The Sea Canoeist Newsletter No. 106 August - September 2003 THE SEA CANOEIST NEWSLETTER Kohi Point - Whakatane. Photo: Kerry Howe Whitianga Bay - photo: Kerry Howe. See trip report on page 9. The Journal of the Kiwi Association of Sea Kayakers (N.Z.) Inc. - KASK 1 No. 106 August - September 2003 LRB3 - KASK RUAHINE Whitewater Club KASK HANDBOOK 71 Salisbury St., Ashhurst. KASK, the Kiwi Association of Sea For a copy of this mother of all sea Ph: 06 326 8667 Fax: 06 326 8472 Kayakers (N.Z.) Inc., a network of kayaking handbooks, contact KASK http:/ New Zealand sea kayakers, has the Treasurer, Max Grant, ruahinewhitewater.orcon.net.nz objectives of: 71 Salisbury St. BAY OF PLENTY 1. promoting and encouraging the Ashhurst, 5451 Alan Hall sport of sea kayaking Ph: (06) 326 8527 home Ph: 07 579 2922 Fax: 07 579 2923 2. promoting safety standards Fax: (06) 326 8472 email: [email protected] 3. developing techniques & email: [email protected] ROTORUA/TAUPO Area equipment COST: Emma Haxton 4. dealing with issues of coastal New members: gratis email: [email protected] access and protection Existing members: $22 Phone: 07 357 4660 5. organizing an annual sea kayak Non-members: $24.95 NEW PLYMOUTH Contact forum Make cheques out to KASK (NZ) Bob Talbot, 6. publishing a bimonthly Inc.Trade enquiries to Max Grant. 10 Ranfurly St., Waitara. newsletter. Ph: 06 754 4191(H) or 0274 457038 THE LRB3, or the Little Red Book email: [email protected] The Sea Canoeist Newsletter is pub- 3rd. 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Inc. experienced paddlers in the Universe. email: [email protected] Following a brief introduction, the Website:Http:// Articles, trips reports, book reviews, handbook is divided into six sections: homepages.paradise.net.nz/ianjenki/ equipment reviews, new techniques, - Kayak, Paddle & Equipment SeaKayak/index.SeaKayak.html letter to the editor, and moments when -Techniques & Equipment the word 'Bugger!' was said singu- - The Elements SOUTH ISLAND larly or often {referred to by some as - Trips and Expeditions MARLBOROUGH incidents} are sought to enliven the - Places to Go Helen Woodward pages of the newsletter. - Resources Tel (03) 578 5429 [email protected] Send in a plain brown envelope, or via Each section contains up to nine sepa- NELSON cybermail to: rate chapters. 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(NZ) Inc. & sent to the SOUTHLAND KASK Treasurer: Stan Mulvany Max Grant, 71 Salisbury St. ADDRESSES NORTH ISLAND 03 215 7263 Ashhurst, 5451 [email protected] Ph: (06) 326 8527 home NORTHLAND Fax: (06) 326 8472 Brian Lamerton SKOANZ email: [email protected] Tel (09) 437 2858 Sea Kayak Operators Assn. NZ AUCKLAND CANOE CLUB Dave Watson, President Correspondence to the Secretary: PO Box 147-282 c/o P.O. Box 255, Picton Maurice Kennedy Ponsonby, Auckland. Ph: (+64) 03 573 6078 PO Box 11461 email: auckland-canoe-club Fax: (+64) 03 573 8827 Manners St., [email protected]. email: Wellington. HAURAKI Kayak Group [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Pelham Housego PO Box 46-146, Herne Bay, Auckland KASK Website: www.kask.co.nz 2 The Sea Canoeist Newsletter EDITORIAL appear to address some the MSA con- INDEX Apology cerns noted above by John Kirk- EDITORIAL p. 3 To those alert readers who advised Anderson. Sue Cade that her Port Underwood to KASK Committee Column Picton trip report (newsletter 105) was Susan Cade has prepared a draft over- by Vincent Maire p.4 a tad on the short side, well spotted! view of KASK Sea Kayak Training, And my apologies to Susan for some- with input from KASK committee OVERSEAS REPORTS how chopping out the bulk of her members (page 19). Susan is keen for Wales - A Land of Wild Water & report. It appears in this newsletter in feedback on this draft. Wild Women its original unexpurgated version. by John Kirk-Anderson p.6 Liasion with DoC Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) Following discussion at the August NEW ZEALAND TRIP REPORTS Consultation Meetings KASK committee meeting, with a Sea Kayaking the Bay of Plenty KASK paddlers, including Cathye view to establishing closer ties with by Kerry Howe p.9 Haddock, John Kirk-Anderson and the Department of Conservation, Max Grant have been attending the president Vincent Maire sent a letter Lake Hankinson - Fiordland MSA consultation meetings, four of to Hugh Logan, the director general, by Sue McAllister p.11 which have been held. expressing the aims and objectives of KASK and asking for closer liasion Port Underwood to Picton One issue raised at the consultation with not only head office, but also by Susan Cade p.12 meetings was the compulsory carry- local conservancies. ing of PFDs that meet the NZ standard SAFETY in all craft. There was a hue and cry In early October, editor Paul Caffyn Sea Kayaking in NZ from paddlers that buy their gear from will be appearing in Te Anau as a How Safe is it? small NZ companies that make activ- witness for DoC with respect to an by Dr. Iona Bailey p.13 ity specific gear that does not have the environment court hearing over aerial NZ Standards stamp but nevertheless access into the Fiordland National Park. Draft Overview of Sea Kayak Train- meets the requirements (getting the ing withn KASK standard approved is too costly for FORSHORE & SEABED by Susan Cade p.19 these small companies). MSA has OWNERSHIP decided to rescind this requirement The editorial (n/l 105) and KASK CONSERVATION from their pending regulation, so they website release generated a response Foreshore/Seabed Ownership DID listen to people at the meetings from several paddlers. Back in 1979, Kask Website Release p.17 (from Cathye Haddock). before the Maori grievance industry Letters to the Editor p.18 was kick-started, I recall no problems NZRC AGM Report p.18 JKA commented that MSA said they with access to North Island beaches, were interested in the commercial during my solo circumnavigation, ei- DEADLINE FOR NEXT N/L canoeing and kayaking industries, as ther for myself or the support crew. A recent email from a North Island pad- 15 November 2003 they were covered by the Maritime Transport Act. Soon after they agreed dler commented on the way some Maori are already actively excluding THANKS that ‘anything that floats and can be navigated’ fell under their jurisdic- the rest of us from some parts of the To tall those who contributed articles, tion. They said that recreational kayak- country, and commented on personal and to Max Grant for the printing and ing was also an area of interest but they experience at Pakiri Beach and Maurice Kennedy for the mailout. lacked the resources to tackle it - yet! Matakana Island; other friends of the correspondent had experienced trou- SEA KAYAKING BOOKS John was concerned with discussion bles re access at Karikari Peninsula New and secondhand sea kayaking of what was acceptable risk in kayak- (in the far north), and Bland Bay. The book cattledog is available from the ing. The MSA bloke was unaware of email concluded with the statement, editor, via email or snailmail. Cathye Haddock’s risk management ‘Rather than solving historical wrongs, LAST manual, for which her second edition the current processes are simply add- is due for release shortly. ing exponentially to grievance (on NEWSLETTER both sides).’ I agree totally with this Sea Kayaking Safety comment, in that the beaches and UNLESS Alan Hall sent me a paper by Dr Iona seabed should be owned by all New Bailey, which addresses the risks faced Zealanders, irrespective of colour or SUBSCRIPTION by sea kayakers in New Zealand and race. Whether this is legislated through FOR 2003/04 IS what is being done to educate pad- this new so far undefined term ‘Public FOR 2003/04 IS dlers to keep safe on the water. I have Domain’ or in crown ownership, the PAID included the paper in full, for it would issue has to be sorted promptly by PAID government. 3 No. 106 August - September 2003 A week or so after the meeting, secre- Please circle the first weekend in KASK tary Maurice circulated the minutes March for this great event and watch Committee and I found that I had a to-do list the website and future issues of the comprising 17 jobs. (Please don’t tell Sea Canoeist Newsletter for details. Column my wife.) Some needed immediate September 2003 action such as circulating information The KASK website is becoming more to members, clubs and networks about and more popular with distinct visits from: Vincent Maire making a submission on the seabed up more than 100 percent on the same issue.