How to get Started Kayaking: Adventures with a double-bladed in Natural & Urban settings

Kayaking is currently the fastest growing recreational sport. The creation and development of urban opportunities through access, paddling centers and paddlesport events is...dare I say it...very “au courant.”

Highly recommend!!!! American Association’s Top 10 Safety Tips http://www.americancanoe.org/resource/resmgr/sei-educational_resources/ brochure_paddler_s_safety_ch.pdf

Helpful Links: Links for information on local weather, wind, water depth & current/flow to make safe, real time decisions about local waterway conditions.

Louisville Metro Police River Patrol *Provide waterbourne services on the Ohio River and its tributaties email: [email protected]

Louisvilleky.gov River Patrol contact page: http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroPolice/Units+and+Sections/riverwatchemail.htm

Best wind predictor web site for our area. http://www.accuweather.com/

Best site for predicting the water flow and levels in the Ohio http://www.erh.noaa.gov/ohrfc/flows.shtml River depth www.river-depth.com and this is the prettiest wind map and the most easy to understand visually http://hint.fm/wind/

BOATING SAFETY Kentucky Department of Fish &Wildlife http://fw.ky.gov/boatingsafety.asp Navigational Signals and lighting, page 42 http://fw.ky.gov/pdf/2012fishingandboatingguide.pdf

Information and Literature on paddling safety, paddling technique, rescues, gear lists, expedition paddling, the Ohio River history, art and culture, Ohio River Navigational Charts and Harlan Hubbard

Louisville Free Public Library www.lfpl.org

www.skippingfishboatschool.com McAlpine Locks 775-5056 A recording of current river...updated every 2 hours

In the same way that riding a bike to work requires an understanding of traffic signals and regulations, urban paddling comes with it’s own special set of considerations.

Boat traffic Visibility Navigational Markers-location of line/Barge Channel Paddlers should stay together in areas trafficked by “barge ettiquette”

A Barge, as the name implies, has no etiquette.Traveling both upstream and downstream between 15-25 MPH, a barge cannot make sudden stops. Urban paddlers are familiar with the location of commercial shipping channels.

You can download a copy of Ohio River Navigation Charts to locate the “sailing line” or commercial shipping lane of Louisville area (river miles 591 to river mile 605) http://louisvillerowingclub.org/OhioRiverNavigationCharts.pdf?from=recentsearch

Ohio River Navigation Charts Cairo, Illinois to Foster http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/optm/article.asp?id=759&MyCategory=41

Local Clubs and Groups: Kentuckiana Paddlers Association “KPA” http://www.paddlekyana.org/Home/KPA_Home.html

Louisville Area Canoe & Group “LACK” meet up group http://www.louisvilleareacanoeandkayak.org/

Bardstown Boaters www.bardstownboaters.org Bluegrass Wildwater Association www.surfbwa.org Elkhorn Paddlers www.elkhornpaddlers.org Viking Canoe Club www.vikingcanoeclub.info

Kentucky Waterways Alliance www.kwalliance.org

www.skippingfishboatschool.com Local Boat & Gear Rentals: LOUISVILLE River City Canoe & Kayak www.rcckonline.com Green Earth Outdoors www.greenearthoutdoors.com

FRANKFORT Canoe Kentucky www.canoeky.com Boat Building & Paddle Carving Skipping Fish Boat School www.skippingfishboatschool.com

Guided Environmental and Educational Tours Get Outdoors Kentucky Contact Dr. David Wicks at 502-671-3595 or [email protected] Guided Environmental and Educational Tours (cont.)

Green Earth Outdoors www.greenearthoutdoors.com

Local Retail LOUISVILLE Quest Outdoors www.questoutdoors.com

Local Retail cont.

River City Canoe & Kayak www.rcckonline.com

Skipping Fish Boat School www.skippingfishboatschool.com

FRANKFORT Canoe Kentucky www.canoeky.com Paddling and Rolling Instruction Kentuckiana Paddlers Association “KPA” http://www.paddlekyana.org/Home/KPA_Home.html Skipping Fish Boat School www.skippingfishboatschool.com

www.skippingfishboatschool.com Quest Outdoors www.questoutdoors.com

River City Canoe & Kayak www.rcckonline.com

Louisville Paddlng Events in 2012 Healthy Hometown Mayors Hike, Bike & Paddle on Memorial Day May 28 www.hikebikeandpaddle.org

KFC Mayors Cup, July 13 & 14 For more information call 502-456-3267 email: [email protected] www.facebook.com/PaddleForHunger

State & National Parks : LOUISVILLE PARKS WWW.LOUISVILLEKY.GOV/METROPARKS THE PARKLANDS WWW.THEPARKLANDS.ORG KENTUCKY STATE PARKS WWW.PARKS.KY.GOV

INDIANA STATE PARKS WWW.IN.GOV/DNR/PARKLAKE

OHIO STATE PARKS HTTP://WWW.DNR.STATE.OH.US/TABID/76/DEFAULT.ASPX

WEST VIRGINIA STATE PARKS HTTP://WWW.WVSTATEPARKS.COM

NORTH CAROLINA STATE PARKS HTTP://WWW.NCPARKS.GOV/VISIT/MAIN.PHP TENNESSEE STATE PARKS HTTP://WWW.TN.GOV/ENVIRONMENT/PARKS/

NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE HTTP://WWW.FS.FED.US NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE HTTP://WWW.NPS.GOV/INDEX.HTM

www.skippingfishboatschool.com

Kimberley Hillerich – Suggested Library books about the Ohio River:

Essential sea kayaking by Hanson, Jonathan. Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 Sea kayaking : a manual for long-distance touring by Dowd, John. Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 A and kayaking guide to Kentucky by Sehlinger, Bob, 1945- Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 A canoeing and kayaking guide to the streams of Kentucky by Sehlinger, Bob, 1945- Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 Along the Ohio River : Cincinnati to Louisville by Schrage, Robert. Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 The Ohio River in American history and voyaging on today''s river : along with the Allegheny, Monongahela, Kanawha, Muskingum, Kentucky, Green and Wabash Rivers by Rhodes, Rick. Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 On the Ohio with John Ed Pearce by Pearce, John Ed. Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 The Falls, a stopping place, a starting point by Munro-Leighton, Judy. Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 The Ohio by Banta, R. E. (Richard Elwell), 1904- Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 The River book, Cincinnati and the Ohio Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 Shantyboat journal by Hubbard, Harlan. Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 Mel Bay presents 101 three-chord songs for guitar, banjo, and uke Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 2 of 2 Kentucky life no. 515 : Harlan Hubbard Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 Harlan Hubbard : life and work by Berry, Wendell, 1934- Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 Harlan Hubbard journals, 1929-1944 by Hubbard, Harlan. Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 Payne Hollow journal by Hubbard, Harlan. Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 The woodcuts of Harlan Hubbard : from the collection of Bill Caddell by Hubbard, Harlan. Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 The practical handbook of kayaking & canoeing : step-by-step instruction in every technique, from beginner to advanced levels, shown in more than 700 action-packed photographs and diagrams by Mattos, Bill. Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1 Kayaking by Fox, Alan, 1961- Main Active (since 5/9/2012) 1 of 1