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  • NACK April Meeting Report

    North Atlantic Canoe and Kayak had its monthly meeting featuring wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, on April 17, 2012 at Bellport’s South Country Library. Ann started the meeting with a discussion about the benefits of yoga for preparation in Kayaking.  Ann, assisted by Steve and Renee´, demonstrated some basic Yoga positions.  Ann demonstrated and explained how…

  • Kayak Demo Days At the Dinghy Shop in Amityville

    Saturday April 28 and Sunday April 29, 2012  the Dinghy Shop in Amityville,  New York, will have all their kayaks available for on water paddling.  This is your chance to get down there and paddle the kayaks you’ve been thinking about.  Demos will run from 10AM until 5 PM each day.  The shop is located…

  • NACK Kayak Pool Session Qajaq Testing

    And as if all the pool rolling successes weren’t enough, a couple of members got the opportunity to test their latest Skin-on-Frame kayak creations in the pool.  These SOFs consist of a western red cedar frame that’s lashed together in the “qajaq” building fashion of the people of the Arctic. Traditionally they would be covered…

  • Kayak Pool Sessions Completed

    The eight weeks of two-hour Sunday pool sessions at Suffolk Community College has ended this past Sunday.  Ann did a fantastic job of organizing it.  All the members went out of their way to help one another, including kayak unloading and loading from and to the cars, and carrying them in and out of both…

  • Kayak Trip Planning Using Internet Resources

    This month’s meeting of North Atlantic Canoe and Kayak (Wednesday 3/7/12 at the Connetquot Library) will focus on kayak trip planning using internet resources.  With the prime paddling season about to begin it’s not too early to begin thinking about where we want to paddle.  Which leads us seek out new places.  But how does…

  • NACK Paddling Trips 2012

    A new forum section has been added to the Members-Only area of the message board to organize and discuss NACK paddling trips for 2012.  Visit NACK Paddling Trips. Please Note: you will be prompted for the Members Only password. If you are currently a NACK member, and you need the password, please contact webmaster@get-the-nack.org Complete…

  • OFF SEASON KAYAKING SAFETY

    Any mild winter’s day that has good weather for walking in the park is also a good day to get on the water in a small boat. The waterways are uncrowded, access is easy, and we get to see things that we don’t see in Summer, such as seals in Long Island Sound and bald…

  • NACK meeting highlights Thursday February 2, 2012

    After the pre-meeting and some necessary business matters including nominating NACK’S future Executive Board Members, we got down to some educational fun watching highlights of various DVD’s: John’s film showed Derek Hutchinson’s grace in a kayak.  He literally had it dancing on edge.  It shows how far one can go with this sport. Buddy brought…