Solent Sea Kayaking

Derrick Mayoleth had an interesting post a while back on his blog Kayak Quixotica entitled ‘Paddling From the Beginning -Why Paddle‘ in which he invited people to comment explaining how they got into paddling. It’s interesting reading through the comments and seeing the myriad of different routes people took to become involved in paddling. I [...]

It is possible to find an almost limitless number of inspirational websites when it comes to photography. However, search for sites that combine stunning photography with sea kayaking and you find a very niche group of websites. In my humble opinion, creme of the crop is undoubtedly Sea Kayaking With Sea Kayak Photo, the home [...]

I don’t think I would have the guts or a hand steady enough to undertake this procedure. ‘CeeGee’ from the UK Sea Kayak Forum cutting his Sea Kayak into 3 sections using a Dremmel Tool. Looks like he made a superb job of it.

Sea Kayaking wise, for me the winter season of 2009-2010 was all about 2 things. Night paddling and low light/night photography. As we head towards the end of the Easter break and school starts up again the sunny weather and light evenings have begun. Tonight’s paddle will start in daylight for the first time in [...]

Photography is a relatively new hobby for me and provides an added dimension to paddles, particularly when paddling local routes repeatedly. A recent post by a superb Sea Kayaking photographer Mark Rainsley on the excellent South West Sea Kayaking website about the kit he uses, along with a couple of email enquiries about my own [...]

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve had a couple of great night paddles and one aborted paddle. I recently outlined my self enforced criteria for deciding when to paddle solo at night and the routes I’m prepared to paddle. Last week I set out in wonderfully calm conditions and enjoyed a great paddle along [...]

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve had a couple of great night paddles and one aborted paddle. I recently outlined my self enforced criteria for deciding when to paddle solo at night and the routes I’m prepared to paddle. Last week I set out in wonderfully calm conditions and enjoyed a great paddle along [...]

Just a quick post to wish all readers of Solent Sea Kayaking a very Happy New Year. I saw in the New Year watching the Fireworks over Southampton from Hythe Marina then headed out very early on New Years Day to watch the sunrise over the Solent in very cold but beautiful conditions, launching from [...]

The weather forecast was for freezing temperatures dropping to -4 degrees centigrade however after a couple of very breezy nights the wind looked set to stay below F2. Grabbing the opportunity for a paddle I headed down to Calshot. Early indications of the cold conditions manifested themselves in iced up puddles on the slipway. I [...]

Ok, my self imposed rule for this post – affordable! Not necessarily stocking fillers, but not huge expensive gifts like shiny new sea kayaks, as much as we would all like to Santa to add another Kayak to our rack. Hopefully this list will give a few ideas. I’ve added 10 items that I use [...]