The PSK Hub – Performance Sea Paddling Stuff
Pull up a chair, it’s a long one… I was asked about the effectiveness of the rudder during/countering a bongo slide while riding the River Dee Bore: “Does the rudder have any effect to help escape the bongo?” Well, no, not really. Let me try to explain. The Rudder As the boat moves forward the …
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Climbing Snowdonia. Like many people, I’ve been chasing the clock for years, decades even. The numbers tells it how it is, there are no excuses. And yet, there is a gap in the tangibility somehow. One run you are 15 secs up, the next 15 down. It ebbs and flows, without a distinct conclusion. But …
Penrhyn Mawr is a tide race on the W coast of the Isle of Anglesey*, UK. The flooding tide, a rocky headland and a number of shallow reefs work together to form the often impressive tide race. It is a popular moving-water paddling spot in the UK sea kayaking scene. Here I mix a bit …
Penrhyn Mawr is a tide race on the W coast of Holy Island, Anglesey, UK. The tide, a rocky headland and a number of shallow reefs work together to form this section of overfalls/tide race. It is a popular moving-water paddling spot in the UK sea kayaking scene. Conditions change extensively with wind, swell and …
It looks like a bunch of squiggles on the GPS track, but it is actually 4 runs of the Killer 8s session. The original Killer Islands sess is a simple one, start on either Bangor shore or Anglesey shore, round the island (Gored Goch – GG) and return to the start point – paddle hard …
Every now and then the subject of fitting a keel strip to a Rockpool Taran arises. I think there are a few ups and downs to this; here are a few thoughts on the matter. First of all, what is a keel strip? A keel strip is a sacrificial protective strip fitted to the centreline …
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The Puffin TT is a bit of a bastard really. It hurts. It is 3 hrs and 30 km of uncomfortable. It starts off nicely, promising good views, good training and a good challenge. But of course it saves up the worst bits for the end. You start from Menai Bridge with the tide running …
The Rhoscolyn Beacon Sess. Last night we took the weekly group session out of the Menai Strait and headed for Rhoscolyn Beacon. The Beacon sessions are always a firm favourite: a change of scenery, different flow patterns and different courses of course. A change is as good as a rest as they say. Though I …
Decisions, decisions… Conditions made for a few distractions tonight. The training plan was for: 5 x 8′ on – 2′ off or A bit of fun in the Wind Over tide (WOT) below the bridge. Better still, do 8′ on 2′ off in the waves, paddling hard, pushing through the waves and chasing the packets. …
This week’s group session was working down at Brittania Bridge for a bit of a change. Warm-Up Paddle down from Menai Bridge slip to Gored Goch for initial warm-up (WU) and then 2nd WU from GG to the Brittania Bridge (BB) Orange buoy (Anglesey shore) – 2 min on 1′ off at ‘fast-cruise’ pace. Any …