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I have created Yackman.com as a way to share my passion for sea kayaking and wilderness, and to tell you about some of the places I have visited. I came to sea kayaking fairly late in life, after early years as a power boater and twenty years as a Great Lakes sailor.
In 1994, my wife Lisa and I were looking for a different kind of vacation experience, when I stumbled on an advertisement for a three day, wilderness kayaking trip off the coast of Maine near Bar Harbor. Neither one of us had been in a kayak before but we gave it a try and loved it. We’ve been kayaking now for another twenty years. I don’t plan to stop until I’m no longer able to paddle!
Indian River Lagoon Spoil Island
Originally from the beautiful, but cold and snowy, upstate New York, we have relocated to the sunny Treasure Coast of Florida. If you are a Snowbird, look here for information on paddling in Florida as you prepare for your winter visit. “Homesteaders” - full time Florida Residents, may find useful information here as well. And everyone will find great adventure stories.
The new Yackman.com (the site you are on) contains reports uploaded starting in 2012. Extensive Trip Reports for the years 2007 - 2011 from New York and New England, Florida, the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America can be found at…
Here is an interesting assisted rescue technique, one that is a variation on the bow to side of overturned kayak "Hand of God" technique. It occurs to me that this would also work as a reenter and assist using this technique for the capsized paddler who has done a wet exit.
Let me know if you try it.