In late spring me and my friend Sebastian went for a trip along the German west coast. Our route was always changing between the chain of island in front of the coast and the inner wadden sea. We where quite lucky with the weather except a three days period of thunder storms. Here are some pictures of that trip. My boat of choise was the Quest with it´s high volume for long touring and nice beahvior in more interesting waters.

Read more about that trip here: http://liquidmedicine.blogspot.com/

ore here: http://www.liquidmedicine.de/html_data/Touren_HTMs/seekajak_o/nordseekueste2007/Nordseekueste.htm

I drove with my two friends Cathrin and Carsten up to northern Norway. We spent 9 days paddling in a fascinating sea of mountais. A truely amazing place! The only paddlers we met where from Britain! Liz and Simon Willis…

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I have just returned from paddling The Outer Hebrides in Northwest Scotland. The paddling was great, being away from the media and family and friends always gives a perspective that you can’t really get at home.
Living in the countries we do we are very lucky to have the free time and money to be able to have such a great recreational pastime.

With the paddling season in high gear, it’s been hard to find a few moments to sit down at the computer to write about what’s been going on here in the Great Lakes.    In late May, Nick Poelking, Larry Fordyce and I guided a group of 14 high school students and two teachers on an 5-day backcountry trip to the Mink and McCoy Islands in Georgian Bay, Ontario.    The area we were paddling in is called the 30,000 Islands region, and the name isn’t hyperbolic.    Cold, clear water, windswept pink granite islands, lonesome pines, and good company all combined to make this a memorable trip.   It also gave me a chance to put the new Cetus to the test on a multi-day trip.    (more…)

Things with three… three on the sea, three light houses and oddly enough, three mile crossings.

I do wonder how and why the coast of Maine has been so conveniently laid out in three mile segments with rocky outcroppings to navigate by. So, three was the theme over the long three day Memorial Weekend. We were three on the water, Sarah, Rick and I.

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It always seems that no matter how much preparation you do beforehand, the last few days before a big (or even little) trip are filled with more lists, last minute purchases and some anxious moments when you fear you must’ve forgotten something.

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Had a chance to kayak in Antarctica recently……
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Shetland is a cluster of inhabited islands located to the North of Scotland and without out doubt offers some of the most spectacular paddling in the World (more…)