Learn how to use a two-person or tandem sit-on-top kayak for fun with friends & family. This guide will show you the basic principles plus tips on the tandem open-cockpit's great versatility when touring, fishing, surfing, diving, camping and more. Get started the right way, safely. You can do it!
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The topic of this book is to address the needs of tandem sit-on-top kayakers. It covers the basic skills necessary to have fun kayaking, safely, in the moderate conditions that average tandem kayakers might encounter.
If you are a solo sit-on-top kayaker, you should read the first book in this series: “Sit-on-top Kayaking, A Beginner’s Guide.” Both books are written to stand alone as beginning instruction to get you out on the water. Each book, however, does contain some unique information of interest to anyone taking up the sport.
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Sit-on-top kayaks are more popular than ever before. This latest form of kayak is also called “open-cockpit,” “wash-deck” and “open-top.” Their introduction to the paddlesports world has brought the sport to many people who could not or would not paddle a sit-in-side kayak. By choosing these self-bailing models this new breed of paddler avoids the need to learn Eskimo rolling; can paddle free of a spray skirt; and is accomplishing the same goals with the same performance characteristics as traditional kayaks - in some cases surpassing the achievements of decked kayakers and their craft.
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Gonna Paddle Tandem? - Read This Book!,
By Robert G. Walls (Kaneohe, HI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tandem Sit-On-Top Kayaking (Sit-On-Top Guides) (Paperback)
Tom Holtey, in this second watersports book, clearly and concisely prepares tandem sit-on-toppers for safe fun on the water, just as he prepared solo paddlers in his earlier book, "Sit-On-Top Kayaking." But is there difference enough to merit another book? Yes, there sure is - two people paddling in the same kayak can double the fun, but different skills are needed and very important team issues emerge. In fact, Holtey devotes Chapter 6 to "Working as a Team." It reinforces the interdependence factors and social aspects of tandem kayaking, whether with a partner or with a child. Yes, some tandems handle more than just Mom & Dad. Communications is a theme properly highlighted throughout. (I know a guy who decided he'd rather hike 11 hard miles barefoot than continue paddling with a non-communicative partner.) Artist Mike Altman's illustrations are sharp and far more instructive and revealing than photographs seen in other books. No need to read this book front-to-back, in fact, most readers will want to start at the back and enjoy the color photos, links, and 800 numbers to additional resources. I recommend an early look at the last chapters, "The Right Tandem for You" (because there are so models many now available) and "Kayak Safety" (because safety must always be served). The appendices offer a Glossary to de-mystify the terminology, and a Safe Kayaking Check List well-tested by a kayak club in Hawaii of which I'm a member. Don't expect a doorstop or coffee-table tome - this is a small, easily portable "take-along" book for novice or occasional tandem kayakers. Just get it, read it, find a partner, figure out who sits where, and do it!
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Gonna Paddle Tandem? - Read This Book!,
By Robert G. Walls (Kaneohe, HI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tandem Sit-On-Top Kayaking (Sit-On-Top Guides) (Paperback)
Tom Holtey, in this second watersports book, clearly and concisely prepares tandem sit-on-toppers for safe fun on the water, just as he prepared solo paddlers in his earlier book, "Sit-On-Top Kayaking." But is there difference enough to merit another book? Yes, there sure is - two people paddling in the same kayak can double the fun, but different skills are needed and very important team issues emerge. In fact, Holtey devotes Chapter 6 to "Working as a Team." It reinforces the interdependence factors and social aspects of tandem kayaking, whether with a partner or with a child. Yes, some tandems handle more than just Mom & Dad. Communications is a theme properly highlighted throughout. (I know a guy who decided he'd rather hike 11 hard miles barefoot than continue paddling with a non-communicative partner.) Artist Mike Altman's illustrations are sharp and far more instructive and revealing than photographs seen in other books. No need to read this book front-to-back, in fact, most readers will want to start at the back and enjoy the color photos, links, and 800 numbers to additional resources. I recommend an early look at the last chapters, "The Right Tandem for You" (because there are so models many now available) and "Kayak Safety" (because safety must always be served). The appendices offer a Glossary to de-mystify the terminology, and a Safe Kayaking Check List well-tested by a kayak club in Hawaii of which I'm a member. Don't expect a doorstop or coffee-table tome - this is a small, easily portable "take-along" book for novice or occasional tandem kayakers. Just get it, read it, find a partner, figure out who sits where, and do it!
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With the addition of sit-on-top tandem kayaks to the paddlesports fleet one can paddle a kayak that is unswampable, and requires no eskimo rolling or bailing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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With the addition of sit-on-top tandem kayaks to the paddlesports fleet one can paddle a kayak that is unswampable, and requires no eskimo rolling or bailing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rear paddler, feathered paddle, tandem kayak, bow paddler, stern paddler, paddling partner, knee straps, paddle shaft, front rider, forward stroke, paddle blade, surf zone New!
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