This guide to long-distance sea kayaking is intended for kayakers of all levels, from beginner to advanced. New to this expanded and updated edition of the classic guide, first published in 1981, are proven techniques for teaching kayaking, helpful information for kayakers who are disabled, and suggestions on how to enjoy a kayaking excursion with minimal impact on the environment.
"As before, Dowd's emphasis is on the right approach, the right equipment, the best skills and techniques, and on safety and survival. It is written out of Dowd's wide experience and intimate knowledge of kayaking. It is lucid, exhaustive and wise -- essential reading for all kayakers, and simply the best book on this marvellous pastime". -- Paul Theroux
"This comprehensive manual goes beyond technique and equipment to give a thorough analysis of weather, navigation, ocean currents and tides, storms, rescue, survival situations, and expedition planning. Essential reading". -- Paddles, Oars and Sails
"Both well-written and logically organized, Sea Kayaking is a virtual cornucopia of information pertaining to ocean touring. A glance at the table of contents turns up chapters on equipment selection, technique, seamanship, self-rescue, navigation, weather, storm procedures, and expedition planning, among others". -- Canoe

Sea Kayaking: A Manual for Long-Distance Touring

Sports & Outdoors

Dowd, John

Water Sports

University of Washington Press

Demonstrates kayaking techniques, tells how to plan a long ocean trip, and offers practical information about navigation, safety, camping, food gathering, and first aid

Univ of Washington Pr

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

New edition of a thorough reference first published in 1981 when the sport was little known and revised/reprinted several times since then. Though certainly of interest and useful to the beginner, this reference is especially useful to the experienced paddler who needs specifics rather than generali

Greystone Books

While working on a summer research project to study reef ecology on a tropical island, Jim befriends a Haitian refugee and uncovers a drug smuggling operation

Hogsty Reef (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Children's Books

Turtleback

This book elucidates how technology has impacted the discourse and practices of higher education. Dowd situates current educational movements centered on new technologies, such as the Do It Yourself (DIY) movement, within broader ideological concepts concerned with education, progress, technology, and work. Knowledge of how the discourse and practices of higher education have been impacted enables teachers to create learning environments that are conducive to the cultivation of ethically informed and engaged lives.

Educational Ecologies: Toward a Symbolic-Material Understanding of Discourse, Technology, and Education

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Lexington Books

Dylan and his Native American friends call on ancient rituals and Raven the trickster for help in stopping a logging company from clearing the old-growth forest near Dylan's farm.

Ring of tall trees

Alaska Northwest Books

Douglas&McIntyre

Dylan and his Native American friends call on ancient rituals and Raven the trickster for help in stopping a logging company from clearing the old-growth forest near Dylan's farm

Ring of Tall Trees

Raincoast Book Dist Ltd

This classic guide focuses on the fundamentals of seamanship that are essential knowledge to all ocean paddlers. Sea kayaking has come a long way since this informative manual was published more than twenty years ago. From an offbeat pastime enjoyed by an adventurous few, the sport has become an industry unto itself. Veteran paddler John Dowd’s readable, well-illustrated guide still stands as "the bible" for both new and experienced kayakers. Sea Kayaking covers the basics of equipment and technique, including types of paddles and strokes. But the key focus in this revised and updated edition is on sound seamanship and good risk management: how to read the weather and the water, how to navigate, how to travel with a group. Drawing on his long experience paddling in all climates, Dowd presents practical, concrete advice on dealing with potential hazards (from surf to sea ice to sharks) and carrying out rescues. The book contains new photographs and numerous helpful charts, diagrams and illustrations. It also covers expedition planning, instructional methods and sea kayaking for people with disabilities. As more and more paddlers take to the water, this classic guide continues to be required reading for those seeking adventure on the open ocean.

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Sea Kayaking: A Manual for Long-Distance Touring

Sea Kayaking: A Manual for Long-Distance Touring

Sea Kayaking: A Manual for Long-Distance Touring

Sea Kayaking: A Manual for Long-Distance Touring

Hogsty Reef (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Educational Ecologies: Toward a Symbolic-Material Understanding of Discourse, Technology, and Education

Ring of tall trees

Sea Kayaking: A Manual for Long-Distance Touring

Ring of Tall Trees

Sea Kayaking: A Manual for Long-Distance Touring