A little late on this post, but here it is. 
We had a good time, me; 1 redfish and 1 trout.  Jim; 2 trout.  This was good enough to keep us in first place for quite a while but some harder core guys came in later and bumped us down to 4th.  Had a good day, [...]

Just loaded all my gear and will be fishing tomorrow. A big boat and kayak tournament. Good buddy Jim talked me into it, so will be paddling and fishing the canals at 5 am tomorrow. After first light, we will go out into West Galveston bay off of Tiki Island. Should [...]

Had a great time as usual with Kurt and Anton, got to paddle in rain and wind.. Always fun! No lightning in it or we would have called it quits. On Saturday, I tried a roll, and it was one of those were EVERTHING went wrong. Oh well, that’s what [...]

I went kayaking with Kurt Maurer yesterday, always a fun and learning experience.
I’ve been trying to get my roll down and to build a bit more confidence. While playing in the shallows, working on the hip snap, Kurt said “that hip snap was pretty weak” so I did another and promptly went all the [...]

After merciless prodding and cajoling from Kurt Maurer, I finally got more padding and a better seat in the Sea Ranger. Ya see, Kurt has very tender knees and other body parts so I had to put a little padding in to ease the pain. (I figured he would get calloused up a [...]

Sorry about being so late on this trip report, but I have been paddling and working other projects.
On August 12th, seven of us set out from Sea Wolf park for a 12 to 13 mile circumnavigation of Pelican Island. Of the 7 kayaks, 3 were strip built wood kayaks and of the 7 paddles [...]

I went out with good buddy Kurt Maurer yesterday to get a bit more practice on rolling. I played around in the shallows for a while and was getting the hip flick and lay-back down pretty good. I was also playing with a sculling roll.
All that seemed pretty easy, but in deeper water, [...]

I heard from Mike Sargent, (from Oz) he has completed a very nice sailing dingy and is starting on a kayak. He can also motor the dingy with a small outboard he found on EBay. Here’s a picture of the boat and you can click on it for a gallery of how he [...]

Well, the trip to Iowa is about over.  We are in St Louis right now and will be flying out in the morning at 9:30.  It will sure be good to get back home and mow the lawn…  yeah right..  Looking forward to kayaking with Kurt again and getting the boat wet.
I saw quite a [...]

Yeah, I know it’s about time I did it. Anyway, here’s what I have done so far:
1.) bungee on the front end with a bead to hold the paddle.
2.) 4 bungees just ahead of the cockpit to hold lord knows what
3.) hip and knee pads in the cockpit
Still to go is bungees behind the [...]