Performance Sea Kayak2
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Crossing:
North Sea
Route Distance: ~50 nm / 92.6 kmPrevailing direction: E >> W
Record: 2015 - 17:36:00
Solo: 2
Team: 8
Records
| Dimitri Vandepoele | K1M | 17:36:00 | 2015 |
| Ian Castro Simon Worsley | K2 | 17:53:00 | 2009 |
| Rod Cooke Simon Worsley | K2 | 20:07:00 | 1997 |
| Kevin Danforth Franco Ferrero | K2 | 27:10:00 | 1989 |
| Tom Caskey Derek Hutchinson Dave Hellawell? | Team | 31:00:00? | 1976 |
Image: East Goodwin Lightship - D. Vandepoele
There are a number of opinions on which route defines a North Sea Crossing. It has to be said that some routes seem to be nearer to the Dover Strait than the North Sea on my map.
And so, the PSK definition is a route that launches/lands north of the French/Belgium border is classed as a North Sea Crossing, south of this border we view it as an English Channel Crossing.
It also should be noted that there appear to be two different routings which vary the distances involved significantly, depending on a U.K. side start/finish either North or South of the Thames Estuary.
Whatever the route it is still a major and committing undertaking and it has to be appreciated that a number of these crossings demand more than 24 hours in a boat.
Crossing: North Sea
Solo
Click column header to sort.| Posn. | K1W | Cat | Paddler | Elapsed | Date | Start | Finish | Boat | Verified | Note | Link1 | 1 | K1M | Dimitri Vandepoele | 17:36:00 | 31-Jul-15 | Nieuwpoort | Ramsgate | P+H Scorpio LV | Yes | Article | 2 | K1M | Dimitri Vandepoele | 17:49:00 | 01-Aug-18 | Nieuwpoort | Ramsgate | P+H Cetus MV | Yes | Article |
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2 solo paddlers
Teams
Click column header to sort.| Posn. | Cat | Paddler | Elapsed | Date | Start | Finish | Boat | Verified | Note | Link1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K2 | Ian Castro / Simon Worsley | 17:53:00 | 4-Jul-09 | Southwold | Zeebrugge | Double | -- | ||
| 2 | K2 | Rod Cooke / Simon Worsley | 20:07:00 | 17-Aug-97 | Southwold Harbour | Zeebrugge Harbour | Double | -- | ||
| 3 | Team | Simon Hobert Bart Pauwels C. Pillen T. Pillen | 22:40:00 | 31-Aug-05 | Ramsgate | Nieuwpoort | SKUK Explorer SKUK Explorer Double | -- | ||
| 4 | Team | Ian Castro Rod Cooke Simon Worsley | 24:20:00 | 28-Aug-05 | Aldeburgh | Zeebrugge | Kirton ? Kirton | -- | ||
| 5 | Team | Jens Fenne Edmund Hinz | 25:26:00 | 02-Aug-18 | Nieuwpoort | Ramsgate | P+H Cetus MV | Yes | YouTube | |
| 6 | K2 | Kevin Danforth / Franco Ferrero | 27:10:00 | 1989 | -- | |||||
| 7 | Team | Tom Caskey Derek Hutchinson Dave Hellawell? | 31:00:00? | 03-Jun-76 | Felixstowe | Ostend? | P+H Baidarka? P+H Baidarka? | -- | ||
| 8 | Team K2 | Chiel Van Bakel / Ben Stoel Olly Hicks | 40:00:00? | 24-Aug-11 | Katwijk Holland | Sizewell | Klepper Double | -- |
8 Teams -- 21 Paddlers
Notes
Ian Castro / Rod Cooke / Simon Worsley (28-Aug-05)Escort Boat
Rod Cooke / Simon Worsley (17-Aug-97)
Escort Boat
Chiel Van Bakel / Ben Stoel / Olly Hicks (24-Aug-11)
Escort Boat
Dimitri Vandepoele (01-Aug-18)
From Dimitri: "I did it solo and unsupported, again.... but I started together with a two man German team (they paddled at different speed). They also succeeded."
Summary:
Crossing: North SeaSolo paddlers: 2
Team paddlers: 21
Teams: 8
Recorded Start Points:
- Aldeburgh (1)
- Felixstowe (1)
- Katwijk, Holland (1)
- Nieuwpoort (3)
- Ramsgate (1)
- Southwold (1)
- Southwold Harbour (1)