Kayaking for 3 to 6 people.
A family, couples, or friends.
No experience necessary.

Kayaking for 3 to 6 people.
A family, couples, or friends.
No experience necessary.
Starting on June 21, 2021
$50 per person
3 person minimum
6 person maximum
Starting on June 21, 2021
$50 per person per day
3 person minimum
6 person maximum
This price is assuming that:
If you need me to do any of this for you, we should talk.
Starting in the spring of 2021.
$50 per person per day
3 person minimum
6 person maximum
Overnight trips are assuming that:
If you need me to do any of this for you, we should talk.
Children are okay as long as:
I have a great deal of experience working with children.
I've kayaked with kids as young as 3.
The sea can be dangerous:
When I see danger approaching, I tend to yell. For example, if someone goes too far ahead of the group, I have to yell for them to hear me. Another example is someone near rocks when swells are approaching us. I have to get that person away from the rocks, BEFORE the swells arrive. There's no time for finesse. I am going to yell. It's better for someone to get yelled at, than for them to get hurt.
A child who is too small to propel a kayak should be in a double kayak with a big person.
The child will be in the front. The big person will be in the back. The child needs to be able to sit in their own kayak seat alone. The big person will not be able to hold the child in place. The big person will propel the kayak.
If a special needs child is able to sit in their own kayak seat alone, then that child is welcome to join us. The special needs folks I have worked with include:
A young lady with cerebral palsy. She was unable to walk. I lifted her, and sat her in the kayak. Once in the kayak, she was fine. At the end I lifted her out of the kayak.
A girl with some kind of spinal issue. She couldn't sit up in a kayak, without a backrest. Two of us helped her into the kayak. Then she laid her back on the kayak, while someone else paddled. At the end we helped her out of the kayak.
A severely autistic boy. He was in a kayak with a guide. His caretaker was in another kayak, and always stayed very close to him.
I have worked with multiple children who were afraid of going in deep water. In every case I have gotten the child to overcome their fear.
If you have such a child in your group, then I recommend that we go kayaking in a pond, once summer has arrived. By then the pond will be warm enough to swim in.
Given a couple of hours in a warm pond, I should be able to get your child to feel comfortable in the water.
A small pet is okay, as long as:
Kayaks, paddles, and life jackets.
Your feet and lower legs will get wet.
Kayaks, paddles, and life jackets.
We should discuss details.
During overnight trips I can teach skills. This can be useful to keep the kids occupied, while the parents spend some quality time together. Or, maybe the adults want to learn some outdoors skills too.
There is no extra charge for instruction.
Basic paddle strokes
Wet kayak exits
Rescuing a capsized kayaker
Rescuing yourself after capsizing
Towing a disabled kayaker
By the end everyone should feel comfortable in a kayak
Kayak exploration
Compass use
Nautical charts
Aids to navigation
Tide tables
By the end everyone should know how to navigate from island to island, on their own, using a chart and compass.
Knife safety
Fire safety
Cut wood into small pieces
Start a fire in a tiny wood stove
Cook a meal on that stove
Eat the meal you cooked
Clean your dishes
Roast marshmallows
If it's too windy in the sea, we'll go to a pond.
If it's too windy for even a pond, then we will cancel.
If we cancel due to weather, we will refund you 100%.
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