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Kayaking Training Books from myfoodcount.com
A kayak is a small human-powered boat. It typically has a covered deck, and a cockpit covered by a spray skirt. It is propelled by a double-bladed paddle. The kayak was originally developed by native Aleut and Inuit hunters in sub-arctic regions of North America and Greenland. Modern kayaks come in a wide variety of designs and materials for specialized purposes.
Kayaks may accommodate one, two, or occasionally three paddlers who sit facing forward in one or more cockpits below the deck of the boat. The spray skirt or similar waterproof garment attaches securely to the edges of the cockpit, preventing the entry of water from waves or spray, and making it possible in most styles of boat, to roll the kayak upright again without it filling with water or ejecting the paddler.
Kayaks differ distinctly in design and history from canoes, which are more flat-bottomed boats propelled by single-bladed paddles, although some modern canoes may be difficult for a non-expert to distinguish from a kayak. Kayaks are often called canoes in Great Britain and Ireland.
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The Complete Sea Kayaker's Handbook
by Shelley Johnson
The Complete Sea Kayaker's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the full sea kayaking spectrum, bringing a fresh approach and a dynamic voice to the subject. Author of the critically acclaimed Sea Kayaking: A Woman's Guide, Shelley Johnson covers all the bases for beginning to advanced sea kayakers. It's all here, from selecting the right kayak and gear to preparing and making an extended tour, mastering the strokes, rolls, and exit techniques; navigating; and much more.
Wherever you want your kayak to take you, The Complete Sea Kayaker's Handbook will get you there.
What makes this book good is its comprehensiveness, what makes it great is Shelley Johnson’s passion for the sport and her ability to share that passion, honed by twelve years of guiding trips and teacing courses throughout the United States and Canada. Shelley's practical advice and clear explanations ring true because she knows they work--she and her students have tested them all for you. Now you can benefit from her hard-won and time-tested experiences, and learn everything from basic paddling strokes and rolling techniques to advanced navigation and trip logistics.
"Shelley's approach to sea kayaking is thorough and erudite. It provides an excellent introduction for neophytes as well as abundant reminders for experienced paddlers."--John Dowd, author, Sea Kayaking: A Manual for Long-Distance Touring
"Shelley's straghtforward book will be one of your most important items of kayaking gear."--Lee Moyer, founder and designer, Pacific Water Sports, author, Sea Kayak Navigation Simplified
"Everything you need to know to get started in sea kayaking is here in Shelley Johnson's new book, from choosing a boat to developing the paddling skills you need, to making field repairs and planning your dream trip, all told in Shelley's knowledgeable and conversational style."--Robin Stanton, managing editor, Canoe & Kayak
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Kayaking Made Easy, 2nd : A Manual for Beginners with Tips for the Experienced (Made Easy Series)
by Dennis Stuhaug
The perfect step-by-step handbook for beginners, with sage advice on every aspect of flat-water kayaking, from selecting a boat to kayak sailing.
For beginners eager to explore and for more seasoned kayakers yearning to take longer expeditions, Kayaking Made Easy is the perfect handbook. Brimming with excellent advice about every aspect of flat-water kayaking, this guide offers tried-and-true techniques for enjoying this popular sport. Clearly written and generously illustrated, Kayaking Made Easy presents a step-by-step approach, first familiarizing you with the gear, then proceeding through the various strokes, and finally covering the complexities of long-distance navigation. Author Dennis Stuhaug will show you how to choose the right hull for your needs; outfit your kayak with seat, flotation, spray deck and other fittings; master the basic maneuvers, from the sweep stroke to the sculling brace; assemble a kayaking wardrobe that provides comfort and warmth without breaking your budget; safely navigate the hazards of wind, fog, eddies, and rip currents; and ensure that all of your kayaking companions, including the kids, have a terrific time. Whether you are putting paddle to the water for the first time or planning a lengthy voyage, this comprehensive guide should be on the top of your reading list.
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Kayak: The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique
by William Nealy
Anyone who kayaks--or would like to--will get a laugh out of Kayak: The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique. Author William Nealy draws on his 12 years of whitewater experience to combine instruction and kayaking philosophies with his offbeat sense of humor. Through animated diagrams, Nealy explains intermediate paddling techniques, different types of Eskimo rolls, river rescue, and running a river at flood stage. The chapter on hydrotypography ("the art of using watery features to your maximum advantage") provides an excellent tutorial on river dynamics. The book's animated style is especially useful for illustrating the dynamics of eddies, ledges, holes, and other river features. Despite the humor, safety is Nealy's primary message in Kayak.
Les Bechdel, co-author, River Rescue
"Nealy has laid the foundation for tomorrows experts. Kayak finally fills a serious void in whitewater literature."
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Sea Kayaker's Deep Trouble: True Stories and Their Lessons from Sea Kayaker Magazine
by Matt Broze, George Gronseth
This riveting book offers 20 harrowing, real-life tales of sea kayaking accidents that will not only keep readers on the edge of their seats, but also instruct them with potentially life-saving lessons.
"For many of us a kayak is the means by which we can take in the full measure of the rich coastal environment. But the environment where air, water, and land meet is notoriously variable, and the intimate connection a kayak provides with that environment leaves us exposed and vulnerable to forces that can easily overpower us. . . . Paddlers who invest time and effort and fully engage their senses not only have a greater degree of safety--they discover more of the subtle textures of the waterways they travel."--from the Preface by Christopher Cunningham
Sea Kayaker's Deep Trouble offers more than twenty harrowing, real-life accounts of sea kayaking accidents that will both keep you on the edge of your seat and instruct you with potentially life-saving lessons. These tales, drawn from Sea Kayaker magazine, are the result of interviews with accident survivors, witnesses, and rescuers. From capsizes and hypothermia to brushes with sharks and entrapment in sea caves, the situations are described in chilling detail and then subjected to expert analysis. Sea Kayaker's Deep Trouble is rounded out by a comprehensive introduction to sea kayaking safety and three dozen sidebars offering tips on equipment, techniques, and improving your skills.
Sea Kayaker magazine reports on accidents and near accidents so its readers might learn from the experience of others rather than having to learn the hard way. Sea Kayaker's Deep Trouble gathers more than twenty of the most compelling and instructive of these reports, outlining the circumstances of each accident and providing detailed analyses: What did the paddlers do wrong? What did they do right? Most importantly, how might the accident have been prevented? With a comprehensive introduction to kayaking safety and three dozen sidebars on gear, skills, and techniques, this book is a must for any sea kayaker who wants to paddle safely.
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Kayakfishing : The Revolution
by Ken Daubert
BASSMASTER Magazine, April 2001
"a must read for anyone wanting to enter the sport."
The book is basicly an invitation to join the kayakfishing revolution and become a member of the kayakfishing community who fish anywhere from small ponds to open oceans from their kayaks. Citing the strategic, economical and convenience advantages of fishing by kayak-the most overlooked, effective, efficient, and convenient way to: fish with less hassle, fish more often, catch more fish, have more fun and save money doing it-the book makes a strong case for selling your big boat. Target readers are fishermen who have never fished by kayak before, kayakers who have never fished from their kayak before, and individuals who have never kayaked or fished but think that they might like to give it a try. The book also has plenty of tips and techniques of interest to experienced kayakfishermen as well because it draws on a wealth of information from top kayakfishing experts and pros from all over the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. It also profiles the learning experiences of new incoming kayakfishermen with various angling interests and degrees of experience who are just as enthusiastic about helping newcomers as they are about practicing their sport. Included is advice on how to: choose the right kayak for you, choose the right accessories, and customize a kayak, including the installation of live bait tanks, rodholders, depthfinders and more. The book also teaches kayakfishing skills and techniques such as kayak flyfishing, lure fishing, live bait fishing, including kayak fish stalking, fish fighting, fish handling, including kayakfishing safety. The book also has a special resource chapter that directs the reader to "kayakfishing friendly" paddle and tackle shops in their area. It also lists sellers of specialized kayakfishing accessories, kayak manufacturers, kayakfishing schools, instructors, guides, outfitters and Internet websites where where readers can get free advice and information. Also included are email addresses of experienced kayak anglers who are anxious to help and guide newcomers, and the kayakfishing bulletin board addresses where they hang out and converse on the Internet.
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The Bombproof Roll and Beyond
by Paul Dutkey
The Bombproof Roll and Beyond! is an introduction to edge control and balance for paddlers from the beginner to the most expert.
Paddling on the edge - the ability to hold the kayak level or on edge using knee pressure, to maintain balance using body lean, and when needed to shift weight forward or backward are the skills fundamental to even simple maneuvers such as bracing, upstream ferries, and the Eskimo roll. The Bombproof Roll and Beyond! is an introduction to edge control and balance for paddlers from the beginner to the most expert. Author Paul Dutky shares his whitewater experience to help paddlers master those techniques that will enable them to surf, to playboat, and to run even the most challenging whitewater safely and with confidence. (8 1/2 x 11, 176 pages, diagrams)
A paddler, outdoor author, and ER physician, Paul Dutky wet his first kayak in the tumblehome creeks of Tennessee. After paddling extensively in the Southeast for many years, he took his game to the state of Washington, where he now resides in Bremerton and continues to explore the region's waterways.
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Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation, 3rd (Sea Kayaking How- To)
by David Burch
Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation
is the authoritative source for information needed to chart an accurate course in a sea kayak, whether on open water or between islands or icebergs. Covers chart reading; compass use; finding and keeping track of position; predicting tides and currents; trip planning; navigating at night, in fog, and in boat and ship traffic; and much more.
Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation contains all the information needed to chart an accurate course, whether on open water or between islands-or icebergs. Whether a novice or a seasoned veteran, whether paddling calm or choppy waters, whether a kayaker or a sailor, you will benefit from this book's indispensable knowledge. This comprehensive resource also includes up-to-date details on new technology that can aid navigation, such as Global Positioning Systems. With this guide, both amateurs and experienced seamen can paddle the seas safely and confidently. (5 1/2 X 8 1/2, 342 pages, index, appendix, black-and-white charts and illustrations)
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The Essential Whitewater Kayaker: A Complete Course
by Jeff Bennett, Jeff Bennett
Whitewater kayaking is a high-adrenaline Olympic sport that has won a large following and demands special skills. Beginning to intermediate river runners will find it all here: selecting equipment, padling techniques, reading a river, tips from the pros, and more. Great photos complete this companion to the highly successful The Essential Sea Kayaker.
"The next best thing to taking a class on the water."--Eugene Buchanan, Editor-in-Chief, Paddler magazine
"Thorough and well-written, it opens the door to attainable whitewater river adventures." --David Harrison, Editor-at-Large, Canoe & Kayak Magazine
"A comprehensive resource that includes concise, easy-to-read sections on everything from kayak selection and rolling techniques to river safety, advanced rodeo moves, and expeditionary kayaking. I only wish this book was available when I was learning to boat!" --Bob Gedekoh, Editor, American Whitewater
"Bennett's most nimble trick is to make whitewater kayaking accessible to the novice, playboating accessible to the accomplished paddler, and safer, smarter river stewards of us all." --Mike McLeod, Editor/Publisher, RIVER Magazine
A complete course for the whitewater kayaker--skills, equipment, and resources
A complete course in the dynamic sport of river running, this easy-to-follow manual guides you step-by-step from basic skills to advanced techniques.
Packed with detailed information and resources, The Essential Whitewater Kayaker covers equipment selection; paddling techniques; river reading; safety and rescue; playboating; surf kayaking; steep creeking; camping; exploratory paddling; racing; and much more.
Along the way, pick up tips from premier whitewater kayakers Shane Benedict, Sam Drevo, Dan Gavere, Cathy Hearn, Lars Holbek, Brandon Knapp, Jamie Simon, James Snyder, and John "Tree" Trujillo.
Jeff Bennett (Portland, OR) is an avid snowboarder and the author of The Essential
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The Essential Sea Kayaker: A Complete Guide for the Open Water Paddler, Second Edition
by David Seidman
The Essential Series--Your Trusted Guides
"Does an excellent job."--Sea Kayaker
"A standout. Empathy for the reader-what a concept!"--Canoe and Kayak
"Filled with the details you need to make paddling safe and pleasurable."--WoodenBoat
"We needed a book of this quality."--Atlantic Coastal Kayaker
Combining the logic of a lesson plan with the grace of informality, this book is the next best thing to having a personal instructor always at your side. Known for nearly a decade as the sea kayaker's bible for its clear, user-friendly approach, The Essential Sea Kayaker is now updated and expanded to give you the information you need on
- Boat and gear selection and care
- Skills from your first launch through carved turns, Eskimo rolls, and negotiating wind and waves
- Safety, health, and rescue tips
- Group and solo paddling strategies
- Seamanship and navigation
Adopted by kayaking schools and seminars worldwide, the best introduction to sea kayaking is now even better.
David Seidman (Oak Beach, NY) has spent a good portion of his life finding his way around the world. He's crossed oceans, toured central Asia and Mongolia without a map or the ability to speak the language, and found a Mayan ruin in Guatemala. He is the author of The Essential Sea Kayaker and The Complete Sailor and is an editor at Boating magazine.
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Sit-on-Top Kayaking : A Beginner's Guide
by Tom Holtey, Mike Altman
"The CKF Guides and management have reviewed Sit-on-top Kayaking, A Beginner's Guide" and clanked mugs! A tremendously successful effort, SOTK will quickly prove to be a valuable tool for all entry-level paddlers as well as all the informally trained veterans. We like the book so much we plan on adding its exposure to the CKF Schools curriculum."
Sonny Norris, Central Florida PaddleMasters paddling club
"I have been paddling for 40 years now and have two words for your book: "Great Job!"
In just 96 pages this new paperback introduces the beginner to their craft, its features, and the equipment needed to best enjoy the sport. It covers all the basic strokes and entry techniques. The book then goes on to discuss conditions that kayakers face while paddling: from wind and waves to oceans and fresh water. An easy read, it is graced with over 60 illustrations, charts and checklists. It gives the basics of touring, fishing, camping, surfing and diving; route planning, rescues, signals and even putting a kayak on your car. Finally, it addresses where to find sit-on-tops nation-wide.
Tom Holtey has eighteen years experience in the paddle sports industry with a foundation in canoeing and traditional sea kayaking. Trained and practiced in wilderness trip planning - from the White Mountains of New Hampshire and Maine to the tropical coastlines of the Hawaiian Islands - he has lead and taught the novice adventurer under many varied conditions. It was while teaching courses in sit-on-top kayaking at the University of Hawaii that much of this book began to take form. During this time, Tom managed a kayak retail store in Honolulu and worked extensively with members of the local kayak club, Hui Wa's Kaukahi, where many new developments in the sport have been made.
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The Kayak Companion
by Joe Glickman
You can tell kayaks are cool, writes Joe Glickman, by the number of times they appear in advertisements for SUVs and beer. Today these sleek, fast watercraft are more popular than they have ever been in their 10,000-year history.
In THE KAYAK COMPANION, Joe Glickman, a two-time member of the U.S. National Marathon Kayak Team, teaches beginners the basic techniques for all kinds of kayaking - sea, touring, and recreational. For more experienced kayakers, he offers expert advice on how to navigate in all kinds of waters and weathers. And kayakers of every skill level will appreciate Glickman's candid assessments of the various types of boats; how to read a compass; troubleshooting in lousy weather; and how to deal with lightning, big fish, and marauding powerboats.
As Glickman discusses kayaking techniques, he interweaves stories of his own adventures as a kayaker, including such magical moments as the time when he saw a magnificent moon rise over New York City's Jamaica Bay and the day he almost made a fatal error during a ferocious 12-hour blizzard in Montana.
THE KAYAK COMPANION not only provides kayakers with essential information, it also inspires enthusiasm for one of the fastest-growing sports in North America.
Joe Glickman took up kayaking in 1993 while writing an article on Florida's 10,000 Islands for Men's Journal. Since then he's paddled and raced all over the United States, as well as in Thailand, Tahiti, and South Africa. He is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Outside, National Geographic Adventure, Inside Sports, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
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Sea Kayaking: A Manual for Long-Distance Touring
by John Dowd
In this guide, veteran paddler John Dowd provides the foundations of sound seamanship and good risk management, including lessons on how to read the weather and the water, how to navigate, and how to travel with a group. He covers the basics of equipment and technique, detailing types of paddles and strokes, and presents practical, concrete advice on dealing with potential hazards and carrying out rescues. The book also contains information on expedition planning, instructional methods, and sea kayaking for people with disabilities. Completely revised and updated, this edition features new photographs, charts, diagrams, and illustrations.
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The Complete Guide to Sea Kayak Touring
by Jonathan Hanson
If you're a sea kayaker who dreams of heading over the far horizon, this guide is a must. It is the comprehensive manual for planning the ideal sea kayaking expedition, covering everything from provisioning, gear, navigation, and bivouacking, to kayak sailing. Included: sidebars for fabulous destinations from Baja to Newfoundland.
Enticed by that bay just around the point? Need to figure out how to pack your boat for that first overnight trip? This guide is a must. Complete Sea Kayak Touring is a how-to guide for paddlers who have a working knowledge of the basics and are looking to expand and build on their experience. Written by a former kayak touring guide who has paddled everywhere from the Arctic to Baja California, Complete Sea Kayak Touring will teach you everything from seamanship, navigation, and camping to getting in shape, provisioning and cooking, cold-weather and nighttime paddling, assisted and solo rescues, maintenance, first-aid, safety, and much more.
Expand your frontiers.
Raise your sea kayaking to the next level. Here is the perfect book for a new sea kayaker thinking about a first weekend outing or for the seasoned paddler planning an extended trip to a remote coast.
- Boats and Gear
- Paddling Techniques
- Rescues and Recoveries
- Seamanship
- Navigation and Piloting
- Planning, Provisioning, and Packing
- Camping
- Traveling with a Kayak
- Maintenance, Repair, and Modification
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Keep Australia On Your Left: A True Story of an Attempt to Circumnavigate Australia by Kayak
by Eric Stiller
It sounds like a pilot for a new Fox network live broadcast: a self-searching Manhattan kayak salesman teams up with a rowdy Australian male model to circumnavigate Australia by kayak. Thankfully, though, chest beating and contrived conflict are absent in Eric Stiller's true account of his attempt to kayak the 10,000 miles around Australia with Aussie Tony Brown. What we get instead is a look at the tedium, death-defying stamina, and hilarious blunderings of two men with little experience to prepare them for their chosen expedition. "The Australian coastline is a nightmare of tightly coiled inlets and rocky coves and sheer rock cliff faces and bays as huge and forbidding as Saharan deserts," Stiller muses while he kicks off his training with Brown by paddling around Manhattan. Raised in a family that sells Klepper kayaks, the German-made folding expedition kayaks known for their resilience in violent conditions, Stiller is an expert on the technical details of the equipment. He is not, he admits, accustomed to spending more than three months in a 17-foot-long kayak with anyone, much less Brown, a natural athlete filled with joie de vivre whose navigational strategy is simply, "Just keep Australia on your left, mate."
The curious pair encounters an impressive variety of harrowing sea conditions. The first month is a daily battle against capsizing during beach landings amid Australia's legendary skyscraper-high waves. Marathon paddling sessions through maddening back-eddies rip open their hands and scrape their torsos. The inhospitable Tasman Sea is rife with deadly creatures, including crocodiles, sharks, and sea wasps, a toxic jellyfish with tentacles several meters long. At one point the two must cross the Gulf of Carpenteria, the most arduous leg of the trip, requiring seven days on the water with no land in sight. For all their travails, however, there is relief in the form of friendly hosts (nearly everyone they meet is happy to have a smelly kayak team at the dinner table), striking scenery, wild nights in isolated cities, and the personal reckoning that comes with an effort of this magnitude.
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Kayaking Made Easy, 3rd : A Manual for Beginners with Tips for the Experienced (Made Easy Series)
by Dennis Stuhaug
"The friendly, accessible tone of this book is refreshing and encouraging . . . ."
--Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
". . . written so smartly and technically it could double as a course textbook."
--Woodland Hills Daily News, Los Angeles
"Stuhaug has written a first-rate introduction to kayak touring--from launch to landing."
--Longview News Journal, Longview, Texas
Updated to reflect all the latest gear and techniques, this guide is the perfect step-by-step handbook for beginners, with sage advice on every aspect of flat-water and sea kayaking, from selecting a boat to kayak camping.
A generously illustrated handbook for beginners and seasoned paddlers, Kayaking Made Easy is brimming with advice, humor, and personal anecdotes about every aspect of flatwater and sea kayaking. Dennis Stuhaug, an encouraging and enthusiastic instructor, takes a step-by-step approach to introducing kayaking gear, strokes, maneuvers, and the complexities of long-distance navigation. He'll help you: choose the right hull for your needs; outfit your kayak with seat, flotation, spray deck, and other fittings; master basic maneuvers, from the sweep stroke to the sculling brace; assemble a kayaking wardrobe that's comfortable and affordable; safely navigate the hazards of wind, fog, eddies, and rip currents; and ensure that all your companions, including the kids, have a terrific time.
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