Jason Beachcroft Completes Circumnavigation
Congratulations Jason Beachcroft
17,000 km, 533 days, Mainland Australia and Tasmania circumnavigation. Departed Rose Bay January 2013, arrived back today. What a mammoth erffort. It was a pleasure and privilege to welscome Jason home and to share the occasion with him, his 'mountains' friends and a fine selection of NSWSKC paddlers.
http://www.jasonbeachcroft.com/Home.php
Notice -Stolen Kayak
Over the Easter weekend a Mirage 580 was stolen from the North Sydney Council boat shed at the bottom of Willoughby Street Kirribilli. It is white other than a small portion of the front deck which has the gel coat finished in a blue and green panel, which is unusual. If anyone sees a kayak of this description can you please contact David on david (at) accessoryworld.com.au
Keppel Sea Kayak Forum 2014 Announcement
This event is being hosted by Paddle Capricornia Inc and the Qld Sea Kayak Club. We have a great line up of Instructors & presenters who have offered to attend this year’s event and share their knowledge and experience with us. These include Dave “Crocodile Winky” Winkworth, Rob Mercer, Eddie Safarik, Les Allen, Gary Forrest and others.
The event is limited this year to 50 participants as this will assist with management of the group and due to the fact that the facilities & catering on North Keppel Island are geared for this number of persons. The base for the event is on North Keppel Island Environmental Education Centre which is approx. 15 klm off the mainland from the township of Yeppoon.
On offer is a package which includes all meals and accommodation for the duration of the Symposium at a cost is $350 p/person.
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SAR Exercise Results - Currarong 26 Mar 12
Exercise
A SAR Exercise was conducted in the Crookhaven Bight area on the morning of 26 Mar 12 involving the Ambulance Service of NSW Rescue Helicopter based at Illawarra Regional Airport (Callsign Rescue 26) and a group of Kayakers from the NSW Sea Kayak Club.
The exercise simulated a distress beacon being detected in the Currarong area, followed by airborne beacon homing and visual search. The kayakers used a 121.4 MHz training beacon and a number of pyrotechnics supplied by the ASNSW from AMSA Tier 2 SAR Unit stocks.
The aim of the exercise was to determine the effectiveness of different types of location aids and practice the use of electronic and visual search techniques.
Cheri Perry and Turner Wilson visit Sydney – April 2012
In conjunction with a number of other Australian sea kayak clubs, and organised by Geoff Murray in Tasmania, NSWSKC continues its tradition of hosting overseas kayaking enthusiasts. This year we will be visited by Cheri Perry and Turner Wilson of Kayakways in Maine, USA.
Read more: Cheri Perry and Turner Wilson visit Sydney – April 2012