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| If you want to enjoy the best kayaking, canoeing, and SUP boarding that Europe has to offer, consider one of its many up-and-coming paddling destinations. There is incredible island-hopping paddling in places like Malta, the Stockholm Archipelago in Sweden, and the Galician Coast in Spain. Lesser-visited European countries including Montenegro, Albania, Romania, and Bosnia and Herzegovina all have incredible bodies of water perfect for adventure-seeking paddlers. |
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A Record Decline In Boating Fatalities, With One Glaring Exception |
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| The Coast Guard last week reported the largest year-over-year drop in recreational boating fatalities in more than a decade, but that encouraging news was tempered by an increase in paddling deaths. |
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Message Board of the Week |
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| Newbie needs advice please. I used to rent kayaks to explore Florida waterways and decided to get my own. Cannot choose. I am perfectly happy with these cheap rental molded kayaks (I prefer sit-on-top) but kayaks like these are too heavy for me, I cannot get them on car roof alone. Need something that I can load myself. What I need: single kayak (I am 162 lb) for Florida swamps/springs/rivers. I will never go to the ocean, I don’t fish. But I need sometimes to go through overgrown vegetation when I labor through inch by inch or sandy shallows with 3" of water. Sometimes sharp turns on small creeks with swift currant, so it shouldn’t be too long. I do not want the inflatable, I know I am not going to be comfortable in it. I got stuck often on submerged logs with sharp broken branches. I was thinking about foldable kayak. So it must be able to survive a lot of abuse and it must be light and cheap. Thanks a lot. |
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| Before you get in the water, make sure you have the most important piece of safety gear - a Personal Flotation Device (PFD). Life jackets work only when you wear them, and the law requires you to have one for every person in every boat. Test your knowledge with the Life Jacket Quiz to be sure you know your basics! |
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