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Vicki Churchill's Articles in Boating

  • Sit On Top Kayaks For Recreation And Sport
    A sit on top traditionally floats very low and flat in the water and one draw back is they do not have much cargo room to store your kayak accessories unless this has been cut into the boat itself.
  • Kayaking Around Horsey Island - Paddling Out
    Horsey Island is an island in the Walton-on-the-naze backwaters in Essex, England.
    It is mentioned by Swallows and Amazons author Arthur Ransome and Hamford Water at the top of Horsey Island is the setting for his eighth book, Secret Water.
  • Kayak Trailers - How useful are they?
    Kayaking is a great way to relax and just about everybody can take up kayaking or canoeing whether you are young or old.
  • Kayaking Around Horsey Island - Stone Point
    Approximately one third of the way round Horsey Island is a head of land called Stone Point. It has a charming sandy beach and is situated right at the point where the Walton Channel meets the sea.
  • Kayaking Around Horsey Island - Walking On Mars
    Looking for a place to camp overnight on Horsey Island we were closing in on the rusty barges which are run aground in Hamford Water.
  • Kayaking Around Horsey Island - Camping At Night
    Sitting in the openings of our tents and sipping a hot drink we even started to crack some jokes about what we had gone through, thinking that things could not get any worse. How wrong we were.
  • Kayaking Around Horsey Island - Dead End
    Having paddled our kayaks two thirds around Horsey Island situated in the Walton-on-the-Naze backwaters we were confident we would soon find a suitable place to land.
  • The Stour River Part II: Pea Soup
    One of the major problems paddling a river after there has been a long hot dry spell is the build up of weed and algae. This river weed is not dissimilar to pea soup and smells a whole lot worse! Upon rounding a bend in the river we were faced with a huge patch of 'pea soup' that spanned across the entire width of the river.
  • The Stour River Part I: A False Start
    The river Stour is a sedate river in Essex England and stretches for some forty six miles. This was the river for one of my first kayaking adventures which threw up some unexpected events.
  • Essential Kayak Accessories
    The most important items you will need are a life jacket or buoyancy aid, a light or torch, a good quality rope, a paddle leash, a mobile phone and last but not least a fellow paddler.

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