News
SKCWA General Meeting
There will be a general
meeting of the sea kayak club for all members on the 14th April at the
Melville Recreation centre at 7.30. We will have a number of our
members bringing boats and discussing merits of the various designs.
The focus will be on Kayaks, Sails, Paddles and Pumps. Please put this
date in your diary as we would like a large number of people to attend.
Trip Reports
Jo Foley has written up
the recent Rottnest Island trip. Click here
to see it. See the Trip
Reports page for more.
BOM
Upgrades its
Marine Weather Site
There
are some very useful weather pages on the new Bureau of Meteorology
Marine Weather site, including a highly detailed map-based wind
forecast which can be animated. Have a look at it here.
Click on the map for more details.
Rough Water
Paddling Notes
Rod Coogan has put a
discussion paper together on paddling safety in rough water conditions.
Click here
for the full article.
Extraction
Line
Rod Coogan has a
description of an extraction line for kayaking. He wouldn't paddle
without one. Click here
for details.
The Updated
AC Award Scheme
The
latest review of the Australian Canoeing Award Scheme is live for
all. The new assessment requirements for the Sea Skills Award
can be found on the Australian Canoeing website here.
The Sea
Kayak Forum
Tim
Robinson has set up a Forum for Sea Kayakers in Australia. It 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
Current
program
Sun 14 March
Burns Beach to Hillarys, return.
Wed 17 March
Night paddle at Sandy Beach Reserve Bassendean, to Maylands boat yards
and Ascot waters, return.
Sun 21
March
Skills session at Woodman Point boat harbour.
Sun 28
March
Palm Beach to Woodman Point, one way. Requires car shuttle.
...Details and more planned trips

Jim Bramley scouting
for the next big one.
- photo Rod Coogan
... See Rod
Coogan's Trip Report on last year's Cape to Cape.

Tim Hale and Paul Cooper discuss the
route back to Fremantle from Mewstone Rock.
- photo Alan Hale