Weather update from Karel Vissel: http://www.kayakweather.blogspot.com/ Sunday: mrng nw 4bft noon sw 4 to 5bft aft sw 4bft seas mrng 1.4 aft 2.6mtr from s Monday: mrng ne 3bft noon e 3bft aft e 3bft seas mrng 4.70 aft 4.30mtr frm sw   Satellite Text Messages received from Freya: 46.26 169.47 Nugget Point 35km […]

      Weather update from Karel Vissel: http://www.kayakweather.blogspot.com/ Saturday: mrng nw 3bft noon e 2 to 3bft aft e 3bft seas 2.20 to 1.90mtr frm Sunday: mrng nw 4bft noon sw 4 to 5bft aft sw 4bft seas mrng 1.40 aft 2.60mtr frm s   Satellite Text Message Received from Freya: 46.12 170.03 Toko […]

  Weather update from Karel Vissel: http://www.kayakweather.blogspot.com/ Friday: mrng nw2bft noon s 2bft aft e 1bft seas 2.80mtr frm e to seSaturday: mrng nw 3bft noon e 2 to 3bft aft e 3bft seas 2.20 to 1.90mtr frm s Satellite Text Messages Received from Freya: Smailles Beach 50km big swell east of Otago Peninsula landing […]

  Gone kayak’n…. I’m away for a few days kayak camping at Cumberland Island, Georgia. Karel will update Freya’s blog in my absence. — Greg Stamer. Weather update from Karel Vissel: http://www.kayakweather.blogspot.com/ Thu mrng w 2bft noon ne 3 to4bft aft ne 3bft seas 2.10mtr frm s to se Fri mrng nw2bft noon s 2bft […]

Weather update from Karel Vissel: http://www.kayakweather.blogspot.com/ Thu mrng w 2bft noon ne 3 to4bft aft ne 3bft seas 2.10mtr frm s to se Fri mrng sw 4bft non sw 3bft aft sw 2 to3bft seas 2.80mtr frm e to se Update by Freya 23.11.07: Forecast said stronger winds, but it’s always worth a look out […]

  Weather update from Karel Vissel: http://www.kayakweather.blogspot.com/ Tuesday mrng nw 3bft noon w 3bft aft s3bft seas 0.60 to 1.40mtr from se Wed mrng sw 4bft noon sw 4 to 5bft aft sw 4bft seas 1.60mtr from se     I paddled another 18km south up to the Waitaki River mouth. I had a nice […]

        Fortunately Freya had a less eventful day than yesterday!   A good reference for tracking the date/time in NZ, to better follow Freya’s trip, is http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=951 . —Greg       Weather Update from Karel Vissel: http://www.kayakweather.blogspot.com/ mon mrng nw 4bft noon nw 3bft aft nw 3bft seas [...]

Update: I received an additional image from John Kirk-Anderson of Freya’s launch, which I have included – Greg.Weather Update from Karel Vissel: http://www.kayakweather.blogspot.com/ mon mrng nw 4bft noon nw 3bft aft nw 3bft seas 0.60mtr frm se Tues mrng nw 3bft noon w 3bft aft s3bft seas 0.60 to 1.40mtr frm seSatellite Text Messages Received […]

That last day off I took the chance to teach some rolls in a pool – Martin, Fiona, Jeff and David were quite keen on getting wet.   They brought their own kayaks, and I tried to fit myself into each of them.   They felt quite different to what I was used to. I […]

I was able to finish my today’s blog update in the Paddler’s Zone kayak shop in Christchurch, where I briefly showed up to check the local NZ kayak equipment. Dana, being an attentive shop assistant, looked at me, then looked at her computer where she was just busy studying my rubbish I was posting this […]