I booked onto a BCY Four Star Leadership Award training weekend with Roger Chandler who runs a coaching business called Coastal Spirit over in North Wales. I had met Roger a couple of months earlier while I was attending a Navigation course and liking his manner I was keen to be coached by him.
Well I [...]
Keen kayak fishermen had something a bit special to head for on the Johnson Outdoors UK stand at this year’s Show. The ‘must see’ item at the top of their list was the new Ocean Kayak Prowler Ultra 4.7 fishing kayak – and at its UK launch it proved to be every bit as popular [...]
Last year Bic saw the launch and immediate success of the highly innovative Bic YAKKAir HP inflatable kayaks. This was their first inflatable kayak, and due to its high-pressure floor and keel, it truly paddles like a rigid.
And now, following the success of the 2009 YAKKAir, Bic have released two more inflatable kayaks for 2010 [...]
Total sea fishings Frank Shaw goes kayak fishing for sailfish in Key Largo Florida. Frank shows how to use livebaits from his kayak to tempt one of the worlds best fighting sportsfish. Not long into the shoot Frank hooks into an “enormous” sailfish which nearly has him off the yak on a couple of occasions. [...]
Ocean Kayak Prowler Ultra 4.7 – Well what can I say, this is a NEW Prowler, lots of changes, about the only thing that is related to the previous Prowlers is the name… This is a ground up design which according to Ocean Kayak has taken over 18 months and close to $100,000, all done [...]
However I have a feeling that after GPS jamming trials have taken place this could change. Jamming trails are to take place from 30th November off Tynemouth for five days, Captain R H Barker, Director of Navigational Requirements, has announced.
Of course this has been widely advertised-and every boat owner with a GPS on board [...]
It is the oldest fishing competition in the country and this year the 99th Annual Scarborough Angling Festival took place offering nine days of fishing from the shore, boats and kayaks. The kayak fishing competition took place on Saturday 26th September and was supported by Johnson Outdoors UK and Robin Hood Watersports of Heckmondwicke, West [...]
Southampton Boat Show Report
A wide range of affordable water craft and marine electronics made for a busy stand for Johnson Outdoors UK at this year’s PSP Southampton Boat Show. “People came specifically looking for us and they were there to buy,” commented Andrew Dron of Johnson Outdoors UK. “Our range of sit-on-top kayaks always does [...]
Kayaking saved me. Living in Oxford without a car, I felt throttled by the ring road, the city’s concrete necklace. I was heartsick, dried up, deprived of nature. At weekends I’d explore the city’s green spaces or cycle into the countryside, but I found only sterility: pasteurised parks, perfect rows of rape and wheat, woods [...]
Redcar RNLI assists capsized kayaker
Date: 22/03/2009
Author: Dave Cocks, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer
Reference: Redcar 007 2009
RNLI lifeboats from Redcar were called out this afternoon (Sunday 22 March 2009) at 2.20pm to assist a kayaker after his craft capsized in strong winds near the mouth of the River Tees.
The 31 year-old man from Berwick Hills, Middlesbrough, was [...]
