Sea Kayaking After 60: Challenges and Solutions
Authors Rick and Jaquie completed an 1100-km paddle from Alaska to Vancouver down the Inside Passage. They wrote about their journey in their book Sixty-Five Sunsets: A Canadian West Coast…
Why Visualizing Ocean Currents is Challenging — And How OceanConnect is Changing Everything
Understanding ocean currents is essential for safe, efficient coastal navigation, yet visualizing them remains one of the most complex tasks of trip planning. Unlike wind or waves, which are relatively…
When Big Boats Don’t See You: Paddling Safety Lessons from a Close Call in Sansum Narrows
If you’ve spent any time paddling in coastal waters, you know how peaceful, and sometimes how unpredictable, the ocean can be. For small boaters, especially kayakers, one of the biggest…
The DSC system covers most places a sea kayaker would want to go on the BC coast. These antennas are not like cellphone repeater towers: they will let you communicate with the Coast Guard; they will not retransmit your calls to other VHF users. [From https://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/publications/mcts-sctm/ramn-arnm/part4-eng.html ]
VHF Marine Radio: A Lifeline for Sea Kayakers
Why would I, a humble sea kayaker, want a marine VHF?