How to Take a #Kayak Vacation

By Shannon Clark

More and more people are starting to look into active vacation pursuits, and kayak vacations offer the perfect opportunity to do so.

While there are always a number of hiking vacations that you can go on, a kayak vacation offers something different - something that you may never have done much of before. When you're out on the water in your kayak you will experience something you've never experienced before and see many new sights that go unseen to land travelers.

Budget Your Kayak Vacation

The first thing you should know is that it's going to be important that you properly budget for this vacation. If you're on a more restricted budget and trying to make the trip as cheap as possible, you'll want to find a river that is located somewhere closer to home, no further than an hour and a half of a drive.

This allows you to visit the river for a day trip and return home at night, saving the costs of evening accommodation.

If you have a wider budget, then you have many different options. There are a variety of places that offer kayak vacations in America such as the Great Lakes, Florida, the Florida Keys, California, the Carolinas, and New York.

Other places in the world that you may want to consider are Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, which offers many beautiful rivers to travel to.

Plan In Advance

It's also very important that you're planning your kayaking vacation well in advance. If you're choosing an actual vacation package, these often book up very fast, so it's a good idea to reserve your place at least a month in advance. This also allows you to take advantage of any discount packages that are going on and see when the best of the year to visit is.

Research Ahead

Finally, like any other vacation you're going to go on, it's a smart move to spend a bit of time researching the area ahead of time so you can plan out everything you want to do while you're there.

Since it's doubtful you will spend all your time out on the water kayaking, this will allow you to take in whatever else the area has to offer and make it a more complete vacation.

So keep these points in mind. Taking a kayak vacation is one of the best getaways you can go on, but it's important to plan ahead.

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Extreme #Kayaking

By Kevin McNally

If you are finding canoing a little staid, have you ever considered giving extreme kayaking a go? Along with white-water kayaking, you may want to give sea kayaking or kayak racing a try.

Certainly, for any of the above forms of kayaking you will need to have the right sorts of equipment. The most important thing is that you actually have the right sort of kayak. As you will soon discover that, the kayaks used for racing are somewhat different in design from those used for either sea or white-water kayaking.

A race kayak is designed for use in flat water and is much longer and narrower than other styles of kayak. This is because they often only need to be paddled in one direction in a straight-line. As for white-water kayaks, these are generally far shorter than race or sea kayaks as they need to be maneuvered very quickly in order to avoid hazards that white-water rapids are likely to throw up at them.

Another difference between white-water and racing kayaks is the shape of the hull on the white-water ones they come with a planing hull. This means that if at any time the kayak is hit by a wave instead of it pushing it to one side it actually causes the kayak to be lifted out of the water. This gives the appearance as if the kayak is actually skipping over the surface of the water and makes it easier for the person in it to do tricks.

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Teaching Your Children to #Paddleboard

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 Mark your calendars. The CNY Kayakers Annual Opening Season Banquet will be held at Fisher Bay Restaurant.  The price is $20 all inclusive and we include membership for the renewing members who RSVP in time. We will gather between 12:00 and 1:00 PM. Dinner is at 1:00 PM.

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Teaching Your Children to #Paddleboard

A popular water sport, mainly among teens and young adults, paddle boarding is also a child friendly activity that is fairly easy for kids to pick up and excel at. As long as your children have basic swimming skills and are comfortable in and around water, teaching them to paddleboard is going to be quite simple and a lot of fun! Here are some tips to get you started.

Start With Safety

First and foremost, ensure your child is wearing a certified life jacket when learning any new child friendly activity involving water. Safety always comes first! You will be starting your son or daughter out in shallow water, but a life jacket is going to make any tumbles off a paddle board that much safer, and really, it’s just good practice for water sports.

Second, ensure you are teaching the skills of paddle boarding in not only shallow water, but in an area that is calm and a safe distance away from waves, currents, boats and swimmers that may be in the area. This is going to allow for the safest conditions to teach and minimise distractions, as well as protect swimmers from a possible projected paddleboard in the event of a fall.

Get Equipped

Once you have obtained a paddleboard, through purchase or rental, equip your kids with child sized paddles. Although paddle boarding is a child friendly activity, child sized paddles can be challenging to come by so an adult paddle that can be adjusted down to child’s size will work also. Show them how to hold the paddle shaft with two hands instead of the proper adult position of one hand on top of the paddle handle.

Tip: don’t forget the sunblock, sunglasses and sun hat to protect your child from the sun while out on the water.

Start With Kneeling

Start with having your ‘students’ kneel on the paddleboard before attempting to stand, to give them a feel for the water beneath the board. This is a good time to teach your children the basic skills of paddle boarding, including the forward paddle stroke and buoy-turn, and have them practice paddling while still in a kneeling position. Give them some practice time while still on their knees until they feel ready to take it to the next level and stand.

Time to Stand!

Help the little ones stand to their feet by stabilising the paddleboard until they are up and balanced. Stand by and spot them as they continue to balance and begin to practice the skills they learned while kneeling. Standing close to your children’s paddleboards will also help you keep them away from other activities that may be happening in the water nearby that could threaten to interfere.

Paddle boarding is a child friendly activity that is pretty easy to teach, but you may want to consider signing your offspring up for a lesson if you lack experience and are unfamiliar with the strokes. Any place that rents paddleboards will most likely offer a beginners’ class to get the kids started. You may also want to consider taking a lesson together, so you can enjoy the day together out on the water on paddleboards!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Richard Edwards is the Managing Director of Summit & Blue, an adventure holiday company offering independently crafted child friendly activity holidays to exciting destinations around the world, including France, Italy, Portugal, the USA and Canada. With unique itineraries and exciting activities like biking, hiking, white water rafting and canoeing, we create holidays for those looking for an experience a little more off the beaten track.