We've been doing our Thursday morning fitness paddle now for about 4 months, & more & more people are starting to tag along as regulars. The route is a flat water 12.5km along the shoreline of Botany Bay in Sydney, which we aim to do in our sea kayaks in about 80 minutes, averaging about 8.5-9km/h. This is pretty good workout pace for most sea kayak designs, & improves accelaration, as well as fitness, and also allows a paddler to get an idea of how fast they actually go over an extended time, rather than simply guessing. This is an important peice of safety knowledge for sea kayakers, as it greatly assists navigation if you have a decent idea of how quickly you can cover ground, especially when you need to.... Here are a few scenes from today's paddle, the last one before Xmas, 2008.
As always it was a beautiful Sydney morning. We're lucky to live in such a great paddling city.
posted by Mark Sundin - Expedition Kayaks at
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Mark is a sea paddler with 8 years experience, primarily paddling the open coast of NSW . He is a qualified Australian Canoeing Sea Instructor, & does his level best in a busy life to get out with his NSW Sea Kayak Club mates & pass on his knowledge on instruction paddles. He’s a former 1st grade cricket & rugby player, with a couple of stints as a professional cricketer in the Lancashire Leagues of England, where he reckons he learned the art of the quick comeback, as well as the benefits of cold-weather layering! Mark is a lover of the outdoors, having trekked & paddled through various part of the world, including the Himalaya, Patagonia, the NZ Alps, as well as the wilds of Tasmania . He is passionate about sea & surf kayaking, leading training & trips for the NSW Sea Kayak Club when he’s not chasing his three little kids, Kiri, Deni & Marley around the beach.
Mark is the Managing Director of Talisman Marketing, a leading merchandising company in Sydney, as well as being the co-founder, with Rob Mercer, of Expedition Kayaks, importing Valley Sea Kayaks, Mitchell Blades, Rockpool & TRAK Kayaks, Reed Chillcheater, & North Shore Kayaks.
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