Whilst 1:25 and 1:50 Ordnance Survey maps are superb for Sea Kayak route planning and navigation, Nautical charts offer another ‘view’ of the coastal landscape. ‘Understanding A Nautical Chart‘ by Paul Boissier is a new release from Wiley Nautical aimed squarely at helping people read and understand the huge array of data contained in a [...]
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Southwest Sea Kayaking Guidebook: 2nd Edition
I reviewed the first edition of ‘South West Sea Kayaking‘ by Mark Rainsley back in June 2008 (see the original review here). Roll on three years and Mark has completed a thorough update in the form of the second edition which is now available directly from Pesda Press or from a wide range of kayaking [...]
Review: Sea Kayak Handling Book
There are many books out there that cover all aspects of Sea Kayaking within one publication. Sea Kayak Handling is different. It foucses purely on developing kayak handling skills through detailed, yet concise coverage of strokes and associated techniques. Written by Doug Cooper – a BCU Level 5 Sea Coach, and Head of Paddlesports at [...]
Sea Kayak Handling
Sea Kayak Handling, a new title from Pesda Press, is due to be published on 28th March. Written by Doug Cooper, Head of Paddlesport at Glenmore Lodge, the book is a practical guide aimed at beginners and intermediate paddlers. Pesda Press have a knack or publishing superb books, be it technique or guide based, from [...]
Review: Paddle Your Own Kayak Book
Paddle Your Own Kayak by Gary and Joanie McGuffin, published by Boston Mills Press, is subtitled ‘an illustrated guide to the art of kayaking’. This subtitle really highlights one of the major selling points of this book, and the reason I impulsively purchased it, the superb and inspiring photography. Paddle Your Own Kayak contains 207 [...]
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 [...]
Southwest Sea Kayaking
South West Sea kayaking is the new guidebook from Pesda Press, written by Mark Rainsley. It is the first, in-depth guidebook for the Southwest coastline and Islands and has taken 12 months to research and produce. Mark is undoubtedly one of the great authorities on Sea Kayaking around then South West. He describes three great [...]
