Kayaking with West Coast Kayaking

As we are in training for Gaelforce West, we have been sampling different aspects of the different disciplines during our training.
One of the disciplines is kayaking, and last Tuesday we had the chance to head out with Martin Duffy from West Coast Kayaking and get some brilliant advise regarding technique,...

We met Martin Duffy , a class V (expert) kayaker who runs West Coast Kayaking in Co.Sligo (https://www.facebook.com/West-Coast-Kayaking) . 
With him was the lovely Marleen who runs Angel and gift world (www.angelworld.ie) in Sligo town.

After taping up our paddles , which showed us the correct location for our hands, we headed off along the Garavogue. Along the way towards Beezies Islands, we got brilliant tips from Martin regarding paddling techniques, turning the kayak without slowing down the kayak, ....

By the time we had reached Beezies island, we were more confident in the kayaks and dared to put our weight further out in order to turn smoother. At the Island, we got a crash course in how to recover your kayak when you are close to turning over.
When dusk started settling in, we headed back along the serene shores of the Garavogue to make it back to Doorly Park just in time before the heavens opened up.
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We enjoyed the kayak session thoroughly and would highly recommend heading out with Martin  from West coast Kayaking to improve technique, discover the joy of kayaking or discover Sligo from the water.
And we believe this has helped us in our preparation for Gaelforce West,...

If you would like to go out for an adventure with West Coast Kayaking, visit https://www.facebook.com/West-Coast-Kayaking .
Martin runs courses on a regular basis to become an improved kayaker.