Run, Bike, Kayak Race

Posted onFebruary 8, 2010 
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Looking for a triathlon? Then check out the 2010 Winter Challenge Off- Road Triathlon on Saturday, February 20, in Springfield, South Carolina. First you will run 7 miles. Then paddle for 6 miles on a 70 acre still water lake. The course will be circling the perimeter of the lake in three laps. Then finish with a 10 [...]

2010 Kayaking Race and Fun Paddle in Florida

Posted onFebruary 6, 2010 
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A kayaking event for every kayaker. Here is a kayaking event that has something for every kayaker in my family. We have kayakers who love to race to the finish line and kayakers who love to just paddle and enjoy the scenery. We are always looking for events that offer both options and the Chasco Fiesta [...]

In 20 Seconds, You Could Help Save Salmon

Posted onFebruary 5, 2010 
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I’m very pleased to let you know about an opportunity to get the message about sustainable seafood out to an important national audience. To do so, we need your help.

Whole Foods Market recently tested a pilot program, in partnership with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, to promote sustainable seafood choices to its customers in a few select stores.

Now’s our chance to help persuade Whole Foods Market to make this a permanent and national program.  Click here to jump immediately to help!  It only takes about 10-20 seconds.

Using the Seafood Watch recommendations, Whole Foods will label wild-caught seafood in their case so consumers will be able to tell at a glance if a wild-caught product is a Monterey Bay Aquarium “Best Choice” or otherwise.

Please take action today and ask the president of Whole Foods Market in your region to adopt this program so that consumers across the nation can make good choices for healthy oceans.  It only takes about 10-20 seconds.

Thurs, February 25 – Slideshow at Ed’s

Posted onFebruary 4, 2010 
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Date: Thurs, Feb 25, 2010
Time: TBD
Location: Ed’s Cantina, Estes Park, CO (map)

We’ll share pictures and stories from our 1,200 mile trip from Washington to Glacier Bay, Alaska, answer questions, and talk about the issues facing the wild Pacific salmon.

EPIRBs and Personal Locater Beacons

Posted onFebruary 2, 2010 
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Above: A SPOT beacon (a far more expensive but superior alternative is a PLB), WetNotes waterproof notebook and handheld orienteering compass. Each is useful to the more adventuresome kayaker.In this gloss of EPIRBs (CG EPIRBs.mp3), a couple of petty officers from the Coast Guard discuss EPIRBs.Key to an EPIRB (and to a personal locater beacon, more appropriate, smaller and cheaper for a sea

Canoe & Kayak Racing in Alabama

Posted onFebruary 1, 2010 
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The 2010 Alabama Cup Race Series starts this Saturday! The Alabama Canoe and Kayak Racing Series are made up three races: The Locust Fork Canoe & Kayak Invitational, The Locust Fork Whitewater Classic Races, and the Mulberry Fork Canoe & Kayak Race. The Locust Fork Canoe & Kayak Invitational will be held on Saturday, February 6th  and, the Locust [...]

Making a Mayday Call: Who We Are and Where We Are

Posted onFebruary 1, 2010 
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Above: Mayday audio, Cape Cod Massachusetts. One of the keys to making a mayday call on channel 16 via a vhf radio is to be sure that we describe where we are. After all, the Coast Guard -- or whoever else happens to pick up our call -- needs to know where to look for us.Also we need to describe what we are: in our case a sea kayak or a group of sea

How To Kayak & Canoe With Your Dog, Steps For Taking Your Dog Kayaking & Canoeing

Posted onJanuary 29, 2010 
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A note before I continue - I'm not a dog trainer, I just love my dog and being around my dog. These are the things I did and I think that anyone considering taking their dog kayaking or canoeing should at least do these things, plus anything else you feel is right.

Gales on the Irish Sea

Posted onJanuary 27, 2010 
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Tiny sounds outside. And warnings of gales in Malin, Rockall, Shannon, Fastnet and Irish Sea. Rain beating against the window panes. Laural leaves shaking crazily. And our green curtain swelling out and a light slicing the room. - J.P. Donleavy, in that most dirty of books The Ginger Man (Charles Bukowski meets James Joyce)Hey, buy me something from my Amazon wishlist.copyright 2010 Just Another

Channel 16 Mayday Audio: Fishing Vessel Determined off Nantucket

Posted onJanuary 26, 2010 
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Listen above to an excellent example of how to make a mayday call on vhf channel 16: exact location, exact situation, narrative of what is happening as it happens.Problem is the caller made the call from his house..The caller, Brian Feener, a Fairhaven, Massachusetts commercial fisherman (East Coast of the US), made the false mayday call to the Coast Guard Woods Hole, Massachusetts a few years

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