The P&H Bahiya--a classic British-style sea kayak.
Back in the Fall of 2003 I swung by P&H/Pyranha HQ near Asheville, NC and picked up my first team boat: a P&H Quest. I paddled the Quest for a couple months down on Tybee Island while I worked for Sea Kayak Georgia, and then headed back up to Wisconsin. The Quest had felt a little bit big for me, and when Jim asked me what I might like for my new boat the following year, I decided to go with something a little smaller and hotter: the Bahiya.
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- Opinion–The real blue v.s. red. Water scarcity may pit wet states against dry states. Duluth News Tribune
- Benzene leaks into Lake Michigan from US Steel plant in Gary. Post-Tribune
- The Bloody Red Shrimp makes the count 188. Invasive species in the Great Lakes. Windsor Star
Smart POWER Stripping, that is.
Solar and wind power are catching on, but conservation is still the best form of alternative energy.
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- Wind power companies race to find turbine sites in Michigan. Daily Telegram
With the foam cut out, the old warhorse makes a pretty good gear vest.
OK, I admit it, I like lots of pockets on my PFD. There. I said it. Read more »
- Fresh water failures. Facing down the coming global water crisis. Seattle Times
- Tech Talk–water levels are still down. Press release discusses Lake Superior levels and discharges at the St. Mary’s River. Soo Today
- Shocking! The US Army Corps of Engineers is ALMOST ready to turn on the Asian carp barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Should be zapping carp by the end of April. Here’s hoping. The Chicago Tribune
- Xcel Energy to pay the State of Wisconsin $1.3 million to clean up an Ashland superfund site. Business North/KUWS
- New Wilderness Areas in the Great Lakes Basin? Omnibus lands bill passes the House. The New York Times
- Proposed wind turbine assembly depot in the Port of Toledo. Toledo Blade
- The Werner Paddles blog highlights a couple new kayak designs from Pyranha and Liquid Logic. Werner Paddles
- Wind power trends. Great Britain takes steps to override local control of wind turbine siting. Manchester Guardian
- New El Niño study suggests that ocean weather pattern may have had big swings before human induced climate change started to develop. Toronto Globe and Mail
- Lamprey love on the rocks. Initial tests for the new sea lamprey traps are about to start. Scienceline
