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• Weekly Tuesday Night Training Group Paddle Led by Senior Sea Instructor Rob Mercer

  • Start
    23 Aug 2022
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  • End
    26 Dec 2023
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  • Schedule
    71 sessions
  • Location
    Sydney Harbour

  Please note: This is a weekly repeating paddle.
  You can't register to this paddle via Club Registration System. To participate please follow the instructions below.

  About the Trip: The group launches from an Eastern Suburbs location or Port Hacking (exact location and times vary) for a training paddle that includes skills practice and safe exposure to the 'outside' sea. Paddle duration usually is 2-3 hours. Lights to Waterways specifications are required.

  NOTE: Contact Rob directly regarding this paddle. Please contact Rob directly to be placed on an invitation list.
  

  Contact Rob Mercer (Senior Sea Instructor) on 0417 227 627 or (02) 9398 8209 or by email robmercer[at]balancedboater.com

  
  

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• Weekly Saturday Morning Paddle with Sharon

  • Start
    21 Jan 2023
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  • End
    30 Dec 2023
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  • Schedule
    50 sessions
  • Location
    Sydney Harbour

  Please note: This is a weekly repeating paddle.
  You can't register to this paddle via Club Registration System. To participate please follow the instructions below.

  About the Trip: Established in 2010 with a focus on keeping kayaking fun, the Saturday group launches from the eastern side of Sydney Harbour or the foreshore of Botany Bay, or Port Hacking, and occasionally further afield. 

  The paddle combines socialising, keeping fit, building skills in a safe and supportive environment, and enjoying each other's company as well as the natural beauty of Sydney's Harbours and coastline. 

  The exact mix of what we do and where we go depends on the weather and conditions on the day and the skill level of the group. 

  The length of the trip is around 15 kilometres with a stop for morning tea usually close to a cafe. We are finished by lunch time, but often some members of the group remain on the water to learn new skills and refine old ones. For those who like to stay on later, we often go for lunch at a nearby eatery, or sometimes have a picnic in the park.

  (If you haven't been signed off for your Grade 1 "wet exit" and "swim", let me know and I can organise this.)

  To register your interest, please do not register through the club's online booking system, but contact me direct: Sharon Betteridge (PA qualified Sea Leader and Enclosed Sea Instructor) either by email merceridge5 [at] bigpond.com or phone 0407 247 263.

  
  

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• Weekly Friday Paddles with Owen

  • Start
    27 Jan 2023
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  • End
    29 Dec 2023
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  • Schedule
    49 sessions
  • Location
    Sydney

  Please note: This is a weekly repeating paddle.
  You can't register to this paddle via Club Registration System. To participate please follow the instructions below.

  About the Trip: The Friday Group is well established, having started in Jan 2009.  Please note that it was also known for some time as "oandora". It meets weekly at a Sydney Northside venue at 8am for 8.30am start. Finish time may vary to suit conditions and participants on the day, but we are often back at around 1.15pm / 1.45pm. It is not unusual, particularly in nice weather, for the keener folk to hang around for skills/ rolling practice.  

  Paddling distance varies but is generally in the region of 15km to 20 km, vith a coffee break.

   We may also have periodic "extra" paddles (maybe of longer distance),  at other times of the week / weekend.

  Usual venues are Clontarf, Little Manly (out the Heads and around to Shelley Beach is usually good) and Freshwater (smallish surf). Other venues (generally for "extras") may include:- Fishermans Beach Collaroy, Basin Beach Mona Vale, Palm Beach, Umina.

  Although most outings are destination based, we do have an emphasis on skills development and enjoyment.

  Your Trip Leader is Owen Kimberley. Please e-mail Owen to join to this group at okimberley (at) bigpond.com   Please replace "(at)"  with "@" when you are e-mailing.

  
  

  
  

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• Weekly Tuesday Morning paddle with Bill

  • Start
    28 Feb 2023
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  • End
    22 Oct 2024
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  • Schedule
    87 sessions
  • Location
    Little Manly

  
  

  Please note: This is a weekly repeating paddle.
  You can't register to this paddle via Club Registration System. To participate please follow the instructions below.

  About the Trip: This is a trip for those who like kayaking in the sea and who enjoy coffee breaks with cake.

  Please join me and Nicci (on days that she can escape work) to paddle up or down the beautiful Sydney coastline from Little Manly.

  Typical trips would be 15 to 20 kms and may be north to Shelly Beach, south to Diamond Bay, or to a harbour beach if it is not considered safe for the group to go out the heads.

  Requirements for this paddle are that:

  • you are happy to paddle as part of a team (taking on a safety role consistent with your skill/experience level);

  • you bring a cake on your birthday

  Please email Bill directly to express your interest in being placed on an invitation list billraffle1(at)gmail.com (replace (at) with @). For those who are not known to Bill, in your email to him would you please provide details of your recent paddling experience, and the names of any leaders in the club or other Tuesday paddlers that you have kayaked with.

  
  

  
  

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