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11th annual Cape Cod "Against The Tide" Event

The Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition is hosting their 11th annual Cape Cod "Against The Tide" Event. MBCC wants to gain awareness and participants for this event by spreading the word to individuals who may be interested. The Against The Tide Event consists of a one-mile recreational or competitive swim, two-mile kayak, three-mile fitness walk, and 5K run.

The 11th Annual Cape Cod Against the Tide event will be held at DCR's Nickerson State Park on Saturday, August 21st. The event starts at 7am, and ends at 12pm.

Please join them to help raise awareness about breast cancer prevention! Please visit our website at www.mbcc.org/swim for more information, or feel free to email KScanlon1@umassd.edu with any questions.

Pakboats Puffin Sport Closeout Sale

Alv is closing out the original Puffin Sport (which was superceded by the Saco) and is selling all remaining Puffin Sports inb stock for $595. Details at Pakboats.

Dating a Klepper

Forum member Havenfinder has compiled a list of features useful for determining the age of a Klepper kayak- see the listing in the main menu, on the left side of this page.

New Greenland style boat from Nautiraid

I just received word from Guillaume Fatras of a new boat he has co-designed for Nautiraid. It's called the Narak, and Guillaume tells me it was designed very much in the spirit of a traditional Innuit kayak. It has thigh braces for rolling, and at 18' in length and 22.4" wide, it should be a very fast boat. The boat will be officially launched at the Kanumesse Show in Germany, Europe's premier kayak and canoe show, on October 5, 2010. I have have two photos of the prototype that I've posted in the Forum and the Photo Gallery.

Long Haul sale and new developments

Long Haul Folding Kayaks has a sale going on through the end of the summer, featuring a number of items ranging from camping accessories, like MSR water bags and LH ditty bags, to Long Haul Mk2 hulls (which will also fit Klepper Aerius II frames) for only $1250. That's a great deal. They also note that they're in the final stages of testing a stretch version of the Mk-II, and a new Mk-II kayak that's 21'5" in length and seats three.

TRAK kayak review

A new review from Keith Braun. See the Longer Reviews page. (I should

Chicagoland Canoe Base sale

Chicagoland Canoe Base owner Ralph Frese is retiring and selling his business, and as part of this he's having a huge sale of new and used boats and miscellaneous items. Read about it here.

New Feathercraft Blog

See http://fckayaks.wordpress.com/

New Canadian Klepper Distributor

See http://www.klepper.ca for details.

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