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Performance Sea Kayak - Journal Guidelines


Here we hope to publish a few articles that may interest those of the Performance Sea Kayaking ilk. We don’t claim that these will be ground-breaking, life-changing, or even have plenty of fancy photos. However what we aim to do is publish a monthly article that may interest, inform or entertain - and could be said to be linked, vaguely perhaps, to the phrase – ‘Performance Sea Kayaking’. Trip write-ups, training tips, kit reviews, vague paddling thoughts or even just your side of the story, we’re looking forward to an eclectic mix.
Some will be written in-house at PSK Towers, but hopefully the majority won’t. We hope that any and all who can tell an interesting tale, or fill our brains with useful info will take the opportunity to drop us a line or two – via the Contact Us page.

Articles

If you would like to contribue to the PSK Journal we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for articles that will Interest, Inform or Entertain, and are linked to the theme of 'Performance Sea Kayaking'. Your experience, experiences, knowledge or even just opinions - from trip reports to technical. We are looking for anything that will interest the reader - and is written for them.

However....
In this world of digital narcissism we differ in that we don't really want articles of self-promotion or self-congratulation. Likewise we are not too interested in articles that are purely advertisements or plugs for business, charities, expeds or blogs. PSK is about the paddling and the paddler.

We prefer articles that are written with the reader in mind, rather than the writer.

If you do want publicity for your paddling exploits then that goes on the PSK News page.

Word Count

  • Whatever length you want.
  • 1500-2500 words is a guide, but longer or shorter is not a problem.
  • If it is 'too' long then we will just 'serialise' it. More space filled with less work for us!

Format

We can work with most formats but prefer the following if possible:
  • Microsoft Word .doc / .docx
  • Adobe .pdf
  • Open Office .docx / .odt

Images

  • Please send a selection of relevant .jpg images to accompany your text.
  • It is easier for us if images are sent separately rather than embedded into the text of your article.
  • Please identify each image with a short description or a descriptive filename, then we can add a caption.
  • Any size will do, but we will probably display at 1024x768

We are interested to hear from anybody and everybody - any level, any experience - as long as you have something interesting to tell.

Go on, get in touch...

Updated 02 Mar 16

PSK Journal

News

08-Nov-24
Phil Smith adds numerous from the Summer Isles - 1000 Islands Challenge
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08-Nov-24
Mike Conroy laps Eddystone lighthouse - Lighthouse Challenge
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08-Nov-24
Billy Butler adds Boerenplaat Island (Dordrecht) - 1000 Islands Challenge
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08-Nov-24
Charles Foster adds 5x laps of Whale, Bit and Flat Rocks - 1000 Islands Challenge
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08-Nov-24
Billy Butler starts the ball rolling with a 01:43 lap of a new PSK Circ island - Canvey Island
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08-Nov-24
Charles Foster adds various from 2 trips to Baja California - 1000 Islands Challenge
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08-Nov-24
Charles Foster adds Santa Catlina island - 1000 Islands Challenge
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08-Nov-24
Billy Butler paddles the lenght of the Thames (Lechlade to Teddington - 199 km) in 16:32:12 - a K1 record?
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08-Nov-24
Julian Haines takes the top spot with a tour of Dublin Bay lights - Lighthouse Challenge
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08-Nov-24
A new PSK page is added as Billy Butler laps Canvey Island - 01:43
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08-Nov-24
Felipe Behrens' 190 day paddle around UK + Ireland added
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08-Nov-24
Tash Ó Treasaigh adds High and Low Islands, and Stack of Beans - 1000 Islands Challenge
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29-Oct-24
Andrew Birkett and Billy Butler lap Hayling Island in 01:34:11 - a new record.
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29-Oct-24
Dave Cutts, Lorenzo Cutts and Kathy Webb add Isola di Figarolo - 1000 Islands Challenge
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29-Oct-24
Charles Foster adds 6 laps of Scorpion Rock - 1000 Islands Challenge
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29-Oct-24
Helen Johnston and Julian Haines add Rathlin O_Birne lighthouse - Lighthouse Challenge
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20-Oct-24
Jenny Wong and Bryan Dickinson complete the Malltraeth Madness - Anglesey Masters - 02:51
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20-Oct-24
Llyn Padarn TT results - 2024/2025 Race 1 added
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20-Oct-24
Eurion Brown adds Alney Island, R.Severn - 1000 Islands Challenge
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20-Oct-24
Charles Foster adds 5 laps each of Flat Rock and Bit Rock - 1000 Islands Challenge
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20-Sep-24
A 2022 English Channel - Dover Strait crossing added by Gary Fletcher - 07:21
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20-Sep-24
Tue Olesen adds a 100K Day - 1000.1 km
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20-Sep-24
Tom Holland and Alex Sheppy set a new record for Hayling Island lap - 01:35:50
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20-Sep-24
Mirco Goldhausen completes an Anglesey Circumnav - 13:30:35
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20-Sep-24
Billy Butler completes an Anglesey Circumnav - 09:18:27 - a new record
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20-Sep-24
Charles Foster adds 5 laps of Bit Rock and Flat Rock Rock - 1000 Islands
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20-Sep-24
Neal Ricketts adds various from Portreath to the 1000 Islands Challenge
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13-Sep-24
Mike Lambert's GB Circumnav added - 58 days.
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13-Sep-24
Jeff Parker adds 2x laps of Hayling Island.
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06-Sep-24
Simon Augustin adds a 1 hr Distance Challenge run - 10.37 km
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06-Sep-24
Tash Ó Treasaigh and Damian Hammill add East and West Maiden lights - Lighthouse Challenge
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06-Sep-24
Jonathan Hamnett completes the Eddystone Rocks Challenge - 06:48
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06-Sep-24
Ed Loffill completes the 3 Mice - Anglesey Masters - 03:52
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28-Aug-24
Neal Ricketts adds Brecqhou, and others - 1000 Islands
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28-Aug-24
Michael O_Farrell rounds Belle-Île-en-Mer - Lighthouse Challenge
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28-Aug-24
Ian Kavanagh adds a visit to Rockabill - Lighthouse Challenge
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28-Aug-24
Ed Lofill completes The Skerries leg of the Anglesey Masters challenge - 02:06
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28-Aug-24
Mike Conroy completes his 3 Capitals Kayak exped - 87 days
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28-Aug-24
Mike Conroy adds Middle Channel Rocks light (Milford Haven) - Lighthouse Challenge
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28-Aug-24
Julain Haines adds East and West Maiden lights - Lighthouse Challenge
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28-Aug-24
Charles Foster adds 5 laps of Whale Rock - 1000 Islands
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13-Aug-24
Charles Foster adds 5 laps of Whale Rock - 1000 Islands
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13-Aug-24
Ed Loffill adds a run of the Anglesey Masters - The Stacks course - 03:49
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13-Aug-24
Note: Low water levels on the Lancaster Canal after a breach - M6 Challenge
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13-Aug-24
Ian Kavanagh completes a 3hr Distance Challenge - 29.58km
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06-Aug-24
Rhys Hunt and Paul Barrett lap the Isel of Sheppey - 07:42
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06-Aug-24
Tash Ó Treasaigh adds Adam and Eve Islands - 1000 Islands Challenge
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06-Aug-24
Mike Lambert completes his GB Circ - 58 days (details tbc)
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06-Aug-24
Phil Smith adds No Man_s fort and Horse Sand Fort- Lighthouse Challenge
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06-Aug-24
Mike Conroy adds Pladda and Ailsa Craig - Lighthouse Challenge
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06-Aug-24
Charles Foster adds 7 laps of Flat Rock and 8 of Bit Rock - 1000 Islands
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16-Jul-24
Phil Smith adds various Norwegian islands - 1000 Islands
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16-Jul-24
Ian Kavanagh completes a 3hr Distance Challenge - 28.99 km
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16-Jul-24
Charles Foster adds 5 laps of Flat and Bit Rocks - 1000 Islands
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11-Jul-24
Mike Conroy adds Outer and Inner Farne and Coquet Island - Lighthouse Challenge
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11-Jul-24
Michael O_Farrell adds laps of Lambay, Colt and St Patrick_s Islands - 1000 Islands
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11-Jul-24
Rhys Hunt and Paul Barret add Rona and Eilean Trodday lights - Lighthouse Challenge
+ various Skye islands
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11-Jul-24
Tim Haines paddles to St Kilda - 11:42 - 13:04 for the return.
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11-Jul-24
Michael O_Farrell and Liam McCarthy add a team run on the Tuskar Rock Challenge - 02:39:08
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11-Jul-24
Mike Conroy adds Bass Rock and Fidra - Lighthouse Challenge
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11-Jul-24
Ed Loffill adds a Anglesey Masters - Rhoscolyn Beacon run - 01:44
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28-Jun-24
Julian Haines and Alex Yarmoshko also add a trip to Kish Lighthouse - Lighthouse Challenge
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28-Jun-24
Neal Ricketts completes a 5hr Distance CHallenge - 31.4 km
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28-Jun-24
Julian Haines adds a further lap of Rockabill - Lighthouse Challenge
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28-Jun-24
Ian Kavanagh adds a trip to Kish Lighthouse - Lighthouse Challenge
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28-Jun-24
Ed Loffill circumnavs Bute - 09:01:17
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28-Jun-24
Scott Bekker adds 2 laps of Garrett Island - 1000 Islands
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28-Jun-24
Chris Wade, Stuart Marshall and Glenn Sutcliffe lap Seil - 1000 Islands
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28-Jun-24
Chris Wade and Stuart Marshall lap Lunga - 1000 Islands
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28-Jun-24
Chris Wade laps Raasay - 05:53 - a new record
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28-Jun-24
Kevin Mansell laps Jersey - 1000 Islands
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28-Jun-24
Phil Smith adds 3x laps of Brownsea Island - 1000 Islands
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28-Jun-24
Phil Smith adds various from the Solent - Lighthouse Challenge
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15-Jun-24
Simon Augustin adds Kalkgrund Lighthouse - Lighthouse Challenge
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14-Jun-24
Simon Palmer adds L'Ost Pic lighthouse - Lighthouse Challenge
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14-Jun-24
Margarita Felixburger, Tavi Muarray and Russ Scaplehorn complete a lap of Wales - 27 days
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14-Jun-24
Scott and Mary Bekker add Craighill Channel Lower Range Light Rear Lighthouse - Lighthouse Challenge
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14-Jun-24
Scott and Mary Bekker lap Snake, Robert and Wood Island, Susquehanna River - 1000 Islands
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14-Jun-24
Phil Smith laps Hayling Island and Portsea Island - same day
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14-Jun-24
Simon Augustin completes a 1hr Distance Challenge - 10.21km
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14-Jun-24
Warren Ogden laps Brownsea Island - 1000 Islands
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14-Jun-24
Michael O_Farrell adds Spit Bank light - Lighthouse Challenge
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14-Jun-24
Brent van der Linde, Will Richardson, John Niven and Alex Geary-Jones cross the North Channel in folding doubles - 07:42
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28-May-24
Anthony Debesne laps Sherkin Island - 1000 Islands Challenge
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28-May-24
Charles Foster laps Terminal ISland - 1000 Islands Challenge
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28-May-24
Marcus Francis and John Gray lap Mull - 6 days
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28-May-24
Mike Conroy laps the Isle of Wight - 28:59
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28-May-24
Mike Conroy adds Nab Tower - Lighthouse Challenge
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28-May-24
Julian Haines and Colin Orr lap Ailsa Craig - Lighthouse Challenge
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28-May-24
Michael O' Farrell adds Great and Little Saltee Islands - 1000 Islands Challenge
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28-May-24
Tash Ó Treasaigh adds Fastnet Lighthouse - Lighthouse Challenge
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19-May-24
Charles Foster adds Terminal Island and various laps of Whale, Bit and Flt Rock - 1000 Islands
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19-May-24
Neil and Brian Turnbull add Longstone to the Lighthouse Challenge
+ various Farnes to the 1000 Islands Challenge
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19-May-24
Sue Honan and Anthony Debesne add Slyne Head to the Lighthouse Challenge
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19-May-24
Julian Haines and Colin Orr add Barra Head - Lighthouse Challenge
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19-May-24
Mike Conroy adds Flat Holm, Monkstone and Black Rock the Lighthouse Challenge
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19-May-24
Simon Margot laps the Isle of Wight - 10:06
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19-May-24
Julian Haines and Colin Orr add Fladda and Garvellachs light - Lighthouse Challenge
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30-Apr-24
Sue Honan, Michael O'Farrell, Ray O'Donnell, and Emer O'Boyle add Tuskar Rock to the Lighthouse Challenge
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30-Apr-24
Julian Haines and Colin Orr add Great Skellig to the Lighthouse Challenge
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30-Apr-24
Chris Wade adds 3 laps of Puffin Island - 1000 Islands Challenge
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