Who wants to come for a kayak paddle?

[thisdress]

My friend and I will be paddling in Sai Kung on the 8th of March:

8th Mar, 2009

0100 / Low Tide (0500 fastest)
0830 / Meet and brief in Tai Tan (sai kung)
0900 / High Tide
1000 / 0.km: Tai Tan (launch)
1100 / 5km: Southern Tip of Grass Is.
*circumnavigate counterclockwise
1200 / low tide
1230 / 12km: Pier of Grass Is.

lunch break

1400 /12km depart from Grass Is.
1500 /17km: Tai Tan's. Clean up, debrief in the Thai restaurant in Sai Kung near bus hub?
2000 / high tide (1600 fastest)

* Tidal data is for Ko Lau Wan
*May change plan depending on weather condition.

I don't have a spare kayak for this trip. If you have your own gears and happen to be in the area, please consider joining us.

[wtbhotia]

to the people who dont have kayaks: you can rent kayaks in Sai Kung by the old beach hotel. Sh a Ha beach i thinks, they also have windsurfers there for hire. they charge by the hour i thinks.

[Dreadnought]

Hi thisdress,

Did 7-hrs in three days on a kayak off the coast of Sihanoukville (Cambodia), and it was great fun. Want to go in Hong Kong and make it a once or twice monthly weekend activity.

Don't own any gear and since I live in Discovery Bay, lugging a kayak around might be difficult. You mentioned you have one here. Do you keep it at the Marina Club? I have looked at purchase or rental myself and still working out options.

Going on a hike this Sunday so won't be able to go Kayaking, but am definitely interested for future outings on kayaks.

Appreciate if you could PM me with regards to the kayak.

Cheers,

shakermaker

[thisdress]

Hello Shakermaker,

My kayak and gears are all in Sai Kung right now. You can register with the Lantau Boat Club and pay a HKD500 annual fee to keep a kayak there.

Squid and I walked/climbed over to Sam Pak Wan to check out the possibility to park a kayak there, I guess it's doable, but it's not exactly a nice walk (nor a nice beach, for that matter.) It's just that I live in Siena Two so I'm very close to Sam Pak.

I'm water-logged all the time; don't worry if you can't make it this week. If you are thinking of getting your own kayak and you live in DB, I dare say we will have plenty of chance to explore together. (Or to make short trips to Peng Chau for lunch and a few games of badminton)

Cheers,

[thisdress]

Lantau Boat Club is here.

[halfpint]

I'm in for it sometime in July.

I'm also in for sometime in July. I LOVE kayaking (both, sea and river) and am moving to Hong Kong early July.

[thisdress]

IMO weather right now is perfect for paddling. By July, it gets too hot, sunburn, sunscreen-in-eyes, and heat-exhaustion are all very annoying.

I've been in the water a lot lately, doing some very basic drills like reentry, swimming in canoe, rolling, deep-water reentry etc. Didn't even bother to wear my wet suit. The water is definitely warm enough. Just bring a good wind breaker or dry clothes for lunch break and you're good to go.

[Jumpinbean80]

Hey guys,

I'm very interested! This is an old thread so not sure if you guys are still doing some of this stuff. I'm moving to HK..most likely at the end of Sept...am just looking for activities to do and people to meet!

Thanks...

If you guys are still doing it...please throw me an email...

[email protected]

[thisdress]

Haha, as predicted, the weather is too hot to paddle now. I got a major sunburn paddling today, despite SPF60. I think I'll stick to late evening/ night time paddling from now.