The Sea Canoeist Newsletter No. 113 October - November 2004 THE SEA CANOEIST NEWSLETTER KASK President, Susan Cade, during a surf training session run recently at Wellington by John Kirk-Anderson (Photo: JKA) The biggest seal launch in Australia! The editor about to plunge down into the Bay of Islands, in south-western Victoria. The Journal of the Kiwi Association of Sea Kayakers (N.Z.) Inc. - KASK 1 No. 113 October - November 2004 KASK LRB3 - KASK HANDBOOK HAWKE'S BAY- KASK Contact For a copy (or trade orders) of this Adrian Rhodes KASK, the Kiwi Association of Sea mother of all sea kayaking handbooks, Ph: 06-8439853 Fax: 06-8439857 Kayakers (N.Z.) Inc., a network of contact Paul Caffyn, RD 1, Runanga, email: [email protected] New Zealand sea kayakers, has the 7854. West Coast. GISBORNE Sea Kayakers Club objectives of: e-mail: [email protected] John Humphris, 3 Matthews Rd, Gisborne 1. promoting and encouraging the Price: $24.00 Ph: (06) 868 4657 sport of sea kayaking New members: gratis email: [email protected] or 2. promoting safety standards Make cheques out to KASK (NZ) Inc. [email protected] 3. developing techniques & Website:www.geocities.com/ equipment THE LRB3, or the Little Red Book gisborne_sea_kayakers/ 4. dealing with issues of coastal 3rd. Edition, is a mammoth compila- NEW PLYMOUTH KASK Contact access and protection tion on all aspects of sea kayaking in Bob Talbot, 5. organizing an annual sea kayak New Zealand, by many of the most 10 Ranfurly St., Waitara. forum experienced paddlers in the Universe. Ph: 06 754 4191(H) or 0274 457038 6. publishing a bimonthly Following a brief introduction, the email: [email protected] newsletter. handbook is divided into six sections: WELLINGTON Sea Kayak Network - Kayak, Paddle & Equipment Christine Coshan, PO Box 26052, The Sea Canoeist Newsletter is pub- -Techniques & Equipment Newlands, Wellington lished bimonthly as the official news- - The Elements Ph: (04) 971 2141 letter of the Kiwi Association of Sea - Trips and Expeditions email: [email protected] Kayakers (N.Z.) Inc. - Places to Go Website: www.wskn.wellington.net.nz Articles, trips reports, book reviews, - Resources equipment reviews, new techniques, SOUTH ISLAND letter to the editor, and moments when SEA KAYAKING the word 'Bugger!' was said singu- MARLBOROUGH larly or often {referred to by some as NETWORK ADDRESSES Helen Woodward incidents} are sought to enliven the NORTH ISLAND Ph: (03) 579 5669 pages of the newsletter. NORTHLAND Canoe Club [email protected] PO Box 755, Whangarei NELSON - KASK Contact Send in a plain brown envelope, or via Brian Lamerton Nora Flight cybermail to: Ph: (09) 437 2858 Ph: (03) 544 7877 Editor: Paul Caffyn, email: [email protected] email: [email protected] RD 1, Runanga. 7854 AUCKLAND Canoe Club CANTERBURY Sea Kayak Network West Coast .N.Z. 22 Spinnaker Dve., Andy & Deirdre Sheppard Ph/Fax: (03) 7311806 Te Atatu Peninsula, Auckland. 53 Kent Lodge Ave Email: [email protected] email:auckland-canoe-club Avonhead, Christchurch. 8004 [email protected]. Ph: (03) 342 7929 KASK Annual Subscription HAURAKI Kayak Group email: [email protected] Pelham Housego www.CanterburySeaKayak.orcon.net.nz $25 single membership OTAGO ($75 for 3 years; $125 for 5 years) PO Box 46-146, Herne Bay, Auckland WAIKATO KASK Contact Rob Tipa $30 family membership. (03) 478 0360 $35 overseas Evan Pugh, RD2, Putaruru [email protected] [email protected] A subscription form can be SOUTHLAND Sea Kayak Network downloaded from the KASK website. Ph: (07) 883 6898 RUAHINE Whitewater Club Stan Mulvany Cheques should be made out to: 03 215 7263 K.A.S.K. (NZ) Inc. & mailed to: 71 Salisbury St., Ashhurst. Ph: 06 326 8667 Fax: 06 326 8472 email: [email protected] KASK Administrator Website: www.sskc.wwwizards.net PO Box 23, Runanga. 7854 www.q-kayaks.co.nz/pages/club.asp West Coast BAY OF PLENTY - KASK Contact Iona Bailey, Tauranga SKOANZ Sea Kayak Operators Assn. NZ Correspondence/Queries to: Ph: (07) 576 1492 email: [email protected] Suzanne Dent, Administrator Vanessa Hughes SKOANZ KASK Administrator ROTORUA- KASK Contact John Flemming, PO Box 1872, Rotorua PO Box 1222 PO Box 23, Runanga. 7854 Christchurch West Coast Ph/fax: (07) 347 9950 email: [email protected] Ph/fax; 03 329 8317 Rotorua Kayak Club email: [email protected] Send address changes for receiving Website: www.skoanz.org.nz the newsletter via email to Vanessa 7 Mahana Place, Rotorua at: [email protected] Ph: (027) 292 3138 email: [email protected] KASK Website: www.kask.co.nz 2 The Sea Canoeist Newsletter INDEX EDITORIAL my kind hosts was David Winkworth, EDITORIAL p. 3 The Safe Sea Kayaking Brochure who has yet to visit New Zealand. Our KASK Over 6,000 of the brochures have been voices were just about buggered after President’s Reports dispatched by Water Safety New Zea- several days of swapping tale tales by Susan Cade p. 4 land. The first full colour cover page, and true of paddling in tropical Aus- that featured with newsletter No. 112 tralia. David will be an ideal keynote LETTERS to the EDITOR was paid with help from WSNZ. My speaker for the 2005 KASK Forum. Cook Strait Crossing thanks to both Chris Robinson and Sarah from Caroline Gates p.4 Tomlinson with their invaluable help My Victorian hosts, Peter Treby and Collision Avoidance with getting the brochure printed and Peter Costello, took me on a nostalgic from Derek Wakeling p.5 distributed. Printing cost was funded tour of the western coast of Victoria, by a $5,000 grant from WSNZ. out as far as Port Fairy. At CALENDAR Warnambool, I caught up after 23 NZ Kayak Builders Get Together Special thanks to Max Grant for the years with Max and Heather Hall, 18 - 20 February 2005 p.4 cracker cover photo of Melanie Grant who looked after Lesley, Andy and Waikato Evening Paddle p.5 off Cape Egmont, also to Susan Cade myself during two days of gales. KASK 2005 AGM Notice p.10 and Iona Bailey for their input and Heather said I’ve got something for Hokitika Film Festival p.23 feedback, JKA for the surf pic and you. She handed over a small coin EASTER 2005 KASK FORUM feedback, and Tony Dumper and Alan wallet, that Lesley had left on a shelf Registration Package pp.11-14 Hall for feedback. in the living room. “We’ve been wait- ing for you to come back to give you SAFETY Please do your bit to ensure wide- this.” Incident Analysis Workshop spread distribution of the brochure. If by Cathye Haddock p.6 your local kayak shop does not stock Foreshore and Seabed Bill it, suggest the manager orders the In late November 2004, the Labour CONSERVATION brochure from WSNZ. Government bill on foreshore and Auckland/Northland DoC News seabed ownership was passed with from Vincent Maire p.9 ‘2005 NZ Kayak Buyer’s Guide’ support of the NZ First party. Owner- Blumine Is. Update p.10 Natalie Meek from Rotorua has made ship is now vested with the Crown. North Island Contact p.10 a great job of the ‘2005 NZ Kayak This has been a long protracted affair, Buyer’s Guide.’ A full page KASK following a 1997 Maori Land Court THE ‘BUGGER!’ FILE promotion has a lovely blend of safety ruling that iwi had customary rights to Rotorua Incident initiatives and photos of paddlers en- the foreshore and possibly the seabed. by Iona Bailey p.15 joying themselves. JKA’s lovely dog The decision was appealed and in paddler pic that featured on the cover June 2001, the High Court rejected BOOK REVIEW of KASK newsletter No. 110 is in full the iwi claim, and the case went to the ‘Outdoor Safety - Risk Management colour, as are some of my photos. Court of Appeal. In June 2003, the for Outdoor Leaders’ Look for the guide at your favourite Court of Appeal ruled that the Maori by Iona Bailey p.15 kayak shop or newsagent. Land Court had the right to investi- gate customary title. NEW ZEALAND TRIP REPORTS Easter 2005 KASK Forum Pelorus-Queen Charlotte sounds Pages 11-14 are a pullout section for In August 2003, the Government re- by Sari Lewis p.17 registering for the Easter 2005 KASK leased a draft policy calling for Crown Waiheke Island Forum. It is your opportunity to re- ownership and placing the seabed and by Julie Reynolds p.18 quest topics or sessions you would foreshore in the public domain, ensur- like covered. For North Islanders, it is ing freedom of access and recognition TECHNICAL time to ensure you have ferry book- of customary rights. In August 2004, Selecting a Handheld VHF Radio ings made. A KASK forum subcom- a select committee received over 4,000 by David Fisher p.19 mittee is well advanced with planning; submission on the proposed policy, Susan Cade, Bevan Walker, Iona Bailer, including one from KASK. OVERSEAS TRIP REPORTS Alan Hall and Helen Woodward. Please Gulf of CarpentariaXing p.20 register as early as possible. Claims have been made by opposition parties that Maori would be able to TECHNICAL POLEMNICS Australia claim about 10% of coastline. Under Paddles In late November I attended the Vic- the new act, iwi with continuous oc- Direction Conrol torian Sea Kayak Club AGM at cupation of a coastal area where they by Alan Byde p.21 Portsea, south of Melbourne, and the practice customary rights can apply HUMOUR P.23 following weekend, showed slides to for guardianship of the area, but can- DEADLINE FOR N/L 114 a gathering of NSW paddlers at not stop access unless the area is a 15 January 2005 Bundeena, south of Sydney.