28th May - 5th June 2004
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Definitely a 4 star day - Louisa and Penny - force 4-5 winds laid on especially...
Superb 8 days of paddling, coaching, sea conditions and trips ranging from; Puffin watching in a force 5 gale; reverse ferry-gliding on a 5.8 knot (!) tidal race; a real life cliff-bottom rescue to celebrating the 5000th mile of Kevins Nordkapp with strawberries and champagne on Plenmont Bay.
A truly inspiring week (clocked up over 110km/60nm of paddling) and a brilliant introduction to Sea Kayaking (even if a little bruising and at times utterly terrifying).
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Beauty and the beasts :) - Louisa, Mo, Duncan, Gordon and, Kevin
The beautiful St Catrherine's Bay on a very low spring tide - home to Jersey Canoe Club. The tidal range can be as much as 11m.
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Running the tidal race - scary but soooooo exciting - with a very elegant surf landing from Peter.
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3 star smile :), stealth kayaking, the boat from the bag and the novelty spray deck with attached baby.
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Champagne and strawberries on sun drenched Plenmont Bay to celebrate Kevins Nordkapps 5000th mile.
Photographed by:
Louisa Rolandsdotter
John Paul Bichard
Gordon Brown
And many thanks to Alastair at Lendal for rushing our new paddles out to us in time for the Jersey trip - we are now the proud owners of a new set of Nordkapp blades, and Kinetik Touring splits which join Louisas Archipelagos.