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Sea Canoeist Newsletter INDEX EDITORIAL KASK President, a Role He Has Held EDITORIAL P NEW ZEALAND SEA CANOEIST ISSN 1177-4177 No. 154 August - September 2011 The Journal of the Kiwi Association of Sea Kayakers (NZ) Inc - KASK The Sea Canoeist Newsletter INDEX EDITORIAL KASK president, a role he has held EDITORIAL p. 3 Membership Renewals for the past two years. Thanks to Our KASK Administrator Kay John for being at the helm for that KASK Pidgeon notes the local branch of time. If anyone has time to pick Webmaster’s Picks Westpac has advised the following up this role until the next AGM in by Sandy Ferguson p.4 changes have been made to West- March 2005, please get in touch. pac’s banking policies: KAYAK SYMPOSIUM Safety – Be Safe Be Seen at Night KALENDAR p.10 1. All cheques must now be made, In early September, I appeared as an ‘Payable’ to: Kiwi Assn. of Sea Kayak- expert witness for a coronial inquest SAFETY ers. In future, the abbreviation KASK into the drowning of two young Some Comments with regard to the on a cheque will not be accepted. Frenchman on Lake Wakatipu in De- Safety Section in KASK n/l 153 cember 2010. by Iona Bailey p. 5 2. Members who make payment in person at their local Westpac bank If there is one key recommendation TECHNICAL (Bill Payment or deposit of their sub- to come out of this sad incident it is Learning to Roll in Your Living Room scriptions) are not permitted to use this - if there is a chance of you cap- by Colin Quilter p. 7 their Name and Initials as a ‘Refer- sizing and losing contact with your Kayak Colour and Care Tips ence’. They are only permitted to kayak at night, ensure you have a by Max Grant p. 9 use a numerical reference eg. phone PLB and/or waterproof light source West Island Bits numbers. attached to your PFD. On a pitch by David Winkworth p.10 black night, full overcast, in choppy 3. If asked to use a phone number conditions, the task of a searching NEW ZEALAND TRIP REPORT as a reference, please email or post helicopter or rescue boats is exceed- Fiordland in Winter this information to the to Kay so she ingly diffi cult, very much like the by Sim Grigg p.12 can more easily identify the payment proverbial needle in a haystack. The shown on the bank statement. ‘be safe – be seen’ daytime message OVERSEAS TRIP REPORT for wearing high visibility clothing/ British Columbia, Canada 4. On our bank statement dated 12 PFD/paddle blades/kayak, to avoid by Mike & Chris Neason p.13 September 2011, a Renewal/ Deposit being run over by powered craft, was made on 8 September of a single must be always considered for night subscription. The reference used was running, not only with a view to col- BOOKS REVIEWS ‘63774169’ - if this is your phone lision avoidance, but also if a capsize Guides and Narratives for Paddling number, please get in touch with Kay and out of boat event occurs. the Inside Passage from Puget Sound contact me via email to confi rm this to South-East Alaska is their payment. Carriage of an all round white light by Paul Caffyn p.18 in congested harbour waters is nec- 5. If you haven’t received an email essary, or at least a torch capable of HUMOUR p.21 receipt from Kay after 20 days, signalling to an approaching ves- please email Kay at: admin@kask. sel. However as a bright white light org.nz. Once payment has been destroys a paddler’s night vision, in Layout & Editing: Paul Caffyn made, if you can please advise Kay more remote areas without motor- Proofi ng: Kay Costley either by email or post. ized boating traffi c, I strongly rec- and Sandy Ferguson ommend the attachment of a rescue New Zealand Bank light or cylalume tube to your PFD, Thanks to all the contributors The committee has agreed to make a or the wearing of a waterproof head- change from Westpac to Kiwi Bank, torch with red and white bulb/lens and judging by the above, the sooner ability. The use of a red light at night the better. does not interfere with night vision Deadline for articles and capability, but the ability to show a photos for next Newsletter KASK President white light can ensure quicker spot- 25 November 2011 John Hesseling has blamed work ting by searching boats or a helicop- commitments for stepping down as ter. If you are in the water, and away PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS Cover: After Sim Grigg and Tara Mulvany were stuck in Dagg Sound, Fiordland, by a serious, cold front with snow to sea level, a cold, frosty start greeted their next morning with a hard frost covering their kayaks. Photo: Sim Grigg Opposite page, top: At the head of Long Sound in Preservation Inlet, Fiordland, the Long Burn fl ows into the sea via a massive and stunning waterfall. Photo: Sim Grigg. Opposite page, bottom: At the head of Charles Sound, Tara is paddling in cold, dark conditions, with the river mouth of Irene River in the background. Photo: Sim Grigg. 3 No. 154 August -September 2011 from your kayak, you must have this The Webmaster’s Picks light source attached to your PFD, or A varied collection this issue. Back in 1985 when I was cycle touring up if a head-torch, securely around the the west coast of USA (everyone else went the other way due to the prevail- top of your noodle with no chance of ing wind), there was Steve Roberts cycling across the country from 1983 to it being washed off in choppy seas. 1991. His recumbent bike had half the US computing power aboard it or so it seemed at the time. Kayaking? After switching to a trimaran for a year or Overseas Paddlers so he bought a 45 foot yacht. For a tender Steve eventually got an infl atable www.sandy-robson.com kayak and on the link you can see a picture of it at the end of a 6 day solo trip. Sandy Robson has completed her “Solo” is relative as there is so much linkage to the rest of the world that is is fi rst stage of retracing Oskar Speck’s hard to term it “really out there”. It makes the Coastguard’s request for carry- 1932 paddle out to Australia, fi nish- ing two means of communication seem minor: ing on the island of Cyprus. http://microship.com/resources/harsh-environment-aprs.html On 30 August, Freya Hoffmeister A couple of New Zealand trippers, if we can use that term - Tim pulled the commenced her attempt to paddle plug on his circumnavigation of New Zealand. After waiting for three weeks around South America, and as of 6 at the south end of 90 Mile Beach and no sign of a break in the weather he October, had been making good pro- went home: gress down the coast south of Bueno http://www.nzkayaker.com/journal Aires. See: http://qajaqunderground.com/expe- And another rather optimistic paddler, Jaime Sharp, seems to have vanished ditions/south-america/ having done half of what he set out to do. This paddler was going to paddle from North Cape to the bottom of Stewart Island. He started halfway through the season so obviously ran out of time. Brian Roberts started his South Island KASK SUBS DUE circumnavigation in October. Jaime Sharp with Dave Briggs started in Janu- Thanks to those paddlers who have ary this year, missing three months of the season and therefore their target: renewed promptly and also for the http://kayakdownundernz.blogspot.com/ kind words and feedback in your letters and cards that have accompa- Those with an interest in building skin boats, try this: nied cheques. http://www.skinboats.org/skinboats/home.html Please pay promptly. Those who They are a source of materials and have instructions. It looks like the site is have yet to pay, will receive a second slowly increasing its information as paddle making isn’t there yet. notice of subscription renewal due. Hobie make a pedal powered kayak and it seems obvious that legs should be If you chose not to renew, thanks for able to put out more power than arms. The Hobie uses fl appers but the craft your past support, and be advised below uses propellors: this will be the last wonderful KASK http://adventuresofgreg.com/blog/about-the-adventures/24-hr-distance-re- newsletter you will receive. cord-water/ Paul Caffyn That looks fantastic until you check and see that the record for an ocean surf ski was only 3 km less! Maybe someone like Lance Armstrong is needed. To fi nish with, what about the old ways: KASK COMMITTEE http://kinngusaqattaarneq.blogspot.com/ CONTACTS “All things kayak” is what it titles itself as. There are some videos of Harvey WSNZ Liaison Golden and other showing rolling and more. Information on Maliaq Padilla, Sandy Winterton Dyson’s baidarka and more on this site too. How about a “Harpoon Head” by [email protected] Maligiaq. What with the increase in the seal population, how about a bit of sneaky hunting? Webmaster: Sandy Ferguson How about the forward stroke, also on this site? There is comparison of the [email protected] Euro stroke vs the wing paddle stroke with comments by Greg Barton in- cluded: DoC Liaison & KASK Funding: http://kinngusaqattaarneq.blogspot.com/2007/09/forward-stroke-2.html John Gumbley It is a blog so the information is always increasing.
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