Solent Sea Kayaking

New Brochures

A couple of notable gear manufacturers have released their 2009 brochures. P&H have released a new version of their brochure with up to date info on their range of sea kayaks, including the new Cetus and Scorpio kayaks - look out for photography from Simon Willis & Mark Rainsley. Werner have a new catalogue of their [...]

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Eastern Horizons DVD is on the Horizon!

Eastern Horizons, the follow up to the excellent Pacific Horizons DVD is on the way. With a scheduled release of 14th March 2009, Bryan Smith & Reelwater Productions have just posted a trailer on their website and it looks great. I will keep you updated on a precise date and bring you a full review as [...]

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Review Sea Kayak by Gordon Brown

A Manual for Intermediate & Advanced Sea Kayakers Sea Kayak is a fantastic, modern guide to Sea Kayaking written by Gordon Brown, a well respected BCU Level 5 Sea Kayak Coach. Its 188 pages cover a vast range of topics, all well illustrated with colour photographs and diagrams. Published by Pesda Press, Sea Kayak provides paddlers with [...]

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Review Northwater Peaked Deck Bag

The Northwater Peaked Deck Bag provides deck based storage for your sea kayak in the absence of the increasingly popular ‘4th hatch’ that is appearing on sea kayaks such as the P&H Scorpio/Cetus and Rockpool Menai 18. Strapping onto your decklines, it’s contoured/tapered shape sits snugly in front of the cockpit and provides a large single [...]

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Review: Icom M71 Handheld VHF

The Icom M71 has been an essential part of my paddllng kit for the last year. Small, lightweight and waterproof it lives in my buoyancy aid pocket or under the deck lines and provides useful information on other craft in the area as well as weather forecasts courtesy of the Coastguard. More importantly, if I were [...]

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