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Video: Hurricane Sandy on Lake Michigan, Milwaukee lakefront

Posted by Jeffrey Lee on
 February 9, 2013
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As Hurricane Sandy devastated the American Northeast during late October 2012, the storm became the largest-diameter Atlantic hurricane on record, and its effects were felt as far away as the upper Great Lakes. Shipping traffic was slowed as some vessels sought shelter, and gale warnings were issued for Lake Michigan, while waves of 20 feet swept down the open waters….

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Kayak Weathercocking

Posted by Jeffrey Lee on
 October 31, 2012
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Handling Beam Winds in a Sea Kayak “It is the set of our sails, not the direction of the wind, that determines which way we will go.” Jim Rohn So, you’ve learned and practiced all the basic strokes: the forward, the sweep, the stern rudder, the draws and the braces. But any paddler who’s been out in the wind and…

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Video: Devils Elbow, Wisconsin Dells

Posted by Jeffrey Lee on
 September 19, 2012
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A trio of sea-kayakers tries their hand at a bit of high and fast water on the Upper Wisconsin Dells, at a place called the Devils Elbow.


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