In the spring, an aspiring kayaker’s thoughts turn to getting a kayak.  A question that I am often asked, frequently by women, is what do I think about inflatable kayaks?  Many people looking to get into the sport think an inflatable addresses some of the concerns that they have in regards to lifting, transporting, and [...]

I’ve been preparing for a presentation that I’m doing this Thursday on “Places to Paddle”, so I’ve been thinking alot about all the places that I have gone paddling in the past 20 years and all the places I would still like to go.  I was especially thinking about what I would consider to be [...]

While most people immediately think of “flares” when they think about distress signals, there are actually many other devices that can be used to attract help in an emergency.  Since I talked about pyrotechnic flares in my last post, “Visual Distress Signals 101″, I want to take some time to discuss some non-pyrotechnic alternatives that [...]

I’m going to attempt to discuss the subject of visual distress signals, primarily “flares”.  For some reason I find this a complicated topic to describe in a written format, but here goes.  Feel free to e-mail questions to me if something doesn’t seem clear.  The links that I have included in this post are not [...]

A recent e-mail from Tim Grant suggested the topic of signaling devices for a future blog.  Well Tim, here it is.  Unlike the Monty Python skit, “How Not to be Seen” (which I watched last night), signaling devices are all about “How to BE Seen.”  This is potentially a very broad topic to cover in [...]