Sunday was calm and sunny and a large group of sea kayakers enjoyed a paddle round Coquet Island. The puffins have almost all left but there are still a few and the seals live here all year round and are super friendly.
On Sunday the sea kayakers decided it was time for a change and instead of meeting at Shorebase they paddled from Howdiemont Sands to Craster and Dunstanburgh Castle. Photos Gail McIver who also created the video.
The club has a long tradition of camping in the compound at Berwick sailing club at the start of the school summer holidays. This year’s visit co-incided with some rough seas so everyone stayed in the estuary and enjoyed some very pleasant relaxed paddling.
For a few years now the sea kayakers have had a camping trip to the West Coast of Scotland. This year the destination was Mull. The weather was very mixed but they managed to get some paddling in and have fun. Trips planned and paddled everyday by some and most days on the water by … Read more
Conditions were ideal for this year’s race which may well explain the good turnout – 42 paddlers participated. Local clubs Tynemouth, Wansbeck, Coquet, Hexham and Blyth fielded 31 paddlers while this year there were only 3 from Scotland as there was a clash with another event. Fastest Ski was Andy Morton from the Ancient Mariner … Read more
On June 14th the Club sea kayakers had their annual outing to Holy Island. Conditions were not ideal with a Force 4 wind and a fairly big swell from the North so five people took up an option to just paddle round the South of the island. Those circumnavigating found that there was no gap … Read more
Club members joined in the Paddle UK Big Paddle Clean Up on Sunday and collected rubbish from around the estuary and the Little Shore – which has recently been designated as bathing water. It wasn’t as bad as feared but there was still plenty to do.
In recent years the trip to the Falkirk Wheel in May has become an annual event. Open to all members of any ability and any type of craft the group paddles the Union Canal and camps near the Wheel. Robert Head made this great video: Steve Gibson took some photos
You are invited to take part in Coquet Canoe Club Annual Round the Island Race. Cost is £10 cash on the day, you can enjoy a trip around Coquet Island with an opportunity to win a trophy!
With the lighter nights club sessions at 6pm on Wednesdays have started again. Yesterday a small group went round Coquet Island in a fairly bouncy sea before practising rescues and self-rescues in the wave basin. There are also plans to start some gentle flat water paddling up the river through Warkworth on Wednesday evenings.