YackMan.com

Sea Kayaking Information, Trip Reports, Gear Reviews, Book Reviews, Links and More!

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 some 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

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.

Georgian Bay 2004

Lake Champlain 2005

Kayaking Florida 2006

Sebastian River Launch

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Keys Challenge: The Beard Experiment

I had a mustache for quite awhile 35 years ago, but never a beard. A three day growth just drove me crazy, so I never got any farther. My buddy Bruce has always had a beard. He looks good most of the time (Usually he looks like Sean Connery. Occasionally he resembles Gabby Hayes). So when I headed out on a twelve day paddling trip, I thought I had the perfect occasion to grow my first beard. After all, no one expected me to be neat and well groomed on such a long trip! The video was shot the day after I got back. I decided I looked more like Gabby Hayes than Sean Connery. So I checked "Grow a Beard" off my bucket list, and shaved.