Vincent’s Sea Kayak Videos

G’day,

A few folk were interested in viewing my sea kayak vids

so I now have about 7 vids online 

Youtube

Google “youtube mid bch” and a vid should up in the first hits

http://youtu.be/GhgbCNxSZ_o

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jaiE98dpSM

I have a youtube channel – weaferv

(Depending on connection speed… you may have to pause… and wait… until things catch up)

But I prefer the higher resolution of………………

Vimeo

Google “vimeo mid bch” and a vid should up in the first hits

https://vimeo.com/62982058

or 

I have also created a vimeo channel called ‘vincent sea kayak’

https://vimeo.com/channels/501227

(Again depending on connection speed… u may have to pause… and wait… until things catch up)

More?

Sorry…..I rarely use Facebook 

I have a select (as in small) back catalogue which I am slowly uploading…. but I need a break now

Me?

Thanks for reading/watching but I’d rather be out there doing it!

Paddling Regards

Vincent

Paddling at Bithry Inlet in late evening 

Below is a link to a short video of one of my favorite local haunts 
.....at one of my favourite times of day

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e2ws8lephhi1qc3/BI%20rd%20to%20mid%20and%20little%20surf%20at%20BI%2029%20Jan%202013.mp4

Hope you enjoy...

Paddling Regards
Vincent

Kayak Guidelines – First Draft 2

Kayak Guidelines – First Draft

                   

Sit in kayak with your head upright and facing the front of the boat

Rationale – otherwise you will not be able to see where you are going and also may induce long term postural problems. Look for the big open hole in the middle of the top of your kayak, where a seat should be located, with a space in front for your legs.

Eskimo Rolls should rotate a full 360°

Rationale – you should be able to breathe air at the end of your roll. Rolls of 180° should be avoided as these may induce a feeling of suffocating underwater. Rotating around the long axis seems to be easier than rotating over the bow or stern.

Load your kayak carefully onto your car

Rationale – align the narrow end of your kayak with the narrow end of your car and place on top of roof racks and secure.

Loading sideways will cause problems on some roads and also increase your vehicle’s fuel consumption.

Use a dedicated kayak paddle

Rationale – although other sporting equipment has attractive logos and used by sport stars, it may not be the most efficient means of propelling your kayak.

Leave your car on shore when paddling

Rationale – Taking your car with you whilst paddling may cause stability problems on the water - immersion in water can cause havoc with  car electronics.

Don’t leave your kayak on the beach

Rationale – while you are physically with your kayak, it’s usually OK 

on uncrowded beaches.

If you leave it unattended for days, it may go missing.

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign? *

I don’t get around that much and was surprised to see the following sign erected at my beach.

One of the many helpful signs with hazardous scenery lurking in the background

Apparently there are nine similar signs on one beach in the National Park just south of here.

I showed some German tourists, travelling from Melbourne to Sydney, this sign, and said they were on all beaches.

A National Park worker said they were, or about to be, on all ocean beaches which have road access in NSW.

Me thinks - people drown at beaches and these signs may reduce the number of fatalities.

(Me also thinks that if you are in an unfamiliar environment, you find out relevant info and use common sense – when I travelled to North America, I found out about bears in the wild, before setting out kayaking.)

We desperately need appropriate signage, clearly explaining the hazards of kayaking, ‘out there’ amongst the scenery. Enormous on-going benefits will include…

• kayaking ‘misadventures’  will be a thing of the past
• insurance premiums for kayakers will be reduced
• more of those honest ‘sign reading’ folk will participate in kayaking

I am proposing a set of kayak guidelines, which would be the basis for an extensive set of signs, spaced five metres apart, beside all ‘kayakable’ water bodies (permanent and ephemeral), and also waterproof UV resistant stickers, for all kayaks and kayaking gear. 

A draft version of these guidelines will appear in my next post.

Vincent

*from the song ‘Signs’ by The 5 Man Electrical Band
lyrics as recorded by The Five Man Electrical Band in 1971

Paddling along Mimosa Rocks NP NSW ........

sometimes you forget how beautiful a place is....
if you see it too often 
until you see on vid...
and go 'hey, i live here!......'

couldn't get  the gopro 'off' button to work...
 so decided to salvage some footage at the end .....
- sorry about the nose drip - it's sea water (mostly)

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6oP_FoixN9OMk9PT2dNc2d0Z2M/edit

Paddling Regards
Vincent  : )

Sea kayak Surf Middle Beach 4 Jan 2013

sea kayak surf middle beach 4 Jan 2012

Every kayak journey starts with a single paddle stroke

Every kayak journey starts with a single paddle stroke

Sea eagle with fish reflection on Bithry Inlet, Mimosa Rocks National Park, SE Australia

Hello,

My first post

So please be gentle, gentle reader

Not sure what it’s about or where it will end up……….

(irreverent, meandering, ironic, silly…..featuring the enduring motifs of sky, water, paddle, light, reflection………..and possibly even entertaining?)

Paddling Regards

Vincent