Expedition Kayaking

“I'm thinking about getting a kayak, specifically for the purpose of doing some sea kayaking. Of course, I'd still take it on freshwater some, but the challenge of having to navigate in the ocean, know the tides and currents, ect.. is very appealing to me.

Anybody do this?”

“You need to look at past threads for this artex..we have covered this already”

“Is that right, Mr. Fancypants?”

“Sorry, Binks, didn't see any threads on expedition or sea kayaking..

Again, anybody do this?”

“LOL,

I want to try this!!!!!!

I only have a little inflatable kayak (all right stop laughing at me!!)
this is a great sport to take up. I would love to go do something like. who knows maybe I will someday soon!


FYI. flat lake is so different then ocean. Im a wuss so thats why i stay on flat water. I know they have tour kayaks that you can try. I think if you go to one of them conferences they have for kayaks you may find a cool one you like.
what ever you do, DONT go into Campmor! if you do, bring a bib because you will drool alot.

if you get one and want to do flat water let me know. ill go play with ya!”

“Hey Fartex! Check out Chesapeake Light Craft, Perception and Dagger. Mighty fine boats...there are many others, but it's a start.”

“lol... just messing with you


www.paddling.net”

“Hey, that's a cool site, thanks Binks! :-)”

“try out this forum.


http://www.goldcar.com/kayak/board/index.html


they have helped me a couple of times.”

“There's some awesome deals in the classified ads at paddling.net.

Great lakes kayaking is my goal. Close enough to a sea, but no nasty ol' salt water. Lake Erie is about forty minutes away.

Went paddle shopping last weekend, chose one but have to wait for my backpay check. The stuff needed to kayak is d@mn expensive. It's not the boat that will drain your bank account! (at least not if you buy a nice used one)”

“Sounds good Mapleleaf! That'd be cool to hit the water with ya..”

“shhhh sass, treebeard might be reading this. he does not need to know anything more then I LET him know.


ok I smell a Kayaking trip.
we can do a nice lake trip. (i say lake cause thats all my little baby can handle)”

“Yeah, Sass, I'd probably get a used one since I'm somewhat new to the sport. Mo' cheapah'. Great Lakes would be great for kayaking, I'd imagine. Very cool!”

“Hey maple, if you get a regular 'yak someday and wanna unload your inflatable, give us a hollar. Those are what Birch has to use in his adventure races and they handle a bit diffrently than the regular kind. He could use one to practice with.”

“I wish I could get a real one. but I live in a apartment and I have NO ROOM so this is great for me.
but I will keep you in mind if I want to get rid of it.”

“Eye bolts in the ceilings, hoist 'er up over your bed. Tell Treebeard it's for hot sex and he'll go for it. ;)”

“I'm a calm water wuss. Sea kayaking is too expensive, or at least the cost outweighs my desire to do it. :)

Artex, I know you're hoping to move to the Bangor area - if you do, maybe you could get chummy with someone who works at Old Town canoe. The have some deal where employees can buy three canoes or kayaks in so many years at a deep discout. My brother got me a tandem kayak, paddle and lifejacket 9all brand new) for about $280 - the kayak retails for $600 by itself.

Good luck! The islands off the coast of Maine are awesome to explore!”

“~sniff~ I want to go to Maine and kayak!!”

“I know I had my chance and i blew it.”

“Artex, I've never kayaked before but it is on my to do list. Go to www.noc.com and look at Everglades Adventure. That is my dream trip!”

“crazy, I see you went white water rafting. I guess you feel in love ah?”

“Fell? or feel? LOL

I am pretty much an admitted wuss and I was scared to death but when it was all over I was so disappointed. I don't want to do the kayaking in white water for sure but I'm planning on another rafting trip this summer.”

“Thanks Crazygurl, I'll check it out.

I think it'd be so cool to take to the ocean in a kayak and explore little islands off the coasts (where they exist).”

“ok Artex, you must try this website. They have everything you will ever need for kayaking in the Daks. treebeard and myself are going to use them this summer and go on a 5 day trip.


website”

“LOL I guess in this case you can use both words.


Fell? or feel? LOL
crazygurl
12:53:51 PM
02/19/03”

“Thanks ML! :-)”

“no prob. i like to help.

plus I get to look at all the yaks.


mmmmmmmmmmmmm drool!!!”

“i've never gone sea kayaking myself... well, for a very short period, no expedition though. I have 2 friends that have done weeklong trips, and they said it was amazing. I'd sure like to try it someday, i think it'd be a good time.”

“I want to go canoeing for about 5 days in the Daks with treebeard. just the 2 of us. sweeeetttt”

“What a great way to spend quality time, ML. :-)”

“Hey Simer, where did your friends do their trips?”

“simer, very cool website. like i said there, you had a trip I can only dream about having!!”

“........dude...like take a look at some kayak trips in Hawaii and the Carribean....talk about exploring little islands...i've always wanted to kayak there......”

“STOP THIS TALK I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE DAMNIT!!!!


must control outbursts!!!

must get wetsuit (or is it drysuit?)so i can kayak in the colder weather!!”

“Maine Island Trail Association

Maple, you didn't blow it - there's a trip in September that we've talked sea kayaking.”

“Wow! Cool link, Twiggie! Thanks!”

“really twig? sept? where?”

“Artex the islands of Maine are numerous and awesome. One of the things I miss about sailing. :)

Maple, check out the trip page, HIKE MAINE, fall trip. and thread: Isle au Haut”

“sea kayaking is a blast. get your ass out in the ocean!”

“You do it down there in Georgia, Rad? I hear there are lots of cool islands off Georgia's coast.”

“the gulf, too.”

“Yeah, I've heard that about the gulf. Off the coast of New Port Ritchey (near Tampa) there are apparently some good islands for exploring.”

“arclite knows a bit about that area. email him. he won't bite.

well, sometimes he does.”

“LOL!”

“"Hey Simer, where did your friends do their trips?"

I believe both of them were in maine, 5 day college orientation trips, I don't know the exact details - Char goes to school in brunswick, i know she visited popham beach on her kayak trip, so down the coast along there somewhere.

and maple, you're talking about my canoeing website, right? 'cause yeah, that was an amazing trip - i do wish i could tell you all the adventures this past year's hommes trip had, 'cause that was one wild trip, to me it made getting attacked by a polar bear seem... like not such a big deal, lol - but my trip was great, and i wouldn't give it up for anything.”

“mapleleaf, you have to check out the collapsible/foldable kayaks, such as Folbot, Klepper, Nautiraid, Feathercraft, etc., as well as the inflatables such as Aire and Innova. Some are pricey, but they do fit in a closet or car trunk then. Lack of storage space is no reason not to have a boat to paddle! (As opposed to lack of $$$.)”

“I actually used to subscribe to Seakayaker Magazine...

Mrs. and I have taken lessons for self and assisted rescue in single and double kayaks.

We then seakayaked to an island in the Strait of Georgia off of Vancouver Island. We would love to go back there to seakayak with the orcas.

We have also seakayaked twice in the Bay of Fundy off the coast of New Brunswick, Canada.

We would love to buy our own but it just isn't in the budget right now.... If only we didn't have to give the government so much of our money this year!!!

You will have a lifetime of places to go when you live in Maine.

Also there are many seakayaking schools located along the NE that you could become certified to whatever level you desire.

Since I will be getting a dual major in Biology/Environmental Sciences I have contemplated getting certified as a Sea Kayaking Guide so I could be a biologist for a touring company one day. There was one school I had in mind in MA. It takes a couple of years because you need a certain amount of experience to go to the next level.

There is a bunch of really awesome places to go on the Great Lakes... One og them I have wanted to go is Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. There is an area called Thirty Thousand Islands which is just that! A wonderland of islands to explore.

I would definitely be interested if you guys ever planned a sea kayaking trip! I know others would be also....”

“if you go in the gulf...like cedar key island hopping... or like out to Cumberland Island....invest in a really nice spray skirt!!! (right rad?) ....unless you get a sit on top like arclite's, then you dont have to worry about breakers and enjoy them....

it is fun”

“Thanks Om. I've been fishing at Cedar Key dozens of times, but only from the piers. It'd be cool to explore the waters around there.”