About the Club
The NSWSKC was established in 1989 by a group of enthusiastic paddlers to further the sport of Sea Kayaking in NSW.
The most important aspects of the Club are the organised trips, training weekends and the club magazine, which is published four times per year. The magazine contains a calendar of activities and, once a year, a contact list of members. This includes a grading scale for participants to determine whether they have suitable skill levels to undertake any particular activity.
Membership of the club puts you in touch with many other paddlers state-wide.
Events and club trips are advertised in the regular magazine (the NSW Sea Kayaker). These trips include training and safety days, day tours and expeditions. In order to take part in club activities, you must be a member of the NSWSKC.
The membership year is from March to end February (to coincide with the annual event Rock'n'Roll).
Detailled membership costs are set out on the How to Join.
Should you require any additional information please contact a committee member.
The Club's aims and objectives are:
- to act, through the club's magazine, as a contact point for members' paddling related activities.
- to promote, organize and conduct sea kayaking training programs for all skill levels.
- to liaise with sea kayaking retailers and manufacturers in the design and adoption of quality craft and practical safety ideas.
- to encourage respect for our environment and wild places and the practise of minimum impact camping.
- to represent sea kayakers generally in consultations with government departments at all levels.
The Inaugural NSWSK Club Navigation Challenge (26-27 May 2012)
The Inaugural NSWSK Club Navigation Challenge
…a fun event to test your navigating skills
Swansea, Lake Macquarie
26-27 May 2012-03-15
Grade 1* and up
Read more: The Inaugural NSWSK Club Navigation Challenge (26-27 May 2012)
SAR Exercise Results - Currarong 26 Mar 12
Exercise
A SAR Exercise was conducted in the Crookhaven Bight area on the morning of 26 Mar 12 involving the Ambulance Service of NSW Rescue Helicopter based at Illawarra Regional Airport (Callsign Rescue 26) and a group of Kayakers from the NSW Sea Kayak Club.
The exercise simulated a distress beacon being detected in the Currarong area, followed by airborne beacon homing and visual search. The kayakers used a 121.4 MHz training beacon and a number of pyrotechnics supplied by the ASNSW from AMSA Tier 2 SAR Unit stocks.
The aim of the exercise was to determine the effectiveness of different types of location aids and practice the use of electronic and visual search techniques.
How To Renew Your Club Membership
Hi all
The recent reminder email to renew the membership contained a broken link. Here is how to renew your membership (or create a new membership if you haven't been a member before)
Step 1: login to the web site
Paddler Grading System
Your responsibility
Sea kayaking is by its nature dangerous. The sea does not suffer complacency kindly. Paddlers should aim to minimise their own risk, and the risk they expose others to.
Paddlers should be aware that paddling on the ocean is generally more physically demanding than on sheltered waters, and that a reasonable fitness level may be required for even moderate distances. The formal Paddler Grade qualification that you have achieved at a point in time does not necessarily mean that you are able to paddle at that level today. Being unfit, or out of practice, may reduce your ability to safely take part in a proposed trip. You must be candid with the trip leader when discussing your participation in a trip. If you have any doubts about your fitness or ability to paddle at the expected level, you must fully disclose all of your concerns. If asked, you must be ready and willing to demonstrate your skills.