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DANGER: Cold Water
It’s mid April, there have been some really nice days, but it’s possibly the most dangerous time to be on the water. The reason is Cold Water. It is essential that you dress for immersion, not the air temperature. There have already been several unfortunate incidents in our area. A couple of days ago the news…
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Newsletter Spring 2014
The latest North Atlantic Canoe & Kayak Newsletter by Hal McLaughlin, Spring 2014, is now available. Check it out!
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Hudson River Greenland Festival 2014
The Hudson River Greenland Festival is an opportunity to learn Greenland Kayak skills, carve a paddle, meet some special guests from Greenland and paddle on the Hudson. All food is provided as is camping in Croton Point Park right on the river. This years’ event has been expanded for an additional day and will be…
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Spring Finally Arrives
It’s official, after a really tough, cold winter Spring is finally here. Even in winter there are usually a few good paddling days but this winter was different. Water access was difficult if not impossible with the bays mostly frozen over. Then came the relentless winds sometimes gusting up to 30 knots. Fortunately many North…
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Winter 2014 Newsletter
The Winter 2014 edition of the Newsletter is now available on-line. It’s got 35 pages of info including cold weather paddling, wetsuits, drysuits, the Pawlata roll and more.
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Shelter Island Circumnavigation
Twelve NACK paddlers set out recently on a perfect fall day to paddle the 20 miles around Shelter Island. Shelter Island is situated between the forks of Long Island’s east end just south of Greenport. To the north and south of the island are fairly narrow passages that funnel water between Peconic Bay on the…
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Homemade PVC Animal Proof Food Containers
DIY Project By Colin Mullen Last season we spent a few days kayak and canoe camping on Adirondack’s, Middle Saranac Lake with a few friends. Dara and I went by canoe since we were taking our cocker spaniel puppy Finley with us. After last season’s camping trip, I decided I would make some bear resistant…
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Belmont Lake Pumpkin Paddle
What’s a “Pumpkin Paddle” you might ask? Well, the folks at Belmont Lake State Park came up with an idea for a unique fall festival just before Halloween. Besides lots of activities for the youngsters there was a pumpkin carving contest with a twist. Once darkness fell 50 of the best pumpkins were lighted, loaded…
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