When I got hold of my Cetus, I was lucky in that it came fitted with a keel strip in place as it was originally destined to be a demo boat. For those paddler’s ordering a new boat, a keel strip is usually an optional extra that can be specified at the time of ordering. [...]
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Valley Etain Sea Kayak
UPDATE: Since I wrote this post, I have been paddling the Valley Etain pretty intensively for close to 6 weeks now for an Ocean Paddler Magazine review. The review will be out in the next issue. There is a lot of talk within the paddling community about how it compares to the P&H Cetus. As [...]
Review: Valley Aquanaut HV RM
This ‘Guest Review’ which was kindly written by Sean Smith, better known to many as ‘Fat Paddler‘. You can find out more about Sean at the end of the review: Introduction There are many dozens of beautiful high-performance sea kayaks on the market today, but for the larger paddlers amongst us the available range is [...]
Review: Tahe Marine Reveal
The Reveal is an expedition sea kayak from Estonian based Tahe Marine. I spent a happy few weeks reviewing the Tahe Marine Reveal last year for the excellent Ocean Paddler Magazine. (Thanks to Rich – the Editor – for kindly letting me republish my review here). Introduction Marketed as a “pureblooded sea-kayak from bow until [...]
Camera Mount For Sea Kayak
Ok, I have no illusions of being the next Justine Curvengen, Bryan Smith or Simon Willis. However, I would like to get more interesting shots from the kayak and in particular some video footage. However, my main issue is that 99% of my paddling is done solo as I have to snatch paddles, often at [...]
P&H Cetus on YouTube
I continue to lust after one of these. I have spent weeks researching various boats. I would like an expedition capable, longer boat as my current sea kayak is a shorter, day boat. I come back to the Cetus every time based on feedback and reviews. This was an interesting find on YouTube.
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 [...]
Lepe Beach
Overview Lepe Beach is a popular, Hampshire County Council run, country park which offers a superb launch point for Sea Kayakers providing the start to four possible routes. Facilities include a slipway, car parking, toilet facilities, a cafe/kiosk for food & drinks, children’s playground as well a tourist information centre. Lepe Beach is also home [...]
