North Atlantic Canoe & Kayak

Category: Training

  • Easy visual to understand how wave period impacts ocean swell

    Bill Vonnegut offers us a crisp comparison of the difference that the same wave height (3 feet) has with two VERY different swell periods of 8 seconds and 18 seconds respectively. This is often a hard concept for paddlers to understand, and very helpful when planning open crossings and of course surf or rock gardening.  I…

  • Our Winter Pool

    Has just passed its hallway point & we are down to just two remaining sessions. I understand a lot of folks who aren’t snowbirds or year round cold water diehards kind of just pack their boats & gear away & don’t look back until the azaleas start to bloom. So if you find yourself in…

  • Port Jefferson EMS First Aid and CPR Training

    When you’re on the water or on a remote shore it’s a given that it will be a while before help can get there.  That’s why First Aid and CPR training is so important.  That’s why NACK has again teamed up with Port Jefferson EMS  to provide initial training and/or recertification for our members. All…

  • Spring is in the Air, with NACK paddlers everywhere

    This just in from ALAN. Well, after a few official & unofficial April paddles the new paddling season has officially begun (though for a few of us lucky ones, the 2014 season never ended!) NACK held its first peer practices of the season this past Monday & though it seemed that having a Nassau County…

  • A Cautionary Tale

    Alan has a cautionary tale for us. Just as for “want of a nail a kingdom was lost”, for want of a secure bow tie down my kayak was lost! Simplest thing like not making sure the excess slack line on tie down strap was properly knotted and out of harm’s way became a very…

  • Summer Newsletter 2014

      The Summer Newsletter is now available with lots and lots of pictures. Here’s what John Jr. had to say: “Hal has done it AGAIN, 36 pages of absolute beauty, pictures and information. I cannot thank Hal enough for putting this together. However it is all of the members who contribute articles to Hal that…

  • Summer Schedule 2014

    The North Atlantic Canoe & Kayak  Summer Schedule 2014 (third quarter) is now available.  Paddling trips, training and assessments and practice sessions and more!  It’s time to get out on the water.  For the latest version updates will be posted to our Schedule Page as they occurr.

  • Peer Practice June 9 2014

    Heckscher State Park Peer Practice The weather looked threatening, but the rain held off. An 11 knot wind was driving the chop on the bay toward the beach. Bob, Rich and I meet Steve on the beach for a pre-practice briefing. Conditions were at the lower parameters at which the Level 3 test will be…