The PSK Hub – Performance Sea Paddling Stuff
Welcome to the Performance Sea Kayak Hub. Here we aim to provide a wide-ranging collection of sea-paddling interest, information and insight, with a Performance bias! Hopefully a place of long-term paddling reference and inspiration in this short-term world. Read of sea-kayak records, long-distance expeditions or historic first-attempts. You can consult paddling guides, learn training-tips or …
As I’ve said before, the Puffin TT is a bit of a bugger. 18 years of it now and it still hurts, always has. And in a way that is the point of it. Why? Well the hurting bit is not about some masochistic tendancy, put simplistically it means you are pushing your limits, and that …
Pull up a chair, it’s a long one… I was asked about the effectiveness of the rudder during/countering a bongo slide while riding the River Dee Bore: “Does the rudder have any effect to help escape the bongo?” Well, no, not really. Let me try to explain. The Rudder As the boat moves forward the …
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by Mike Conroy – The Trip A loop starting on the North Cornish Coast via Lundy, Bristol, London, Dover, Isle of Wight and returning to Newquay. This was an unsupported solo trip, generally taking it easy, with many lazy mornings. It was an unusually hot and dry summer, I was generally very lucky with the …
In July 2022 I paddled a single-day, 116 km lap of the isle of Islay, Scotland. Here’s the story: The Challenge I like doing these things, paddling laps of islands. It’s partly the test of making it around under your own steam, the physical and mental challenge, but I also like solving the tidal-puzzle, getting …
Climbing Snowdonia. Like many people, I’ve been chasing the clock for years, decades even. The numbers tells it how it is, there are no excuses. And yet, there is a gap in the tangibility somehow. One run you are 15 secs up, the next 15 down. It ebbs and flows, without a distinct conclusion. But …
It wasn’t such a good day for surf; however you can still get something useful from it, and have a bit of fun. So here it was time to ‘paddle a few squares’: Paddle out through – working break timings and looking for gaps, Then paddle across just on the edge of ‘the break’ – …
Penrhyn Mawr is a tide race on the W coast of the Isle of Anglesey*, UK. The flooding tide, a rocky headland and a number of shallow reefs work together to form the often impressive tide race. It is a popular moving-water paddling spot in the UK sea kayaking scene. Here I mix a bit …
Penrhyn Mawr is a tide race on the W coast of Holy Island, Anglesey, UK. The tide, a rocky headland and a number of shallow reefs work together to form this section of overfalls/tide race. It is a popular moving-water paddling spot in the UK sea kayaking scene. Conditions change extensively with wind, swell and …
It looks like a bunch of squiggles on the GPS track, but it is actually 4 runs of the Killer 8s session. The original Killer Islands sess is a simple one, start on either Bangor shore or Anglesey shore, round the island (Gored Goch – GG) and return to the start point – paddle hard …
Off to the Skerries once again, and why not? The sun is out after all. The norm is for a left turn out of Cemlyn Bay, and go with the flow until you hit something. Hopefully before Ireland. But today we want a little more from the day. We are going to practice a little …