Current
program
Tuesday 15 May
Palm Beach Rockingham (near Bell Street). Night Paddle - all conditions (must call Les on Monday to confirm preparedness) (AP*; 1830).
Saturday 19 May
Palm Beach Rockingham (near Bell Street). Winter Paddle - all conditions (must call Les on Friday to confirm preparedness) (AP*; 1000).
Sunday 20 May
Palm Beach Rockingham (near Bell Street) to Shoalwater Islands return, followed by BBQ (AP; 0830 for 0900).
Tuesday 22 May
Palm Beach Rockingham (near Bell Street). Night Paddle - all conditions (must call Les on Monday to confirm preparedness) (AP*; 1830).
Sunday 27 May
Beach Street Groyne Cottesloe to Port Beach for surfing skills, return. Helmets required (AP; 0830 for 0900).
...Details and more planned trips
News
FearlessJoe
Glickman has just had his book about Freya Hoffmeister's solo paddle
around Australia published. It's called "Fearless" and is available via
this
link.
Bunker Bay Video
The
2011 club Bunker Bay weekend was a great success. Rod Coogan has made a
video of an exciting day paddle between Gracetown and Canal Rocks,
which is on the
Gallery
Page
.

Albany
Video
Several Club members paddled from Two Peoples Bay to Albany in October.
There's a YouTube video
showing the
bumpy rebound conditions, filmed by Ian Watkins here. You may get seasick if you
watch the whole clip.
Sandy's Next Big Adventure
SKCWA member Sandy Robson's current expedition is well under way,
this time following
an epic 7 year journey made by Oskar Speck
in the
1930s from Germany to Australia. She started paddling at Ulm on May 14
and completed the
first stage, from Germany to Cyprus in September (picture above is at
Cineviz Koyu). She's now planning Stage 2 from Turkey to India. There's
a link to
her website and blog here.
Updates
to
the Safety Guidelines
The committee
has been
contacted by the Department
of Transport (DOT) regarding the Club's exemption for flares and anchor
within 400m of shore on an open water paddle. DOT considers
our
exemption no longer valid, and the Committee has decided not to
reapply. Consequently, a new edition of the Safety Guidelines and
Operating Procedures has some minor changes from the September 2010
edition. Links to these are provided on the Safety
and Training page.
Trip
Reports
There is a report on the CHOGM weekend trip from Lancelin to Cervantes by Ken Burton.
Mark Alderson has written
an entertaining report of the March long weekend trip to Jurien.
The second and third of Martin Burgoyne's "what to do if
you're not sea kayaking" reports are now up.
Sue Harrington has written an article on the range of dinner options
kayakers had on the February 2011 Albany trip.
See the Trip
Reports page for more.
The Sea
Kayak Forum
Tim
Robinson's Forum for Sea Kayakers in Australia is run
independently of a club or business with the idea that it would be of
benefit to clubs and businesses and would be available to kayakers
world wide. There are posts on general kayak talk, techniques,
equipment etc., and if you register you can post information yourself.
See http://www.seakayakforum.com/.
...More news