I’ve heard it said that “the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.” For most of 2014, I have looked forward to and planned to line up for the Tybee Island race in Georgia. Unfortunately, events conspired to thwart my attendance. All dressed up and nowhere to [...]
1st Annual Canadian Surfski Champs – August 23, 2014 from Deep Cove Canoe & Kayak Centre on Vimeo.
The inaugural Cape Cod Downwind race (the name of which has been something of a moving target, starting with "Buzzard Bay Race", briefly passing through "Sherwood's Fun Time Paddle Paddle Paddle Jamboree" before settling on - in my mind at least - the final moniker). We'd be paddling from Stony [...]
On August 25th I received a Facebook message from Ken Cooper: "Dana. Going to Lighthouse race ?? I'll do the V8 14 mile if you do too." In fact I had just booked a steamship reservation that morning for passage off Martha's Vineyard on Sept. 5th, with Lighthouse-to-Lighthouse as the [...]
A few years I met oceanographer, Chris Sherwood who was then paddling a red Eddy Line sea kayak. Chris came over to my place to demo a few skis and see what all the excitement was in paddling a ski. After that day Chris was hooked. Fast forward a few [...]
