Chesapeake Paddlers Association offers you this free zoom workshop – partnering with Moulton Avery, Director of the National Center for Cold Water Safety. Did you know that cold water, adverse weather, and hazardous waters are the most important safety challenges that paddlers face? What can you do to avoid getting yourself in trouble? What’s a wind shadow and how does …
Coordinator’s Column: Happy New Year!
I am truly looking forward to the new year and am optimistic that 2021 will be an improvement over 2020. I like to think back about all the positive things that happened this past year, but I am also reminded of all the family and friends lost this year. Hopefully with the vaccines and improved medical treatments we will move …
Coordinator’s Column: Looking back on 2020 and ahead to 2021
This is the last newsletter of the year so a good time to reflect on the events of the past season. There were several CPA events that were cancelled due to the virus along with many active members missing from the scene. Some of the cancelled events are the backbone of CPA’s early thirty-year history along with the many day …
Coordinator’s Column: Whether Greenland or Euro, paddle on!
Are you a Greenland paddler or a euro paddler? Well today it is a matter of preference. Since I started sea kayaking, I noticed that more and more people are using Greenland paddles. When I first picked up a euro paddle and started sea kayaking, I found them awkward since I was a lifetime canoe paddler and canoe paddlers really …