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Sea Canoeist Newsletter 137 ~ October THE SEA CANOEIST NEWSLETTER ISSN 1177-4177 The Journal of the Kiwi Association of Sea Kayakers (NZ) Inc - KASK No. 137 October - November 2008 The Sea Canoeist Newsletter INDEX EDITORIAL Because KASK is a non-profi t or- KASK Logo Trademarked ganisation that relies on membership EDITORIAL p. 3 Committee member Beverley Burnett subscriptions, the KASK Membership arranged for trade mark registration of the Signup and membership benefi ts have LETTER TO THE EDITOR KASK logo. Total cost included $45 for a been more prominently displayed on Cambridge-Hamilton race search and preliminary advice, then $225 the website. Leon says, “I hope that from Su Sommerhalder p. 4 for fi ling under classes 16 and 41. KASK is seeing a higher number of membership signups as a result of the POINT OF VIEW KASK Logo Stickers new site. If they are, I can tick that one Houston - We Have a Problem The KASK logo stickers are back in off the list”. He is also working on the by Kevin Dunsford p. 5 print. If you did not receive a sticker search engine rankings to increase the in your new membership care package, amount of traffi c the site receives. SAFETY and are desperate for one, please email How the new (ARC) bylaw affects Linda at [email protected] The site is tracked using Google Ana- safety for kayakers lytics which provides very compre- from Colin Quilter p. 6 Letter to the Editor hensive statistics on website visitors. Wellington Mini-Forum Visits I received a four page letter from For the month ending 23 November, to RCCNZ and MOC Auckland paddler Ian Calhaem, relat- the site had 1,184 visits from mainly by Sandy Winterton p. 8 ing to safety issues and the ARC Sec- New Zealand traffi c, but also from What Makes a Good Trip Leader tion 2.17. As it is unclear if the letter Australia, USA, UK, Germany and by Iona Bailey p. 17 is from Ian as an individual or from Singapore, with one visit from land- the president of the Auckland Canoe locked Slovakia. FORUMS Club and representing the views of Wellington Mini-Forum that club, I have decided to hold the Leon says he chose the system because 1 - 2 November 2008 letter over until written clarifi cation if its fl exibility. The homepage uses by Beverley Burnett p.10 is received from Ian. blogging functionality to manage the ‘KASK News’, and the Discussion NEW ZEALAND TRIP REPORT KASK WEBSITE UPGRADE Forum is also a plug-in to the system, A Coromandel Journey Leon Dalziel from baby-e, a web rather than hacking together different by Robbie Banks p.13 design fi rm based between Nelson bits that may not necessarily work well and the West Coast, designed the together. The Photo Gallery uses an OVERSEAS TRIP REPORT new KASK website. It was created elegant effect to show the enlarged Solomons Sojourn using a Content Management System version of the photo rather than the by David Fisher p.18 (CMS) that allows the website to be usual ‘popup’ windows, however edited and changed by KASK, rather with regards to Paul Caffyn’s hair dye CALENDAR p.20 than having to rely on a webmaster to mishap, it shows much more detail make changes to the site. Pages and than intended. HUMOUR p.21 pictures can be created and edited, and the discussion forum moderated KASK has also had a cheaper ‘non- THANKS by key KASK members. profi t’ monthly fee negotiated with the hosting company, Digital Promotions. For photos, articles, and proof read- The brief to Leon was that the graphic baby-e and Digital Promotions work ing, big mobs of thanks to: design of the site should be attractive closely together on many projects, Iona Bailey to website visitors, and that the site and Leon is able to pull a few strings Robbie Banks in general should refl ect an informa- when required. Beverley Burnett tional resource for sea kayakers. Jamie Corkhill LAST NEWSLETTER REMINDER FOR PADDLERS Kevin Dunsford If you have failed to cough up the $35 KASK subscription for the 2008 - 2009 year, you are David Fisher exceedingly fortunate to be receiving one last newsletter. I forgot to include a reminder in the John Kirk-Anderson last newsletter. Not so this time. Colin Quilter THIS IS YOUR LAST, FINAL AND THERE WILL BE NO MORE NEWSLETTERS UNLESS YOU HAVE PAID YOUR 08/09 SUB. ALL KASK MEMBERS RECEIVED AN John Seward INVOICE. IF YOU HAVE OLD TIMER’S DISEASE (LIKE ME) WRITE A SWEET EMAIL Alan Singleton TO LINDA INGRAM (our effi cient administrator) TO CHECK IF YOU HAVE PAID. Su Sommerhalder Sandy Winteron PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS Cover: Richard Lineham, Wellington Sea Kayak Forum. Wet as a shag in a gale force nor-wester, but is Richard happy or what? DEADLINE FOR NEXT Photograph: John Kirk-Anderson NEWSLETTER 16 Page 2: Top - Andy Blake carving a good ride at the Lyall Bay surf session. JANUARY 2009 Bottom: Bruce Christenson lining a ride up in the soup at Lyall Bay. Both photos: Sandy Winterton 3 No. 137 October - November 2008 competed themselves and were white normal river fl ow was a challenge for LETTER TO THE water kayaking instructors. The third competitors and organisers. crew was supplied by a multisport and EDITOR kayak racing club. They all had a good I welcome feedback if it assists in mak- working knowledge of this stretch ing next year’s Cambridge-Hamilton Comments re Observations on of river. The Environment Waikato Race and Cruise a better event. Cambridge-Hamilton Race boat was also on rescue duty. All four rescue boats were at the race start in Su Sommerhalder from Su Sommerhalder Cambridge. The Hamilton Harbour Race Director Master himself paddled the section Cambridge-Hamilton Kayak Race Firstly I appreciated reading com- from the Narrows to Hamilton in an P.O. Box 56-403 Dominion Rd ments from someone who paddled open canoe. Most paddlers would not Mt Eden, Auckland 1446 the Race and Cruise from Cambridge have seen any rescue boats for periods Phone/fax: (09) 631-5344 to Hamilton. This annual event is of time, as those boats were moving Mobile: 027-552-9251 attracting more entries each year. It along with, or in between, pods of Em: [email protected] is ‘do-able’ by paddlers with various kayakers. This year’s higher than www.KayakRace.co.nz skill levels, and rewards participants with changing scenery, a sense of achievement and a chance to take Julie Reynolds towing the capsized paddler to home a prize, regardless of placing in shore. Photo: Alan Singleton the competition. At the same time, this Su’s letter addresses race is a fair challenge for competitive concerns about race paddlers in the various divisions. safety that were raised by Julie Reynolds in As in most kayak and multisport com- her KASK President’s petitions, you will fi nd some paddlers report in newsletter are not prepared for the conditions. No. 136. They set out to have ‘fun’ without considering whether their skills match The two photos, sup- the task. However, to practice skills plied by Alan Sin- and become a better paddler, you have gleton show Julie to start somewhere. The Cambridge- bringing the capsized Hamilton event is an opportunity paddler to shore and to improve paddling skills. You are the safety boat that amongst experienced competitors ignored her calls for and rescue craft are on duty. Mishaps help with the capsized can occur, whether you are an expe- paddler. rienced racing paddler or a beginner participating in a river competition. All entrants are expected to look out The safety boat, with TV cameraman, retrieving the empty kayak. for fellow paddlers in diffi culties and Photo: Alan Singleton render assistance, regardless of their own placing in the race. Organisers compensate competitors involved in rescues for lost time. With over 300 craft on the river, it goes without saying that rescue boats are a necessity. It was previously arranged, that the safety angle at this year’s race briefi ng would be handed over to Kim from Environment Waikato. He had just fi n- ished his trip upstream from Hamilton and could give information and advice on the fast fl owing Waikato River. We commissioned three rescue craft, with a minimum of two crew in each and briefed them on their duties. Two of these crews have assisted us in this race in previous years, have 4 The Sea Canoeist Newsletter I think we do care. In fact we care so Plastic sit upon kayaks are relatively POINT OF VIEW much that this issue is the only issue cheap, almost indestructible and the in the last 20 or so years that is mak- perception is you don’t need the same ing us Auckland sea kayakers look at degree of skill to use them. Everyone Houston – We have a ourselves, our organisations and just who buys a kayak and uses it in the sea problem! how this whole mess came about. And including fi shing yaks, diving yaks, by Kevin Dunsford looking at it from afar it seems to me surf yaks and the rest is now a ‘Sea that it can be summarised in one word Kayaker’, and we need to be saved. I was browsing the internet looking for - Apathy! a cheap sit-upon to use as a tender for The Auckland Regional Council my yacht when I came across this mes- I’m apathetic. I leave whoever wants (ARC) and Environment Waikato sage in the safety topic of the Yak Yak to run kayak clubs to get on with the (EW) are responding to what they Yak fi shing forum http://www.fi sh- job and leave me more time to get out perceive as a growing problem.
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