih anyh ing; you can make i as mild or spicy as you li ke.Te ar favor o green omaillos goes well wih any dish, especia lly seaood. omaillos
are quickly becoming one o my avorieingrediens, and somehing ha I hink many people may shy away rom because hey don’know how o use hem. For a w is on hesandard huevos rancheros, ry hem sauéed wih onion and peppers hen add hem oscrambled eggs. Tey also go well in pasa
sauces and sir-ries.Preparing omaillos is easy. All ha needs
o be done is o peal he h in green leaves o he ouside. Once pealed you will noice hahey have an almos sicky eel o he inner skin.Tis is normal and becomes beter aer a good
rinse. Now hey are ready or use, eiher cu inochunks or a sir-r y or diced or a pasa sauce. A hand-cranked blender on he beach works wellor use in a salsa.
I’s jus ha easy. I hope hese become amemorable par o your nex kayak advenure.
by Hilary MassonPaddle Meals
Discover the magic o tomatillosin your Agua Verde green salsa
Ingredients:
8-10 omaillos
1 large roased green bell pepper1-4 jalapeno peppers (mild o ery ho)1 lime (or 2-3 key limes), squeezed1 bunch o cilanro, chopped ne1 clove o garlic, pressed or dicedOnion, ¼ cup dicedSal o ase1 bsp whie vinegar Whie sugar o ase (opional)
Preparation:
Depending on how you like your salsa, chunky or smooh, you canuse eiher a hand-cranked blender or morar and pesle. I nd he later
works bes o achieve a smooher salsa while sil l keeping some exure.Peal and rinse your omaillos. Tey are g rea raw, bu can be roased
along wih he oher ingrediens. oasing he omaillos, peppers,garlic, and onion gives his salsa a much beter favor. You can roashem on a barbecue, a campre, a r y pan or even in he oven se on broil. You know hey are ready when he ouer skin u rns ligh brownand small bubbles are visible. Once roased, remove he seeds and cuino chunks. Depending on how spicy you like your salsa you may decide o leave or remove he seeds rom he jalapeno peppers; leavinghem in will make i much hoter.
Adding a litle sugar o he salsa can enhance he salsa favor. Somepeople also like o add whie v inegar, bu I usually preer no o due ohe arness o he omaillos. Combine all ingrediens ino your hand-cranked blender or morar and pesle and have un!
Agua Verde green salsa: as smooth as you like
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Paddle Meals
Tis second recipe is a classic ha no
kayak rip, or meal a my house, would becomplee wihou.Ingredients:
6 large omaoes, diced1 small onion, diced½ green bell pepper, diced½ orange/yellow bell pepper, diced5-10 omaillos, diced1-4 jalapeno peppers, chopped ne1 lemon (or 2-3 key limes), squeezed1 bunch o cilanro, chopped neSal, o ase
Preparation: You can really play wih his salsa. Add any exra vegeables you have; graedcarro or diced cucumber go well. Also,ry adding rui like mango or pineappleor a more rereshing salsa. I preer hissalsa chunky, so cuting everyh ing inouniorm sized pieces works well, bu i canalso be done in a hand-cranked blender ormorar and pesle or a smooher exure.
Experimen, be creaive and spice uphe meals on your nex kayak advenure.
No mater wha green salsa, i’s sure oplease!
Play with mixfor Salsa Fresca
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GOS MONE Naional Park, locaeda he base o he Norhern Peninsula in
Wesern Newoundland, is he la rges naionalpark in Alanic Canada. Facing he Gul o S.Lawrence, you can paddle down inland ordsas impressive as any in Norway, or pas seasacks and long sandy beaches.
Gros Morne is bes known or is unusualgeology, which has made i a UNESCO World
Heriage sie. A plae collision 300 mill ion yearsago hrus he ocean manle (peridoie) on opo he land. Peridoie has an unusual chemicalcomposiion and is oxic o mos plans,creaing a barren appearance, and hankso he high concenraion o iron, a reddish- brown color. Tis ends o make his par o Newoundland look more like Ar izona hanEasern Canada. Gros Morne is known or ishiking ra ils bu less so or is sea kayaking.
Where o Paddle
Beginners: Beginners can paddle in many
places in he park bu a avorie is a NorrisPoin. Here you can paddle in he proeced waers o Bonne Bay. You can also pu in aLomond Campsie or a he rou iver Pond boa launch. Te ormer gives you proecedpaddling in Eas A rm o Bonne Bay and hesecond in one o he inland ords. In eihercase you can paddle or up o several kilomeers(one way) along he shore wih numerous beaches o sop or lunch or a break.
Inermediae: Inermediae paddlerscan op or paddling a Cowhead by putingin a he communiy whar . Here you can
paddle around he Cowhead peninsula or ouo various oshore islands. Since his area isexposed be careu l abou wind and weahercondiions. You can also ry your hand asur kayaking along he 4-k m sand beach aCowhead, i he condiions are righ. A popularrip wih he Wes Coas Kayak Club (i weaher condiions are appropriae) is a paddle beween he communiies o rou iver and Woody Poin (24 km), bu you will need o work ou a car shutle.
Advanced: Advanced paddlers can opor longer paddles along he shore (rom ocky Harbour o Cowhead), a disance o abou 44km. Tere are campsies a Green Poin ha
can be used or an overnigh rip. Tis roueollows he coas so is no recommended insrong wes or norhwes condiions, sincehe shore aces direcly ino he Gul o S.Lawrence and geting o he waer could be challenging. Exper paddlers may also wan o ry paddling Wesern Brook Pond, aspecacular inland ord wih sheer rock wallsas high as 600 meres in places. Atemp his
only in good condiions and remember hasrong aernoon winds oen make he reurnrip more han you bargained or. Tere areew pullous once you ener he ord. You cancamp a he ar end, which makes his a goodovernigh rip.
ips and Hazards: ides are no largea Gros Morne, and currens are generally no much o an issue. More dangerous are heaernoon winds ha oen r ise up suddenly,and i you are along an open srech o coasline you may have rouble geting o he
waer. Ge he marine weaher orecas andpay close atenion o i. Waer emperauresare generally cool so a wesui is suggesed,especially or any open waer paddling orearly or lae-season paddling. Whales makea summer appearance so conac he GrosMorne Naional Park Visior’s Cenre o ndou wha people are seeing and where.
For more informaion: Visi www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne . GrosMorne Advenures rens kayaks and can alsogive you ino abou where o paddle(www.grosmorneadvenures.com).
by Keith and Heather NicolDay Trip #1: East Coast
A touch of Arizona in Nfld.Cow Head
Green Pt.
Norris Pt.
Shallow Bay
St. Paul’s Inlet
Western Brook Pond
Bakers Brook Pond
Sally’s Cove
Bonne Bay
Trout River Pond Discovery Centre
Trout River
Sand beach
Visitor Centre
Lomond
KM
Miles
2
4
4
2
6
Nfld.
Paddling with a view
o Gros Morne's Tablelands
behind Bonne Bay.
Inset: Trout River Pond.
The frst o Wavelength's
new eature oering
practical introductions to
paddling places around
North America.
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SEATLE IS a modern ciy o our mill ionlocaed in a paddler’s paradise oherwise
known as he Pacic Norhwes’s Puge Sound. Wih is hundreds o miles o varied shorelinesand year-round emperae climae, PugeSound has somehing o oer o every levelo paddler. Public access o hese islands, baysand inle areas was g realy enhanced in 1989 by he esablishmen o he Cascadia Marinerail, which has an expanding lis o more han50 campsies making i possible or human-powered cra o explore he waers romOlympia o he Canadian border.
One o he sparkling jewels o his rail is jus seven nauical miles souhwes o Seatlea Blake Island. Busy Washingon Sae erriesmake heir way pas all sides o his quie spo.Hisoric maps or chars may call i Smugglers
or rimble Island. In 1974 i was renamed o become a 475-acre parcel o he WashingonSae Parks sysem.
Formerly an ancesralcamping ground or heSuquamish ribe, i is roughly hal way beween Bainbridgeand Vashon Islands and lesshan a mile rom he K isapPeninsula o he wes. Wih he e xcepion o apark ranger, he only inhabians wihin is vemiles o scenic shoreline are an abundance o
raccoon, deer, bald eagle and oher creaures.illicum Vil lage, a replica o a Norhwes
naive longhouse complee w ih resauran,gi shop and ribal dancing displays, wasesablished in 1961, and coninues he naiveradiions oday during he non-winer monhs. Alhough a commercial boa brings visiors back and orh o he island’s dock, kayakerscan reach he shores in a more radiional way.Te Washingon Sae Parks and ecreaionsysem has a wel l-esablished campgrounda he vil lage midway on he eas side and
a primiive one jus a round he souhwescorner. Washingon Waer rails Associaion(WW A) shares he norhwes poin wihpower boaers on opposing sides o a sandy head and spi.
Te rewards are many: beauiul mounain views o he Olympics, Cascades or M.anier; quie and isolaed shores; hiking railshrough oress o evergreen and madronarees; exploring he rocky shores or wave-swep beaches, and clean, esablished campsies. Te WW A sie oers a hull-riendly sandy poin
wih is ongoing dune grass resoraion eors
ha provide a lovely conras o he ciy skylineo Seatle.
All campsies charge a modes ee andaccep cash or checks. You mus be a member
o WWA or have a member in your group osay a heir sie. Tose sies are limied and allcamping spos are rs-come, rs-served.
Where o paddle:
Beginners: I coming rom he mainlandon he eas side, beginners would do well oake a erry. You can hen launch rom variouspoins, or close o he erry dock on VashonIsland or he Souhworh erry dock on heKisap side.
Inermediae: Inermediae kayakerscan sar rom Eagle Harbor or oher places
on Bainbridge Island or rom MancheserSae Park on he norheas side o he KisapPeninsula. Al l o hese launch poins are wihinone o ve nauical miles o he island.
Advanced: More advanced wesboundpaddlers can exercise heir opions rom a reassuch as Golden Gardens Park in Seatle, WesSeatle, A lki Beach or Des Moines (no shown
on he map). Be orewarned – he erries are nohe only hazard. See below.
ips and hazards: A major shippinglane exiss beween he Seatle side and Blake
Island. Kayakers mus use ex reme cauion inhis area and i is highly recommended ha amarine radio be moniored a all imes whencrossing. S eatle Vessel ra c personnel ca n bereached on channel 14.
Te ides food souh and ebb norh inPuge Sound. Use he Seatle primary andSeatle, Ell iot Bay or Eagle Harbor, BainbridgeIsland as he secondary saion whenconsuling ide chars. Curren ables lis hisenire area as “weak and variable.” However,I have experienced a denie push on several
occasions, paricularly easbound on he ebb. While some o he crossings can be less hanwo miles, be aware ha he wi nd can rise very quickly, wih w hiecaps appearing suddenly.Tis is especially r ue in he nicky spring andall monhs.
One o he nice hings abou his paddleis he opion o ride back on he erry i condiions change or he worse. Pack your wheels! Te Washingon Sae Ferry sysemrequires hem or all kayakers who op o walk on insead o driving on wih heir boas.
by Lisa A. JohnsonDay Trip #2: Pacific Northwest
The harbour at Blake Island – a reuge just a hop rom the busy city.
Bliss near SeattlePhoto courtesy Washington State Parks.
Blake Island
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Your Mothership Repair Specialists
Lisa A. Johnson is an acive member and rip leader in various paddling organizaions in he Puge Sound area and is currenlyhe Programs Chair or he Washingon Kayak Club. I you areineresed in fnding ou more abou kayaking or he WKC, atendone o he ee monhly presenaions in downown Seatle. You don’ have o be a member o atend. Lisa can be reached a lajbkayak@
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Along the Coast of the
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Contact: Norm Hann
tantalusadventures.com
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Y OU MIGH know Nanaimo or he wrong reason – passinghrough by erry. Aer all , Nanaimo's Deparure Bay erry erminal
is a major link o Vancouver Island and all is various atracions: ono,Clayoquo Sound, he Wes Coas rail, Johnsone Srai. I's easy osimply slip by Nanaimo w ihou a glance.
Some lucky kayakers know dierenly. Tere's one huge obviousatracion: Newcasle Island. Is reed shoreline is a scenic backdropor he enrance o Nanaimo Ha rbour, providing rails, ca mpsies,picnic spos, viewpoins and a rich hisory – all wihi n minues o hedownown, by eiher handy erry orpaddling.
For kayakers, paddling pas hedramaic clis a nd sopping a hesandy beaches or a picnic lunchmakes a hal-day circum navigaion o
he island ime well spen.Oen overlooked, hough, is wha
lies o he norh o Newcasle Island(or o he le, i you will). Islands, rees,lagoons, sand beaches, clis, a nauresancuary and he Gul Islands' only paddle-hrough sea cave can be ound wihin jus a ew square miles. Tegem is Jesse Island, a privae sancuary well proeced by wo v icious dogs,so be prepared or an aggressive greeing. However, oshore you're saeenough, despie he show o bared eeh, so i is sae o paddle he reted
sandsone clis and he caves – i you don' mind being under heavy canine wach as you pass.
You can exend a paddle around Newcasle o he righ (souh) as well, heading around residenial Proecion Island.
Where o paddle:
Beginners: Te simples launch sie is a Brechin boa ramp,souheas o he erry erminal adjacen o Alberni Oupos's Nanaimo Advenure Cener, which oers renals. Once in Newcasle IslandPassage, novice paddlers can visi Newcasle Island (a beauiul beachawais jus across he launch sie), or Nanaimo Harbour wih is
ineresing shipyards and marinas in mosly shelered waers.Inermediae: A rip around Newcasle Island is always
worhwhile, hough a side rip o Jesse Island is an added bonus. Tenorh shore is one o he mos ineresing in he Gul Islands, w ih issheer clis and caves o explore. From here one can ollow he shorenorh o odd litle Shack Island and he cl is o Pipers Lagoon, a popularlocal park wih a long, sandy beach.
Advanced: I open waer is an atracion, a rip o Snake Island is worhwhile o see he unique limesone ridges and o paddle among heisland's many seal inhabians. Be warned, hough: he island is a seabirdnesing area and access is o-limis in he spring nesing season.
ips and warnings: Winds can pick up in he aernoon, makingeven simple rips along Newcasle Island Passage arduous. Te prevailing winds in good weaher are norhwes. Currens can al so be sronghrough here, poenially slowing progress.
Eas o Nares Poin on Newcasle Island he condiions are moreexposed, wih he possibiliy o wi nd waves and some swell. A s he waeris shallow, waves can break well oshore owards McKay Poin. Ferriesravel hrough Deparure Bay and while sighli nes are good, hey move
quickly. Submerged rocks near Nares Poin can also be a hazard.
by John KimantasDay Trip #3: British Columbia
Launch at Nanaimo, then turn left The clis outside Jesse Island.
Beaches,islands
and even acave make
Nanaimo anunexpectedpleasure to
paddle
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Log booms Cliffs
Descanso Bay
Gabriola SandsProvincial Park
Malaspina Pt.Galiano Gallery
Taylor Bay Pilot Bay
F A I R W A Y
C H A N N
E L
Snake I.
Tinson Pt.
Jack Pt.
Frequent ferries,barges
R A I N B
O W C H A N
N E L
M c K a y C h a
n n e l
Dinghy Dock Pub
Gallows Pt.
Stuart Pt.
Batchelor Pt.
Power Squadron Reef
Newcastle IslandProvincial Park
Duke Point ferry terminal (to Tsawwassen)
Commercial Inlet
Boat Basin
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner
Swy-A-Lana Lagoon
Bate Pt.
Mark Bay
Kanaka Bay
Rail ferry and barge wharf
Brechin boat ramp Adventure Centre
Departure Bay
ferry terminal
NANAIMO
Departure Bay
ewcastle I. Passage
McKay Pt.
Brandon Is.Jesse I.
Shaft Pt.
Cottle Cr .
M i l l s t o n e R .
Nares Pt.
Pacific Biological Station
H o r s w
e l l C h a n n e l
Horswell Rk.
HudsonRocks
EcologicalReserve
Five Finger I.
Page (Pipers) Lagoon
Shack I.
Lagoon Head
Kayak (cartop boat) launch
BC Ferries terminal
Boat ramp
Beach/break location
Neck Pt.
Hammond Bay
Pipers Lagoon
Park
Neck Point
Park
Cliffs
Descanso Bay Regional Park
Vancouver I.
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SIMPLY FINDING a place ha shrequen is hal he un o angling by paddle
power. Engaging in aciv iies such as shingcompels us o explore areas ha we mighoherwise overlook, and he rewards can beawesome.
So is he culm inaion o all he eorexended oward angling, expressed when ash is ooled by your oering and srikes your bai. For some veeran anglers, he challengeo shing is ul lled he momen heir argeakes he bai; I know several old-school arponanglers in he Florida Keys who remove hehooks rom heir lures o allow he shermen oenjoy he jarring srike and he dramaic jump
or wo hey ge ou o heir “cach” beore hesh spis heir hookless plug. Tey argue hahe bes par o arpon shing is ooling hem inhe rs place, ollowed by he iniial jump; aerha i’s oen a long, dogged sub-surace batleha wases ime when hese g uys would raher be “jumping” he nex arpon.
For mos o us, however, anyhi ng less hanacually landi ng he sh represens a degree o ailure – even i we inend o release he cachin he end anyway. I hi nk i has somehingo do wih geting up close and personal wih
somehing ha lives in ha wonderully myserious sub-surace world. Ten again, heallure may be somehing more primal: acually handling he sh proves ha, i we waned o, we could keep and ea he cach. A sh i n hand being worh wo in he waer – ha sor o hing.
egardless, some skil l comes ino play oncea sh has is maw around your bai, be i liveor lure, beore you can ge i in hand. Te rs
hing you mus do is se he hook. o do ha, you need a au line beween your rod ip andhe bai. Keeping he slack ou o he li ne isa consan chore while shing, or you never
know when a sh will atack . Bu when i does, you need o be able o li he rod quickly o pullhe line enough o drive he hook’s poin inohe ough, carilage-like mouh o he sh.
by Dan ArmitageFishing Angles
A fish in the hand – and how to let go
Landing fish “freehand” and keeping them in
the water as much as possible while removingthe hook reduces the stress on the catch, which is
important when you want to release the fish.
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Once he hook is se, you should keep herod ip ben and he line igh o mainainpressure on ha hook o say in place as youreel in he sh. Depending on he size o heackle and he sh, mos o he ime you cancrank smaller caches righ on in o he side o
he boa. Te un sar s when he sh you havehooked is big and/or srong enough, relaive ohe ackle you are using, o jump and pull , oenhard enough o ow he boa or pull line romhe reel’s drag. Te drag is an adjusable setingon he reel ha allows l ine o be released beorehe power o he sh pulling i breaks he line.
When ghing a large sh he angler oenmus “pump” he sh in, seadily raising herod ip on a igh line o bring he sh owardhe boa, hen dropping he ip o poin back ahe sh while reeli ng in he slack gained by he
upward pulling o keep he line igh o he sh.
Evenually, i he hook, line and k nos hold,he sh wi ll be brough o he side o he boa – which is where mos sh are los by over-eageranglers.
Wheher you wan o keep he sh oreaing or no, you need o ge conrol o i and
work he hook ree. Te bes way o land andsecure a sh aboard a canoe or kayak is o usea ne. Neting sh single-handed akes somepracice, bu once you maser he mehod you’ll nd i’s bes or boh he sh and hesherman – especially i you inend o releasehe ormer. Te rick is o sink he ne and draw he sh over he hoop head-rs, and raise iaround he cach. Ta way, i he sh lunges ahe ouch o he mesh, i will swim righ inohe neting.
o cause he leas amoun o sress o he
sh while removing he hook, i possible, reach
over and remove he hook wihou removinghe sh rom he waer, or ‘l ip’ a ooh-reespecies by puting your humb in is mouhand crooking your index under is jaw o holdi sill in or ou o he waer while you work hehook ree.
Bu don’ be ooled. Some nnedindividuals ha appear o have succumbed boaside can suddenly become very much aliveonce you ouch hem or sar poking aroundheir mouhs o remove a hook. I’ve beendrenched dozens o imes and nearly capsizedwice while r ying o release a sh “reehand”rom he side o my kayak.
Bu hey, geting a sh o he boa and simply ouching he leader couns as a cach in mos big-game shing circles. And when you’re aceo ace wih any sh rom a low-prole kayak,
hey all look li ke big game!
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by Adam BolonskyNavigation
Learning o read char s is one o hose simple ye oddly engrossingskills anyone can pick up in an hour or so. Writen, mainained andprined or disribued via a variey online and prin sources by he U.S.Hydrographic Service and he Naional Ocean Service, chars are a wonderul rip planning resource.
eading hem as is much ar as skill . Wih a litle pracice, you canuse a char o creae richly-deailed rip plans ha exend o being ableanicipae where shorelines will be landable, where waves are likely o bepowerul and idal cur rens swi, and where o ake cover in a sorm.
Here, hen, is a brie guide o some o he more useul char symbols:hose ha mark major lighs and la ndmarks, boa or shipping channels,and wha kinds o coasl ine, rom sand o clis o boulders, you canexpec o come across anywhere you paddle.
Te inormaion is or NOAA chars . For Canadian chars use Char1, Symbols Abbreviaions erms. Te principles are generally he same.
Te inormaion below is rom NOAA Char No. 1. Te in ormaionin bold ype and brackes corresponds o he secion heading on heNOAA download page, i you wish o dow nload jus ha porion.
The ABCs of reading charts
NOAA Chart No. 1 detail. It's the end o an era. NOAA no longer prints Chart No. 1 in
book orm. It’s now available only online as a
pd fle. Download it at http://nauticalcharts.
noaa.gov/mcd/chart1/chart1hr.htm.
Nature of the shoreline symbols, page
14 (natural features section). Note the
extent to which charts represent the kinds
o shore (and thus the types o landing
challenges and camping challenges we can
expect) anywhere along the coastline o
North America. The symbols above also are
useul or helping you fgure out where you
are. I you see dunes, hills or a boulder-strewn
shoreline on the nearshore horizon, look or
that shoreline on your chart to fgure out
where you are – or where you are not!
Shoreline contour detail, page 15
(natural features). Charts also give the
contour and spot heights o the shore. Using
these symbols and phrases, your chart willdescribe prominent visible shoreline eatures
like ridges, mountaintops, clis, etc., and the
spot height o visible stands o trees or orest.
They’re doubly useul to such advanced
navigation skills as such triangulation,
creating ranges to compensate or tidal set
and drit, and drawing LOPs (lines o position)
i you keep a log to mark your location over
time.
Light symbol detail, page 61 (lights).
O particular interest to ocean kayakers are
major and minor lights, whether onshore or
o, all marked with the lavender exclamation
point above. Lavender exclamation point
symbols or a major light are always ollowed
by a code that spell out the light’s color
(white unless otherwise remarked), how
oten the light ashes, in what kind o
pattern, and the light’s height and range.
The simple alphanumeric codes are easy todecipher, as you’ll see in the next example:
Light period, elevation, range, page 64
(lights section). These codes that ollow
the lavender exclamation point are or major
lights only. They describe the light’s period
(how oten the light ashes) its height above
mean high water level in either eet or
meters, and fnally the light’s range, or rom
how ar away it is visible at night.
Light color codes, page 63 (lights). A
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major light code will also include the light’s
color. The code isn’t tricky. W means white,
R equals red, and so on. Fortunately, most
lighthouses throw a white light, which makes
them easy to distinguish rom other ashing
navigation lights in the area. Other than
white, green and red are the most commonlight colors you’ll see at night. Both colors
may be visible at the same time at night,
when two buoys close to each other mark a
channel. Other times you’ll see red or green
only, otentimes at the edge o a channel
or to mark the preerred route around a
headland or other hazard.
Flash light types descriptors, page 62
(lights). Lights are also distinguished, and
coded, according to their ash pattern. To
get a grip on those various ash patterns,
scan the table columns above rom let to
right. The two let-most columns give the
coded abbreviation or the ash patterns to
look or. The third, middle column gives the
light’s description with a variety o technical
terms. Finally the right-hand column shows,
graphically, what those dierent ashes
actually look like at night. Being able to
distinguish one type o light rom another isespecially helpul at night.
A complete lighthouse code, page 64
(lights). Putting all those elements together
is not all that di cult; indeed, here’s what
a ull coded lighthouse description looks
like. First note the distinctive lavender
exclamation point, then the code:
FL (3) WRG 15S 21FT 11M
In the example above, the light in question
ashes white, red or green three times every
15 seconds (FL (3) WRG 15s). The light is 21
eet tall (21 FT) and is visible at a range o
eleven miles (11M), not including its looming.
To fgure out the period and pattern o a
light you see on the horizon, a simple count
will do. Count the number o ashes, then
count one one-thousand, two one-thousand
to time it. Instantly you are much more aware
o where you are than you were a moment
ago.
Bells and Buoys detail, page 75 (Buoys,
Beacons section). Here are the symbols
and words used to describe bells, gongs
and whistles buoys you’ll come across both
inshore and o. Each type is wave activated:
as they move up and down in swell or
waves their bellows or clangors create a
distinct, some would say reassuring sound.
The symbols in the two lowest rows shown
above (the starboard and port buoys R “2”
and “1”) are used to mark, respectively, the
numbered red nuns and green cans you’ll
see on water. I a nun or can makes a sound
or is lit, its code will say so. (The pictured
black can doesn’t exist anymore.) Red nuns
and green cans mark the channels we as
kayakers should stay out o, should crossin tight, easy-to-detect groups, or cross in
limited visibil ity a ter making a tra c control
security call. Keep in mind the mnemonic
or boat channels: red right return, which
means that boats returning to harbor will
leave red nuns to the right (starboard), green
cans to port (let). Remember too that wave-
activated bells, gongs and whistles, mark
either hazards or channels. Their clangs and
hoots can be reassuring to hear at night and
in og.
Depth contour line detail: Depths are also
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shallows abuts great depths and the wind or
sea are up. I the sea or wind are up, shallows
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W IH A cerulean canopy over my headand oamy green waer beneah my
keel, i is anoher perec day o he coas o Caliornia.
As a marine naura lis, I spend much o my ime on he waer chasing whales (my chosen specialy), bu gradually over he yearsI have come o have a special appreciaion orhe myriad selecion o seabirds ha oenaccompany me on my paddling journeys.
I have had a young eagle ha was learninghow o fy res on my deck, and have beendive-bombed by an osprey aer I picked up isdropped sh. I have surprised submergedcormorans who surace near me aer huningunderwaer, and once cu a founderingpelican loose rom an abandoned shing ne.
I have had a unique look a our coasal
winged lie and been able o phoograph mucho i closer han mos people will ever have heopporuniy o see.
Along he shore, I have passed housandso oysercachers and sandpipers, eeding inhe sand o low ides, and wached counlessgull s and Shearwaers dive or leover scrapsamong lunge-eeding humpback whales.
Te silence o a kayak has given meunprecedened enry o his world in wayshose in moorized boas will never know.
While he a rray o eahered riends o
wach during a paddle is downrigh saggering,I have chosen here o presen some o hemore ascinaing species based on personalpreerence and heir own naural majesy.
Tese are he birds I see on a reg ular basis while paddling o he coas o Caliornia andhave come o call hem r iends.
Firs by ar, has o be he osprey. Pandionhaliaeius , colloquially known as a seahawk,shhawk or sea eagle, is a d iurnal raporound on all coninens excep Anarcica,alhough i exiss in Souh A merica solely as a
non-breeding migran. I is unusual in ha i
is a single species ound in almosall pars o he world. Diurnal is aancy scienic erm meaning ihuns during he day, and a rapor isa bird o prey. Tis one lives almosexclusively on sh ha i experly scoops ou o he waer wih israzor sharp alons, which have areversible ouer oe a llowing orgreaer grasping abiliy. I is heonly rapor whose alons are o equal lengh bu hey are roundedraher han grooved as wih o her birds o prey.
I is regally colored wih amosly whie underside bu oenhas a manle o brown across is ches anddark brown on he op o he wi ngs. Te ace
wears a mask o brown and he eyes rangerom golden o brown wih a clear, pale-blueniciaing membrane.
Te osprey eners he world aer a ve- week incubaion rom a cluch o wo o oureggs. When ully grown i wil l sand wo eeall and weigh in a hree o ourpounds wih a six-oo wingspan. I will reach sexual mauriy in hreeo our years and can expec, barring naural calamiies, olive 25-30 years.
Also, being arue eagle, i maesor lie and usesonly a single nes,providingnaure does noinervene.
by James Michael DorseyWildlife
Appreciating the birdsAter decades o closeencounters, osprey tops the list
o whale researcher's avorites
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HE WOLD’S mos useul ree hasnearly killed me w ice. And alhough I’ve
been known o hold a grudge, I jus can’ say mad a Cocos nuciera.
Like many olks who g rew up norh o 48 degrees, o me coconu palms are prety much he ulimae symbol o he ropics. Tey represen sunshine a nd warm waer, eauringprominenly in our m idwiner dreams, no omenion midwiner vacaion brochures. Tey hold up our hammocks and conain our piñacoladas. Teir genly swaying ronds oer anescape rom reezing emperaures and endlessdrizzle. A nd, o all hings, hey help make
Nanaimo bars so asy.Bu here’s more o he coconu palm han
he shivery d reams o norherners. In places where he rees acually grow, people ake hem very seriously. You and some coconu reescould live or quie some ime while s randedon ha myhical island. Coconu palmsprovide jus abou every hing a person needs asar as ood, waer and sheler goes. Locals don’call hem hi ngs like he “ree o lie” or he“ree o a housand uses” or nohing.
I have paddled pas coconu palms in he
Caribbean, Alanic and Pacic, and soodin heir shade on large coninens and smallaolls. I have lived amongs hem or monhsa a ime, joyously soaking up heir ambiance,shade and oerings o ood and waer. Despieheir largesse, living under a ree wih hardenedrui ha can weigh over wo kilograms a nd beprecariously suspended over 60 ee above yourhead is no wihou risks. wice in my lie, largecoconus have come slamming o earh wih
skull-crush ing orce jus a ew ee away. Becareul where you sring ha hammock!
Nuty Naural Hisory
Te coconu is he rui o a coconu palmree, Cocos nuciera. Tere are pleny o oherypes o pal m rees, bu none have rui quielike a coconu. Tere’s apparenly a Poruguese
boogeyman called he coco, which issomehing like ghos or wich wih a pumpkinhead. Tose hree dos which give he husklesscoconu is “ace” apparenly remindedPoruguese sailors o he spook rom heirchildhood, and so he coco-nu go is name.
Coconu palms have shallow roos and largegreen ronds a he op o heir smooh runk s,some varieies o which can grow close o 100ee all. Tere’s quie a bi o biological andhisorical conroversy abou where he coconupalm originaed and how i managed o spreadall over he world. Te rees are now considered
pan-ropical, meani ng hey can be ound jusabou anywhere in he ropics. Sreching back ino prehisory, people undoubedly broughcoconus wih hem as hey colonized moso he world’s islands. Even wihou he help,coconus hemselves, which are big old seedsaer all, ca n dri considerable disances and
sill a ke roo. Coconu palms need moisure,so you don’ normally nd hem in dry areas wihou irrigaion. Sill, hey are symbolico he ropics in par because you migh ndone on any coasline beween Cancer andCapricorn.
So wha are some ways you can really appreciae he glory o a coconu palm? We’reno alking a rip o he baking secion o yourlocal grocery sore here; his lis is or hose who love o paddle. You’ll need o ake a rip osomewhere where coconu palms g row all andproud. You know you wan o.
by Bryan NicholsEcology
A kayaker's ode to the coconut
This symbol of the tropics provides more than just
shade – but watch where you string your hammock!
A group readies or some
kayak sailing under the covero coconut palms – an image
tropical dreams are made o.
The author in Fiji with one o the coconuts
that nearly killed him (Bryan is on the right).
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Shade: One o he rs hings hakayakers appreciae abou coconu palms isshade. Tese rees love sandy soil, and don’mind a bi i i i’s saly, so hey grow righnex o oceans hroughou he ropics, oenleaning righ ou over he sea in proeced waers. Tere’s nohing like pul ling up o a beauiul, secluded beach and ducking ou o ha ropical sun ino he shade o a coconuree. I’s generally no a big pach o shade, bui does he rick. ry o nd a spo ha’s in heshade bu no direcly under he coconus.
Waer: Coconu waer, which is swee andpleniul when slurped ou o green (unripe)coconus, is ha rd o describe in pri n. Su cei o say ha i’s asy, i’s nuriious, i’s saeo drink and here are pleny o olk ha willswear by is medicinal properies. Coconu
waer is a-ree and helps replenish yourminerals. Having said all ha, i’s no especially easy o ge a green coconu down rom a allree and hack i open wihou spilling he waer, bu depending on where you are, youcan give i a r y yoursel or buy i cheap romlocals wih machees and sraws.
Food: Coconu mea is ineresing su . Ina green coconu, he whie su inside is h inand almos jelly like – no o mos people’sase. In a ripe coconu he mea is rm andasy, perhaps because i’s aty. Sauraed aty.
Scieniss are sill qu ibbling abou wheher orno ha sauraed a is good or bad or you, bu i’s nuriious enough, and some reshcoconu mea on your vacaion isn’ going omake much o a dierence eiher way, so givei a ry. In he meanime, he mea, especially when made ino “coconu cream,” is a anasicingredien in everyhing rom rice o curry andfan.
Mixed drinks: Te coconu eauresprominenly in vacaion drinks o he sociablenaure, paricularly in conjuncion wih ha
Caribbean sandby, rum (which comes romsugar cane, no coconus). Te pina colada ishe classic, bu i you need a ropical pick-me-up, look ino he coquio (similar o eggnog, rom Puero ico), Acapulco Dream(wih equila o course) and he variable buirresisibly named Coco Loco. Coconu,especially coconu cream, makes a drink very warm and ropical asing.
Survival: Coconu palms real ly canhelp you ou in a ropical pinch. In addiiono providing nuriional ood and drink, dead
palm ronds and coconu husks can be used or
res, and many people swear by he medicinalproperies o coconu oil and waer. I you’relooking or land, coconu palms are a lo easiero see han low-lying mangroves or coral aolls,and opening up a coconu can be a ascinaingexercise in skill, persisence and srengh.
Oil up: Much o ha whie coconu meais a, and much o i is processed by dryingo ge he oil ou. Ta asy and very useuloil makes is way ino hings like curries, sk in
loion, and even some diesel generaors. Le’ssee – a coconu oil spa reamen, a deliciousgreen seaood curr y, and hen a romanicinerlude by he ligh o a coconu oil lamp. Wih some coconu massage oil. Now ha’sescaping winer!
Bryan Nichols is a science wrier,biologis, educaor and beer afcionadocurrenly living near palm rees in Tampa,Florida.
The coconut
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Improve your skills in a sweep
N
OHING will help move yourpaddling skills o he nex level like a
dependable roll. No only is a srong roll heulimae sel-rescue echnique (wha else ges apaddler back uprigh aser?), i will also grealy boos your condence o ry new s rokes, orpaddle in more challenging condiions like sur or curren.
Alhough he abiliy o roll cerainly isn’ aprerequisie o enjoy kayaking, a dependableroll wil l ransorm your paddling experience. And jus o dispel a ew myhs – a successulroll depends on good echnique, no onpower or grea ahleicism, so any reasonably
paddler wih he desire, a nd dedicaion opracice, can learn o roll.
e Sweep oll
Tere are many dieren ways o roll. Tesweep roll is one o he mos popular because iis as, eecive and relaively easy o learn.
o se up or he sweep roll (whileupsidedown), lean well orward rom he
wais so ha your ches is on your ore deck,and your paddle is held parallel o he boa.
From his seup posiion, once upsidedown, sweep he power ace o your
orward blade ou o he side, arcing oward hesern, wih your back arm acing as he pivopoin.
o keep your blade rom sinking as yousweep, mainain a sculling , or “climbing” angleon he blade. Cocking your wris orward wil lprovide he desired angle o your blade soha is leading edge is slighly higher ha n herailing edge, creaing li . Srech your body ou o he side as you sweep, ollowing your blade wih your head.
As you sweep your orward blade ou
o 90 degrees, use he suppor romhe paddle o keep your body foaing close ohe waer’s surace, and “ hip snap” your kayak uprigh, keeping your head in he waer. Hipsnap by driving your lower knee skyward.
Te hip snap, also known as he “hip fick,”is he single mos imporan sep in a reliableroll, and reers o he acion o roaing yourhips o righ your kayak. By saying fexible a your hips, you can use your knee o acively roll your hips and your kayak back uprigh, while your body and head remain in he waer.
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Te nal essenial sep o compleinga roll is keeping your head down
hroughou, allowing your hip snap o rollhe kayak almos compleely uprigh beorehe res o your body ollows. Once you’ve hip
snapped your boa uprigh, swing your body back over op o your kayak. Ti nk in ermso a supple movemen drawing each verebra back uprigh saring a he base o your spineand fowing all he way up o your neck, wih
your head coming up las. Finishing lying backward is a common approach, and is hemos reliable or beginners as i keeps yourcener o graviy as low as possible, and hus yields he g reaes success rae.
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Old wisdom: food as medicine J
ONAHAN HA NSON'S excellen
book, Complee Sea Kayak ouring (aggedMounain Press, 1998) includes a valuablechaper on provisioning your kayak wihnuriious, high-energy ood.
However, or overall healh, v igor and injury prevenion, i's even more imporan orkayakers and oher acive people o be d iligenabou heir everyday die.
weny-our hundred years ago,Hippocraes, he aher o medicine, w roe,“Le ood be your medicine and medicine be your ood.” Wha was rue 2,4 00 years
ago is even ruer oday wih he y picalNorh American die – h igh in processedand as oods ull o sugars and rans asha conaminae our bodies. One anarchis-sounding rogue rom his die is named “reeradicals.” Tese are he leading villains in heaging process and a major cause o issue injury in ahlees.
A ree radical is a n aom wih an unpairedelecron. Like an overly aggressive suiorseeking a mae, a ree radical walzes hrough your body, grabbing elecrons rom cellula r
issue and wreaking havoc like a philanderinghome-wrecker. Each ree radical may ex isor only a iny racion o a second, bu hedamage i leaves behind can be irreversible. Alhough some ree radical aciviy is vial orimmune uncion and hormone and enzymeproducion, oo many wi ll accelerae he
aging process, suppress he immune sysemand be a major acor in age-relaed diseasessuch as cancer, hear disease and ar hriis.Te ormaion o ree radicals simulaeshe developmen o even more ree radicals,snowballing heir producion and damaginggeneic maerial.
Bad habis like smoking and eaing as oodgenerae ree radicals, bu so do good habislike kayaking , hiki ng or indeed any meabolicaciviy, due o increased oxygen consumpion.
o couner ree radicals, you need los o anioxidans in your die. Fruis, vegeables andeven herbs – especially herbs in he oregano
amily – are excellen dieary sources o anioxidans and should be an inegral par o every energeic person’s regimen.
Anoher common herb ha allev iaespain and infammaion rom ahleic injury is ginger. According o Michelle Schoro
Cook, a docor o naural medicine, in her book Healing Injuries he Naural Way ,ginger blocks he ormaion o prosaglandinsand leukorienes, wo subsances ha causeinfammaion. Dr. Cook also claims haginger has anioxidan properies ha acually
break down infammaion and acidiy in hesynovial fuid o joins.
I would also recommend supplemening your die wih anioxidan viamins a ndminerals, especially v iamins C and E andhe minerals zinc and selenium. When
shopping or viamin E , selec a naural, nosynheic, version and preerably one wihmixed ocopherols. A nioxidans gobbleup ree radicals li ke voracious piranha sh.Tey neuralize hem by binding o heir reeelecrons.
Kayakers and hikers should also ensure
by Bruce BernettHealth and nutrition
Free radicals are best on a campus;in your body your diet can help
cleanse these and other nasty rascals
Ingrediens:
3 cups o spring or botled waer•
1 cup o milk (or subsiue such as•nu milk – I do no recommend soy milk)1 bsp. o buter•1 sp. o sea sal•Pinch o cayenne pepper•1 clove o garlic, minced•1 cup o polena•½ red pepper, very nely diced•½ orange pepper, very nely diced•¼ cup o nely chopped broccoli,•lighly seamed
½ cup o reshly graed omano or•parmesan cheese1½ bsp. o resh oregano, nely •chopped.
Preparaion:
Bring he m ilk, waer, buter, sal, c ayenne
and garlic o a boil in a po and slowly add hepolena in a slow sream, sirring coninually.educe he hea o a simmer and coninueo sir unil he moisure is absorbed and hemix ure has a creamy consisency, abou eigho 10 minues. Add he vegeables and cheeseand coninue o cook and sir or anohercouple o minues. Ten horoughly blendhe oregano ino he mix. When i is evenly disribued, pour he polena ino a glass pieplae and allow o cool. I may be served coolor re-heaed. Cu ino wedges prior o servi ng.
Anti-oxidant-rich polenta with oregano
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hey have adequae omega-3 essenial aty acid in heir die. One o he bes omega-3supplemens or joins is sh oil, which is richin eicosapenaenoic acid (EPA) and doco-sahexaenoic acid (DHA). Boh gh join-damaging enzymes called collagenases and
reduce infammaion (oen caused by reeradicals). As a resul, sh oil is a grea supple-men or reducing join and endon pain andprevening wear and ear. Ta’s why eaing sha leas wice per week – especial ly oily, cold- waer varieies like salmon, herring , mackerel,anchovies and una – or aki ng sh oil capsulesis recommended.
Fish oil has also proven helpul or overuseinjuries. For he pas several years, he DanishOlympic rowing eam has g iven is ahlees shoil along wih gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), an
omega-6 plan oil ha acs like an omega-3, ohelp hem quickly recover rom infammaion.Tey use abou 600 mg each o omega-3 shoils and GLA daily.
Vegearians can use fa xseed oil as a sourceo omega-3, bu EPA and DHA are abou 11imes more poen han he alphalinolenic acid(ALA) rom faxseed oil.
Oher imporan supplemens or he heal-ing and prevenion o ahleic injuries i ncludeglucosamine sulae, chondroiin and MSM(mehylsulonylmehane). Glucosamine
and chondroiin help rebuild and lubricaecarilage and connecive issue. Because your body can only ma ke glucosamine slowly,and your abiliy o make i a al l arophies wih age, ak ing i as a supplemen eecively speeds he healing o your joins aer exercise.Sudies have even shown glucosamine andchondroiin o be eecive agains ar hriis inclinical seti ngs, making hese supplemensrs-line reamens or mos people wih joincomplains.
MSM, an organic sulu r, is used by he body
o make imporan enzymes, anibodies andconnecive issue. I is ound i n vegeables,mea, eggs, poulry and dairy oods, bu i isdi cul o ge enough MSM h rough ood as iis oen desroyed hrough processing.
All w ise ahlees know he wisdom o heICE procedure or so issue injuries: res,ice, compression and elevaion. Bu healhy ood and nuriional supplemenaion have vial roles o play. As he ancien Chineseproverb says, “He ha akes medicine andneglecs die, wases he ski ll o he physician.”
Bruce Burnet is a Ladysmih, B.C.-based hiker and kayaker. Bruce is also a charered he rbalis, anaward-winning wrier and auhor o he bes-selling
book HerbWise: growing cooking wellbeing. Conac Bruce hrough his websie a www.herbwiseproducs.com.
Food as medicine
Sardinia, Italy ©Wendy Killoran
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