Why A Kayaking Website?

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!

Paddling in a New Location

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.  

Indian River Lagoon Spoil Island

Sebastian River Launch

YackmanArchive.com

Why Yackman.com and YackmanArchive.com? 

Yackman.com was created in 2007 using Apples iWeb software.  In 2012 Apple announced that it would no longer upgrade or support the iWeb software.  This made it necessary to create a new Yackman.com using new Sandvox software.  Converting all of the pre 2012 web material from the iWeb to the Sandvox format was to daunting a task for a part time webmaster like myself.   My solution was to archive the pre 2012 iWeb reports as YackmanArchive.com.  Use the menu bar above under YackmanArchive.com to peruse the articles published on the archived website.

Clouds over the Indian River Lagoon

Schodack Island, Hudson River, New York

Spring Warrior Creek, Big Bend Salt Water Paddling Trail, Florida