The Coastal Kayaker's Manual, 3rd: The Complete Guide to Skills, Gear, and Sea Sense (Sea Kayaking How- To) [Paperback]

Randel Washburne (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sea Kayaking How- To | Publication Date: May 1, 1998

A complete guide to the techniques and equipment of sea kayaking, with advice on gaining experience, understanding your limits, judging potentially dangerous situations, and taking risks.

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Paddlesports continues to be one of the fastest growing forms of outdoor recreation as a source of adventure and relaxation. Going beyond the how-tos, this guide offers advice on everything from gaining experience to understanding your limits, as well as judging potentially dangerous situations, taking risks and paddling defensively. Whether you are a seasoned paddler battling a winter surf or an enthusiastic novice exploring and enjoying the peace of a placid lake, this title is an excellent hands-on guide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Globe Pequot; 3rd edition (May 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762701684
• ISBN-13: 978-0762701681
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #844,967 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #65 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Outdoor Recreation > Kayaking > Sea Kayaking

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Kayakers...buy this book!, March 3, 2002

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David Walker (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Coastal Kayaker's Manual, 3rd: The Complete Guide to Skills, Gear, and Sea Sense (Sea Kayaking How- To) (Paperback)

I have been kayaking for about 8 years now and have amassed a small library of kayak books. This (an earlier edition actually) was my first and it has, in my opinion, not been surpassed. I heartily endorse this book for the new kayaker. I still occasionally will pull it off the shelf to get Mr. Washburnes take on some issue. I particularly like his "4 concentric rings of defense" conceptualization for not becoming a kayak fatality. In short: avoid trouble, if this fails, stay upright, if this fails, know how to get back in your boat, if this fails have the equipment at hand to signal for help. Of course, he goes into this in more detail than that. I found the information content of the book to be quite high. It has a good mix of safety content, skills content, equipment content, and information about different types of paddling environments and the types of skills that are particularly important for such environments. Also, he paints a good portrait of the mystique of kayaking. Several other intro sea kayak survey books that I have seen also seem quite adequate, but from personal experience I can certainly reccomend this one.