Sea kayaking has come a long way since this informative manual was published more than twenty years ago. From an offbeat pastime enjoyed by an adventurous few, the sport has become an industry into intself. Veteran passler John Dowd's readable, well-illustrated guide still stands as the "bible" for both new and experienced kayakers. It provides up-to-date information on:
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-269) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 797.122/4
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781550549768 9781926685366
- LCCN
- GV788.5
- LCCN Item number
- D68 2004eb
- Modifying agency
- DLC
- Original cataloging agency
- DLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xi, 276 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00222883 (OCoLC)696834072 (CaOOCEL)416793
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- DLC
Table of Contents
- Contents 5
- Acknowledgements 6
- Introduction 7
- Equipment 13
- Narrow touring kayaks 14
- General touring kayaks 16
- Crossover kayaks 17
- Recreational kayaks 18
- Singles 20
- Doubles 20
- High volume or low volume 20
- Rigid or folding 21
- Materials 23
- Hull design 25
- Bulkheads and hatches 30
- The pod 31
- The self-draining kayak 31
- To feather or not to feather 35
- Personal flotation devices pfd s 41
- Freon air horns 43
- Pumps and bailers 43
- Flares lights and reflectors 44
- Checklist of additional safety equipment 45
- Radios 46
- Drogue sea-chute and anchor 48
- Deck cargo 55
- Carrying a loaded kayak 56
- Water the infiltrator 59
- Salt the consumer 59
- Heat the exacerbater 60
- Checking for leaks 60
- Storing for winter 61
- Car topping 61
- Technique 63
- Sculling support strokes 68
- Slap support 68
- The floating paddle brace 69
- The low brace 69
- The high brace 70
- Greenland sculling braces 71
- Sweep stroke 73
- Stern rudder 73
- Reverse sweep 74
- Cross-paddle turn 74
- Sculling draw stroke 75
- Draw stroke 75
- Parafoil sailing 79
- Risk self-rescue and assisted rescues 83
- The Eskimo roll 88
- The Pawlata roll 89
- The storm roll 91
- The King Island roll 93
- Other rolls 94
- Other recovery methodssome good some not so good 94
- Cold water self-rescues 96
- The Sea Wing self-rescue 97
- Paddle float self-rescue The Mariner self-rescue 100
- Cowboy or cowgirl rescue 102
- The assisted re-entry 103
- Paddle stirrup method PS rescue 104
- Pump and re-entry doubles 107
- The TX rescue 109
- The HI rescue 111
- The all-in rescue 112
- The curl 113
- The scoop 114
- Swimmer rescue 115
- Navigation 117
- Weather 135
- Reading the sea 145
- Hazards 159
- Out through it 161
- In through it 162
- Whales and porpoises 169
- Sharks 170
- Seals sea lions walruses and renegade sea otters 171
- Sea snakes 172
- Portuguese man-of-war 173
- Sea urchins 173
- Stingrays 174
- Jumping and flying fish 174
- Powerboats 175
- Encounters in fog 176
- Storm and other emergency procedures 183
- Camping food gathering and the environment 193
- First aid 205
- Survival situations 219
- Dressing for immersion 220
- Tropical survival ashore 224
- Cold weather survival ashore 229
- Planning an expedition 231
- Tours rentals and instruction 243
- Novice tours with teensa note for organizers 244
- Instruction survey 247
- Who teaches what 248
- The Two-Day Basic Course 250
- Basics and Beyond 251
- Intermediate course 253
- Open Coastal Paddling 255
- Leadership course 256
- Sea kayaking for people with special needs 259
- Appendix A Transoceanic solos 263
- Appendix B Sea kayaking photography 267
- Appendix C Responsibility in the outdoors 270
- Bibliography 274
- Index 282
