tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275892692024-03-08T00:36:24.897-03:30"KAYAKING DREAMIN"“Heading For LaManche"Stan Mac Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427681844181655931noreply@blogger.comBlogger1667125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589269.post-88314605687061353232019-05-02T10:48:00.001-02:302019-05-02T10:49:06.801-02:30<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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They're Back. This one was just down from my home in Petty Harbour. Wanted to get out and chisel off a few chunks for visitors coming this July. Wicked ice for drinks. Cubes last for a long time. Nice treat too to drink 10,000 year old water. The water was too rough around the berg. If I had another paddler willing to venture out, may have been able to do it. There are bergs now in Bonavista and Twillingate with more on the move.</div>
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I like to think we are paddling down the shore when paddling on the south coast of Newfoundland but locals call it "up the shore".....Tony right behind ya......heading up the shore....</div>
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Happy Kayaker.....Happy Life......In a locally made kayak here in Newfoundland.....The Makkovik</div>
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Lamanche suspension bridge</div>
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Some advancing....some in holding pattern.....</div>
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Checking out some shoreline enroute to Lamanche.</div>
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Getting ready to paddle from Tors Cove to Lamanche early Feb. 2019.</div>
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THIS POST IS OLD IT DID NOT HAPPEN TODAY IT WAS STUCK IN MY DRAFT SO I POSTED IT. BACK ON THE WATER THOUGH SO NEW POSTS COMING SOON. CHEERS.</div>
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These images were outside Cripple Cove just before rounding the cape at Cape St. Francis. There is obviously some shoaling here and this area is normally mush more chaotic and turbulent as you would expect any shoal to be especially at a cape. Saturday had calm winds with little swell but still enough water activity to make this little spot an entertainment piece in itself. We pattered around here for about 30 mins or so and headed into Cripple Cove which is rarely accessible because it sits below the cliffs of the cape but was allowing entrance today.</div>
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Inside Cripple Cove looks quite innocuous </div>
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Heading To Maddox Cove NL<br />
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Waning DayStan Mac Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427681844181655931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589269.post-2253721636171192652017-06-09T15:03:00.001-02:302017-06-09T15:03:40.104-02:30One thing is for sure about living in Petty Harbour, you never know
what you might come home to. Today it was not the set of a movie well at
least one that has not played out yet. I saw this "green hornet" down
by the dock on the way home from work. Yeah, like I'm not gonna go check
that out I says. Met Brian from Ireland and Joseph from Quebec. A
couple of 4-5oo ocean paddlers from around the world, a unique group,
that are attempting to paddle from St. John's to ...... Yup <span class="text_exposed_show">you guessed it.......France....oops I told you that. </span><br />
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Talked to Brian about the trip and sounds like one hell of a ride.
Paddling the whole way for two months. One paddler at a time, two hours
up and two hours down. Equipped with all the essentials, weather
equipment, solar panels, desalination unit for fresh water, emergency
equipment and a connection to live weather as they traverse the "pond".
The weather will be broadcast from yup you guessed it again........
Ireland.<br />
I could not pass the "Sassy " and sleek look of the
craft that was engineered to be self-righting and able to endure , we
hope, the waters of the North Atlantic. They will be leaving the area
next week with laden bellies full of calories and brave hearts.<br />
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Though it was the first paddle of the year for me and for about a year actually, it sure was good to be back on the water. Gary here ready to go with gear organized boat ready. I was a little slow getting started today. Gasket gone in wrist of dry suit, forgot water at shuttle point, skeg cable busted (i knew this ahead of time), waterproof camera dead, battery in spare camera dead and the list went on. I had the essentials to paddle but man oh man I have some on shore work ahead of me to prepare for the next paddle.</div>
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Tobias a regular paddler with this group stopped by at the put-in with his daughter of 3 years to have a chat. Dean and Tony in the pic getting a shot of Tobias and daughter.</div>
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Had some good chats with Clyde along the way and made me reminisce about those nice ole kayak paddle chats that I have been missing for so long. With both cameras on the blink these were the only shots of the trip....the preparation before launch. </div>
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It was nice to see all the gang again and to share in the camaraderie of a decent paddle. Brian is making his way to the waterfront and his craft. I believed he paddled one of his own fiberglass boats he made, today. </div>
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It was about a 19km paddle later told to me by Tony at our take-out in Quidi-Vidi. Lots of small caves along the way to explore and coastline that looked liked it was serrated with a band saw all the way along as the cliff's jagged edges etched to their bases appearing to grind the waters below.</div>
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We stopped and had a nice break at the Ocean Science Centre on our way to QV. It was an interesting landing spot with some as interesting launches after we ate. All in good humour and fun. All along the route I was lulled by the swell of the ocean and the good spirits of all on the trip, which reenforced even more vividly what I had been missing for sometime now. </div>
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Well, where do I begin? Though I have not been kayaking I have been doing lots of hiking and photography on land. I sure do love to deviate as my passion and curiosity takes me. I've developed a love for this magnificent creature in our backyard during the summer months. The Humpback whale is an amazing docile sea mammal.......in my experience, and I have had some encounters that have yet to be topped by any human being I know. Awe we'll just put landscapes aside for now. I want to share some of the more intimate interactions over the last year or so. </div>
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We rented zodiacs about four times last summer. 3 photographers, a kindling passion, a keen since of kinship and a love of pictures. This kindling passion ignites with a such a thunderous roar inside your chest the moment one breaks the surface you start to try and break your captivation so as to start shooting and sometimes I miss shots because I just want to see it all before it quickly disappears. Content to sail away knowing that i may not have a photo but I sure do have the image imprinted on my mind and I can go back to that anytime. But you do get shots. This fin is huge, some measure 6-8 feet or longer I've seen. I like the barnacles clinging to the outer edges glistening gold in the late evening sun. </div>
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I was also captivated by this, lobbing! Humpbacks like to smack their tails on the surface sometimes and it is very loud. This went on for about 5-8 minutes and the columns of water being released by the tail flicking motion sprayed seawater for feet, into the air. We give them the right of way and our encounters are respectful. Our boat guide and learned captain keeps track of the whales that visit by collecting photos from people who shoot the whales and he identifies them individually ( based on their tail markings, much like they identify Orcas) to see which ones return each year. </div>
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This guy was so gorged from the kapelin they come to Newfoundland to feed on in summer months that I was surprised to see him setting up for a deep dive. You can tell he is going deep by the almost vertical angle of his tail. We never did find this fellow again. It was loppy. It is a whale tale though! The one that got away I guess : ).</div>
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The Humpback in the foreground is a baby. You can tell by his smaller dorsal fins and blowhole and well just his obvious smaller size. He was jumping around frantically when we first encountered the three of them. Two parents I am assuming and the little one. I thought at first he was playing but when I got home I zoomed in on my shots and I saw that he was obviously attacked. There were literally huge chunks missing everywhere but he was a trooper and moved around with what looked like ease but a bit wildly and I am thinking that perhaps the air felt good on some of his wounds. When they were leaving the area they all merged together and majestically swam away into their briny world.</div>
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One of the bigger Humpbacks had sizable bumps and dents. The family in tact they disappeared, but nature can be cruel when you see it in the wild. That, to me you have to understand for what it is in that world......survival of the fittest. It is still out there. Amazingly!!!</div>
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I hope to see that little fellow this year though. I have pictures where some of his biggest wounds were and some shots of his tail.......we'll see.</div>
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Not much will beat a Humpback breach when you can see and experience it. I still do not have the one I'd like but the sound of them impacting the water when they fall back down is thunderous slapping as their thick outer skin meets the viscosity and surface tension of the ocean water below.</div>
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Blowholes on Humpbacks are huge and they kind of remind me of the tips of trunks on elephants. They appear very sensitive and very reactive and in motion lots especially , of course, when surfacing and submerging back down under the water. Observing these holes can give you a little information on what they might be preparing to do next. Some will just come and swim by your boat and observe you for very long minutes at a time. Emerging perpendicular to their long form and spinning with their eyes just above the water.. .....staring at you! </div>
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This was shot head on to a Humpback getting ready to dive with his blowhole closed. I cannot begin to explain to you how wide this whale was and gorged with food. This was shot at the end of their visit to Newfoundland. He was friggin'....friggin' big. </div>
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Of course when very close and feeling and smelling their blowhole spray landing all over and all around you, you become very aware of what their last meal was.</div>
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I'm not sure if this Puffin was thinking safety as much as he may have been thinking near miss. I know that puffins are very familiar with humpbacks even though they seem to be traveling at Mach 1 to be familiar with anything would be nothing short of an accomplishment.</div>
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They know Humpbacks have not much interest in them. Unless they enjoy them flying above their heads in some natural harmony.</div>
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This remains one of my favorite shots of a Humpback as he is yet again about to dive. I have it enlarged in the hallway of our home. The sheath of water rolling off his back, that has to be less than millimeters thin, can be seen cascading down his sides as he goes under. I just went to have a look again, and you can see the individual folds inside his blowhole that makes the hydro seal he needs upon entering his depths.</div>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes when I'm out I like to see how well the GPS marking line up with the actual navigational aids on the water. Sometimes I'm amazed how close like this one, and other times they are not even on the GPS. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Other times I just have questions like, "can I salvage a pot that has been sitting on a rock for what looks like eons?' without fear of the fisheries dudes roughing me up? " MAybe it is best to just leave them there at anyrate and let them decay naturally into the surrounding beauty like they were perhaps supposed to do anyway. Why would I want one? Well that is simple. Because!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAzgRNnFAywUrHZ9llaXnUYFhoOHfRssC-MK-EcVKInEnZvxyZP3O-ExCRPBdR7d8mb92wiPBIpB1er6X_ZmA7DXZL2IlV-hFluT_KAogaSLVe7TME2sviHxNVfLB6MGDDclZ/s1600/untitled-3062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAzgRNnFAywUrHZ9llaXnUYFhoOHfRssC-MK-EcVKInEnZvxyZP3O-ExCRPBdR7d8mb92wiPBIpB1er6X_ZmA7DXZL2IlV-hFluT_KAogaSLVe7TME2sviHxNVfLB6MGDDclZ/s640/untitled-3062.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Once again I am Canadian. Proud to be and ever so happy to be able to share it with others. If you never have been to Canada you will always be astounded by our beauty from coast to coast. I am always amazed when I go some where new how much land and water there is around us. I hope we keep it as clean as we can for all to share and respect all the creatures big and small we share it with and to that end, I hope you paddle hard and paddle safe.</div>Stan Mac Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427681844181655931noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589269.post-23522028667381459812012-06-25T23:10:00.000-02:302012-06-25T23:10:02.938-02:30"Dildo Run Provincial Park, New World Island Newfoundland"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3f1UTRzrepdFeP5frJSVlNpUYB6OLWY-9hhqtLip4j4WXXNnjQTuPVGefBxdiBQlstBfol8zuKGYvR_r0mY9FdJI5iSjEiERG_ugYhVayE04_UFGlpwSJy5LKMwziMclEiIMX/s1600/DSC_8311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3f1UTRzrepdFeP5frJSVlNpUYB6OLWY-9hhqtLip4j4WXXNnjQTuPVGefBxdiBQlstBfol8zuKGYvR_r0mY9FdJI5iSjEiERG_ugYhVayE04_UFGlpwSJy5LKMwziMclEiIMX/s640/DSC_8311.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> Thought I heard something outside my tent.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Took a trip two weekends ago to Twillingate and Fogo Island areas of Newfoundland for a photo shoot. Took my kayak but it really was not a kayak trip sadly enough because there is lots of excellent kayaking in the area. I did manage to get out one day. It was more of a soul searching trip for me and time needed for self. I guess I just need that sometimes.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> The only iceberg left in the area when I was there and this was at the causeway of Twillingate and New World Islands.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> On my one outing I did have a remarkable encounter with a couple of Osprey and their home. They were about 50 meters away and made me feel very much like prey as I figure I was agitating them with my presence.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I did something I would never usually do and that was find a rock full of seaweed about 5 feet in length which was exposed because of low tide. I got out of my kayak and laid down watching the birds and took out my good camera gear and started shooting off this little roost. One slippery move and $6000.00 worth of camera gear in the dunk. Though I couldn't resist on this outing I probably won't do it again. No wind, no waves no one around at 9am in the morning. It was after all wonderful for the soul.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My launching site in the park with my camp just behind the brush in front of the canoe. Sipping a coffee here reflecting.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A look at my camp with dry suit hanging on the tarp. I haven't kayaked in a while and not done so solo for even longer than not kayaking. It certainly was inspiring to get back at it. The guys are going to Ireland's Eye on a July1 st camping trip and man what a great group it would be to go with. My partner wants me to go to a wedding and then there is our grieving dog. Decisions, decisions. My profile in kayaking has been virtually nonexistent as of late as I have been preoccupied with other issues but I am sure longing to be posting again soon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you visit my blog thanks for doing so and look froward to some new material as my summer evolves.</div>Stan Mac Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427681844181655931noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589269.post-36864911530089968402012-04-12T21:16:00.001-02:302012-04-12T21:21:54.708-02:30“Kayaking With Icebergs In Newfoundland"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A road less travelled.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">You know what guys? I know what some are saying about “risk” and “risky” it grows old sometimes. When I think of the whitewater first descents done by the boys in that genre I sometimes shake my head and say, “wow, they must be crazy.” Then I think quickly, man I bet that was a rush though. Can you imagine anyone wanting to walk across Niagara falls on a tight-rope. Ever see those skydivers with wings on Youtube ? Can you imagine anyone skiing in wicked powder, off the main course in the backcountry, avalanche country, by themselves. Silly boys/gals! I’m going south on Monday but I have absolutely no urge to dive with sharks with no cage. Now if there was a cage?????? Can you imagine anyone letting their kid yacht around the world solo? Can you even picture someone wanting to cross the Atlantic ocean in a row boat? So I guess you kind-of-know what I’m getting at. You can have all the skill and knowledge in the world, and I really believe that is significant for a successful outcome, but let’s face it. If that shark wants to rip your friggin’ face off and you are not in a cage, well I hope you know a good surgeon. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you think you can out run an avalanche once you trigger it, I got a spare pair of poles you can borrow. Not to be snye with euphemisms but what works for some does not necessarily work for others. Risk calculated or not is risk more sensibly to me is whether you accept it or not. If you do, enjoy, if not, forget about whatever you were thinking of. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tony giving a wider perspective and relative size indication of the bergs.<br />
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Man we have a rocky coast. ; 0</div>Stan Mac Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427681844181655931noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589269.post-78154076406505738762012-04-12T00:07:00.000-02:302012-04-12T00:07:02.160-02:30“A Chance Encounter"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Coming of his surf while Clyde was taking his shots Gerard stopped by to say hello.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Nice control guys.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Chill’in and there was a chill in the air. A berg chill and they smell so nice.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tobias finding a bit of solitude on the drive home.</div>Stan Mac Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427681844181655931noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589269.post-45007088208640923872012-04-08T01:04:00.001-02:302012-04-08T01:48:39.231-02:30“Icebergs Of Newfoundland and Labrador"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh they’re back all right, sneaking in it seems one at a time. Hard to say really if one is one or if one is two. These things may appear to be separate entities from above but more times than not they are connected underwater and when you come back the next day one may indeed be two.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">These little delectables are in St. John’s Bay just outside Quidi Vidi Gut, about a km or so from there actually. They are always in motion and you never quite know where they will be the next time you look for them. That distant headland is Cape Spear in the distance. Sure would be nice to paddle upon these guys.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Low and behold, a paddler. The guys got it together to go paddling yesterday morning to catch up to these monoliths and pay them a visit. There were seven paddlers and of course I had to be on call so I decided to shoot the guys from land, it was tough….watching and not playin’. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tony here is rounding this one, it is the bigger vertically than the others and perhaps they were once all connected, six degrees of separation maybe. The weather was fine the winds were low so you should be on the water. I plan to go sometime this week in the evening if we can get some decent weather. The guys mulled around for a fair bit then some went on to paddle farther up the coast and others beat it back to landlubber stuff.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Me, I just hooked with another photog we talked and then hiked back to our cars planning another visit before they are destroyed by melt and the elements.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">If I were a wave I would love to crash into those things. Just splatter myself all over it and taste that thousands of years old perspiration leaching from their sides and get totally inebriated on the imprisoned air released, finally, from the heat of our time. Perhaps the air the last of the Dinosaurs breathed maybe a Dinosaur fart for all I would know, but whatever it would be, probably a heck of a lot more cleaner than what we have today.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">They are a good size and dangerous of course and like everything we hear said every year there is an associated risk. The rest is up to you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">How close you want to get has to be a judgement call if you plan to kayak near them. If you never have you may never understand the allure to do so, but if you have, you will go back every time!<br />
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The last ice age occurred during the last years of the Pleistocene some 110,000 to 10,000 years ago. The maximum extent was reached about 18,000 years ago. So some of this ice has been around for quite some time. Icebergs are made entirely of fresh water and Greenland icebergs are thought to be about 15,000 years old which is probably where the ones we see now are coming from.<br />
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They say that typically about 1/5 to 1/7th of the iceberg is seen above water so even though these wildly shaped and frozen beasts are entrancing to gaze upon they are probably even more so beneath the surface.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">If they are going to be photographed you might as well have a kayaker out there catching the moment, playing it safe or at least as safe as they have chosen.<br />
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And make no mistake, they are as dangerous to small craft as they were and are to big. I guess as we draw near to the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic that went down at 2:20 am on April 15th during her maiden voyage, we are ever more able to make ourselves acutely aware of the significance of such a tragedy. Who would have thought as she left Southampton England on April 10 th that she would be at rest 5 days later after she set out ,not more than 375 miles off the coast of Newfoundland some 46,328 tons of steel on that cold, cold bottom of the Atlantic.<br />
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Belfast has just recently opened a new museum in the shape of part of the hull of the Titanic and hope to educate the world on the significance of, and pride that went into her building. I watch an interesting documentary on the shipyard that built her and the museum is at this very location.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Glad you guys all made it out to enjoy the bergs and perhaps I will see some of you one evening this week. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Stan Mac Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427681844181655931noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589269.post-6456158439024926412012-03-26T19:50:00.000-02:302012-03-26T19:50:41.431-02:30“It Begins Again"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s been a few years since the icebergs have hit St. John’s. One stealthily slunk in one night under the veil of darkness and revealed it’s weathered form as a flat unoffending monolith of frozen water and air from millennia ago. I took this from Signal Hill early Sunday morning when its’ presence was still unknown to most.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Flat as a pancake I figure we’ll get a chance to survey it more closely this weekend coming as it settles off Freshwater Bay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Parked off Signal Hill this small berg floats quietly by and even the distant headland of Cape Spear can’t hog the attention from its' presence.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">From a distance like the preceding two pictures the berg looked less menacing but a close up reveals that it still has quite a staggering mass. There were four eagles taking in the ride the morning I was out catching my glimpse of the new arrival and I was able to catch this eagle flying by the blue lagoon on the iceberg itself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I’m hoping there will be more for us to explore in our kayaks as they always generate lots of excitement in the city and neighbouring communities when a few start trickling in. Tourists as well as locals love the allure they create like staring at a camp fire and being mesmerized, something kind of primeval you just can’t shake.</div>Stan Mac Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427681844181655931noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589269.post-6132696697423369942012-03-05T21:51:00.000-03:302012-03-05T21:51:03.979-03:30“Paddling Too in Newfoundland"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess when you own a blog and do so many posts about others you sometimes might wonder where the heck is the guy taking the pictures surely he paddles too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just getting underway in Cape Broyle a few weeks ago Gerard was nice enough to send me photos he took of myself. Sometimes it is kind of neat to see what “you” look like on the water and see how you fit in your boat. I was curious if it looked like it felt. In some circumstances I believed it did. A leisurely cadence, I think it felt like that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little more aggressive stance and I know it felt like that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My being awed by nature stance and well…….. it always feels like that. Thanks Gerard for giving me a visual of me on the water.</div>Stan Mac Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427681844181655931noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589269.post-69760310759890808612012-02-29T19:27:00.000-03:302012-02-29T19:27:19.014-03:30“On Deck In Newfoundland"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Like any deck of any vessel the deck is an important aspect of craft construction. Also like most water craft operators they like to keep the deck as clean or clear as possible. I guess we all have our reasons. I like my fore deck (in front of me) functional. I like my rear deck clear and free because that is where most of my roll terminations are. Therefore having anything impeding my roll to the back deck is a hinderance for me. Now I don’t have to do a roll that ends on my rear deck , that is what I prefer. For some following reasons.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I know there are those staunch purists that like a crisp and clear fore deck. Not me. Gerard here likes his fore deck clear but I think he would put the right deckbag there if he was so inclined. We had a discussion about that on our last paddle. Some like it simple for navigation items like compass, map case, GPS etc. Some like to have ease of access for a spear paddle unhindered by objects such as deck bags or other paraphernalia. Some will argue that it is simply aesthetically pleasing to the eye and curves of the kayak. Some just think there is not the right conforming deckbag out there suitable for or to its function. Some just want a water bottle on deck, all they need.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can only report from my personal experience. I love my deck bag where I put it on the deck before every outing. It has become to me as routine as putting on my PFD. I like the low profile of the one made by Northwater. It is the smaller peaked and wedge shaped one and I have been using for 5 years now. It straps on with four individual lashings. Two at the front and two at the back. Easily put on and taken off in all conditions. It has two side mesh external pockets that run length wise to the bag itself. In there I keep my GPS tethered to the deckbag of course. I also keep my homemade hatch cover remover (made out of a paint can lid remover) in the side pouch as well as a floating pair of hard plastic pliers, lip balm, nose plugs????? (I think I put them there when surfing one time), and I plastic sealable bag for camera or whatever.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the top of the deckbag are crisscrossing bungees where I tether things like my GPS, my Greenland paddle wrench (because if I don’t I forget it), and sometimes my waterproof camera all of which will fit nicely in the side pouches. The bungees also serve to secure my OP hat, my noeprene gloves or mitts and on occasion my shades (i’d be very careful about putting those there though because a wave of most any size capable of washing your deck will also wash away your shades). I know.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This particular deckbag opens in the front via a horizontal zipper and the bag is NOT waterproof and is made out of a strong Cordura fabric that so far as proven it’s worth in gold. Inside in plastic baggies are two handheld flares, a lighter and matches, two cliff bars always, my flare gun and cartridge, and my camera from time to time as well as a dry cloth in a bag for wiping sunglasses and camera (very important to me) as long as I can remember to bring a dry one each time : ). Gerard had a micro fleece cloth that was the cats meow and very absorbant so I’ll be getting one of those for next outing I think. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also most important to me is the usefulness of an elevated attachment point for my compass. The Nordkapp has ones you can get installed but are so far forward that I cannot see or read the damn thing in bad light or bad weather and it means having a clear viewing area in between so you can see the thing. Not always practical for me because I like having my spare paddle on the fore deck for easy access and because I like my back deck clear for rolling. I know , I know have a few rolls besides the back deck roll because you shouldn’t rely on just one. But if you only have one keep the area clear where you will most likely be forced to go I guess. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Having a clear back deck also makes rescuing operations and re-entering in assisted rescues easier. Maybe having two clear decks is what you like, and good for you on that. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Having access to my gadgets, a place for my camera, my snacks and other odds and ends has just proved so utilitarian with this deckbag that it has become one of my favourite purchases to date. Also of note when used during surfing or rolling it has never filled with water. But keeping things in water proof bags will eliminate any problems with that. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Overall this bag is very aesthetic and streamlined for a Nordkapp deck because of its peak and wedge shape. Provides easy access to essentials at least what I consider essentials and certainly was reasonably priced.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If I’m worried about maps or map bags when on a trip, the deckbag provides excellent attachment points for a map case that allows the map case to sit and fit nicely on the front portion of my sprayskirt for easy viewing. Easy to see compass and easy to see maps, what more do you need?………The Deck Bag!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Stan Mac Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427681844181655931noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589269.post-19865821857321443302012-02-16T07:59:00.002-03:302012-02-24T22:51:00.669-03:30“Getting To Lunch -Cape Broyle"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So of course paddling along the south shore for a bit we stated to get hungry or at least I did. So many distractions though to suppress that growling gut.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of Coves along this short stretch about 10-12 km long depending on how many coves you explore. Costelio Cove Is the first you pass and I also believe there is a rock there of the same name and may be the one below Gerard is paddling near.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once past Freshwater Cove you encounter the longest stretch of beach at Lance Cove where some of the more dramatic frozen waterfalls were clinging to the face of the cliff. Church Cove was lunch stop just before the final tour at The Cathedral sea cave just before Cape Broyle Head on the South side. I love eating outside and when the weather is as nice as it was last Saturday it is as enjoyable as if it were a warm summer day. Gerard had tea and I brought some hot chocolate just to keep the chill at bay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were many boats that sailed the water we were playing around in and I guess they took on many shapes and over the years evolved from paddling, to wind, to steam, to diesel and back to paddling again. I love it. Nothing like a 22km paddle to have an excuse for another feed. So we stopped at the delightful restaurant just up the road when we landed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They had also a model of the RMS Titanic that was intriguing and spooky. Her resting spot and grave not far from the shores we paddled. Well that is a bit of an exaggeration but she rests in the cold Atlantic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Much to my delight was a small replica of my favourite schooner The Bluenose of Nova Scotia what a fine looking and sailing craft. I was on the Bluenose 11 a few times and sailed on a tour out of Halifax harbour once and what a treat indeed. Bluenose was famous for her speed and dominated the New England coast with her racing times that no one could beat. Actually if you cut the bottom off below the white line of the hull, you are kind of left with the shape of a kayak.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A wonderful place for very generous portions and the best chicken wings with their own secret sauce you will ever have. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Stan Mac Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427681844181655931noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589269.post-45594321167860090002012-02-15T07:43:00.002-03:302012-04-12T13:01:21.151-02:30“I Heard There Was A Secret Chord…."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the opening to Leonard Cohen’s song “Hal lehuja” and man that’s what I was humming as I was paddling along. Not so much as any religious inspiration or anything like that but kind of an epiphany that this little paddle destination like so many around the world felt like my own little secret today. Only two of us on that open atlantic waterway in Cape Broyle enjoying the crispness and bite of the air and cold slicing spray of the salty brine. This paddle was my secret chord in the harmony of life on this day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Nothing too much is free in life anymore and I guess it is debatable about seakayaking and all the gear, the travel to and from take outs and put ins and the like. But I’ll tell you nothing feels as good and free as that extra ummphhh you get when you ride those small waves from the rebound and freed suction of the tide once it is released from the grip of a clump of rocks or ledge of a cliff and you are pushed along cutting through the various sized ripples of rebound as you are further propelled along your route. Sticking close to lands edge has that benefit sometimes. Letting the water do the work to gain whatever efficiency is to be had.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Gerard warming up to one of his own here.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Love the rocker on the Nordkapp and really liked the black sand on this beach and the textures and lines the waves and wash made in the sand. Was feeling patriotic and thankful for how lucky I am to the have freedoms that others can only “Dream Of” but that is what my blog is about, dreamin' I guess.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">A beautiful spot.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Go ahead Gerard, you can touch it! LOL I know he is dreamin’ too, because he told me on the paddle out that he just placed an order for his LV Nordkapp with a red bottom and black deck. Taking that awesome trip to the Valley are ye?</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Just a little reminder of the temperature and the weather around us but no less than about −4 or −6 Celsius.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Next stop the Cathedral to really get a days blessin’.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Stan Mac Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427681844181655931noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589269.post-15928066699218222372012-02-14T07:30:00.003-03:302012-02-14T11:28:53.560-03:30“Happy Valentines Day-Up In Smoke"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">HAd a boring evening one Saturday and I try not to watch too much TV. The brain drain of human kind. I decided to take some shots of incense and its smoke. Once you clean up the images a bit you can see just about anything you can imagine in the twists and twirls of moving air currents (which I accomplished by moving doors and fanning paper) and freezing with flash photography.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">For the ladies who occasionally visit my blog a heart that I coloured slightly pink for effect and rotated 90 degrees.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> A rose of sorts but every lady likes roses on Valentines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well while I was in the posting mood thought I’d throw in a few of my favs that were kind of ‘ocean related’.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">“The Squid"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The vacant "Hermit’s Shell”.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Something totally off the wall I just call “Genesis”. Hope you enjoy.</div>Stan Mac Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427681844181655931noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589269.post-48877506166213809472012-02-13T17:01:00.002-03:302012-02-13T20:36:04.590-03:30“Cape Broyle Icicles"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was hard not to be awed by the frozen water we saw along the way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some appearing as teeth daggers ready to pierce you should you draw too near to its mouth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some just frozen from cascading falls as the river water plummets to the ocean surface. This river I believe is the Horsechops River which is always an entertaining stop when paddling the Cape Broyle route. In the summer months it is neat to allow some of that fresh water to cool you off, probably not needed at this point.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">When you kayak, you become acutely aware of your environment as it is kind of intuitive really. Looking a head of you , beside you, behind you for others following sort of thing or even up as you catch that glimpse of an eagle soaring overhead. Well on todays outing you had to look up more earnestly when approaching some caves because there were stalactites of ice at the entrances and throughout that could readily impale you. Gerard is doing just that, taking a look at one before entering the cave. Look at the size of that thing compared to him and his boat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">So all along this journey there was frozen run off from cliffs above spectacular and captivating in their own right I guess.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So nature yet once again humbles me.<br />
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Well obviously we staged this shot to get some size perspective, not likely to see kayaks crisscrossed under frozen waterfalls by some naturally occurring event, and we were having a bit of fun. Laughing at the composition but getting a good cool, fresh water rinsing of our boats at the same time. Kind of like a “Paddle in Kayak Wash”.<br />
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And Nature continued to humble…………...</div>Stan Mac Kenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427681844181655931noreply@blogger.com5