In the second of my two presentations, the first being on Tides, is my presentation on piloting. The IDW/ICE was a great experience and I learned a lot through the process. I am not entirely displeased with this presentation, nor am I overtly thrilled about it. But having had the experience was a good one …
Tag Archive: Ice
Jan
25
Ice Cliffs on Lake Michigan near South Haven January 2010
Ice Cliffs on Lake Michigan near South Haven January 2010, originally uploaded by Go Kayak Now. I had an excellent paddle along the cliffs on Saturday afternoon. I tried to explore all the areas where the cliffs were highest and were the brash ice was loose. Paddling amongst the flows and pancake ice is a …
Oct
27
Tides for Beginning Sea Kayakers ACA IDW Presentation
Tides are a basic subject that all Sea Kayakers should be aware of, whether from the Great Lakes or not. I created this presentation as a beginning step on my road to the ACA ICE, or the Instructor Certification Exam for my ACA Instructor Certification. The material is intended to be very basic as presented …
Mar
19
Lake Michigan Sea Kayaking in the Ice-More Pics
Reverend Van Doren and I managed another Lake Michigan sea kayak day trip from Saugatuck in the rapidly diminishing ice. We paddled about 11 miles on Saturday in bright sunshine. Check out the complete gallery including John Flemings pics.
Apr
07
Flotnar 4th Annual Ice paddle on Lake Michigan South Haven
Flotnar 4th Annual Ice paddle on Lake Michigan in South Haven Jim Viviano and I decided to try for an Icepaddle two weeks ago. The ice cliffs on the Lake Michigan piled quite high this year. The ice cliffs on the Great Lakes form as the warmer water begins to erode the edges of the …
Feb
06
How thick is your ice?
I was running last night in the dark. Led only by the dim blue glow of my headlamp my shoes crunched noisily into the snow. It was the kind of crunch that is painful to hear, because it is like stepping on dry chalk. I tried to run fast to warm up. I could feel …
Mar
12
Flotnar 3rd Annual Ice Paddle-1st annual Egg Mcmuffin
This I have to write down, We stopped at McDonalds on the way to South Haven to paddle this morning. I hadn’t been in a Mcdonalds since some time last year. Apparently it is possible to pay for fast food with a credit card now. I was stunned as this was not possible for years, …
