Shetland Coastguard

The Coast guard is the one on the Left!!

Self Rescue

Lie flat in the water, put your spraydeck into your mouth(to stop it getting caught under your bum when you climb in) and pull yourself up onto the back deck on your tummy. Stay low to stay balanced.

A smile despite the rain

Paradise

Welcome to paradise!..........not telling you where this is, its a secret.

Shetland Sea Stacks

Another fab sea stack on the West of Shetland. This one can be found during a trip round Muckle Roe. Look at the photo in the next post to view this stack from a different angle......its quite different.

NORMAL SERVICE WILL RESUME SHORTLY

Ok I know it is not a sea paddling picture but at least we are out doing something. The first G2 Outdoor Alpine ski mountaineering trip get's going with great weather and powder in the Gemmi Pass area of Switzerland. Sea Paddling will follow soon!!

Use your stomach muscles

A small exercise to help you engage your stomach muscles while forwards paddling. The sound is a bit poor but essentially start with straight locked arms and forwards paddle. Gradually bend at the elbow. It may feel a little awkward at first but you should definatly feel your stomach muscles engage

Its a bit choppy!

Handa Island is an awsome place but the tides and weather can make it "a bit choppy". If conditions are right then it is a great day trip from Scourie. Remember that the West side has no landings and can be very committing. Enjoy

relax muscle's

To help you relax your muscles and not get so tired, especially on a long crossing think about opening out the fingers of your top hand as you guide the paddle shaft into the water. Have a look at the video.

Sea Kayak Coaching, Guiding and Instruction

At G2 we pride ourselves on the quality, friendly coaching that our instructional staff provide, with Scotland’s best and most experienced paddle coach Roy Henderson at the helm of the coaching staff. Sea kayaking is maybe the fastest growing paddle sport and we have been well and truly hooked. We are able to introduce you to the basics from first time in a boat, wild life spotting to expedition planning. Improve your existing skills and develop new ones.



Call 01479 811008 for more details or email nick@g2outdoor.co.uk

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Sea Kayak Coaching Scotland

Nick, Roy and Mark Coaching near Cromarty

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Sea Kayaking Expeditions

Sea Kayaking Expeditions
Sea kayaking lends itself to expeditions with the boats having a large carrying capacity for all the essentials and a few luxuries (whisky). As the boats are taking the strain and not on your back you can travel further than you thought.
Scotland's wild places are so easily accessible by sea kayak. Let us guide you to some of the best sea kayaking terrain in the world. With wild free foods such as shell fish and catching mackerel and Pollock to mention a few caught from the boat or bank.
Expeditions can be tailored to your needs from short breaks using quality B&B or hotel accommodation to 5 day wild camping trips self supported. If you have a trip in mind but not sure how to organise it let us take the stress out of planning your trip. We will take care of tidal planning, equipment and accommodation suggestions.
Alternatively join us on one of our pre programmed West coast trips as below:

SUMMER ISLES TRIP
This awesome area close to Ullapool is easily accessible from our base in Aviemore. It offers some amazing paddling in an area where we can nearly always get shelter from winds and poor weather. We can paddle round Rubha Coigeach where the rock climbing venue of Reiff is situated or explore the many islands in the summer isles. There are rock arches and lots of wildlife. The last trip there saw a Minky Whale!
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Day one: Meet at our G2 HQ to fit boats and sort equipment. Travel to Ardmair just north of Ullapool for our first paddle. With a camp site close to the road we can set up our overnight making sure everything is in working order before we head out into the wilds for the rest of the week. Day one will also include a great warm up paddle around Isle Martin getting use to the kayaks and running through some rescue drills and techniques.
Day two: Paddle up the rocky coast line to the summer Isles and our first wild camp on Tanera Mor. There will be plenty of wildlife spotting and skills training on the way.
Days Three and Four: Further exploring the summer Isles and a paddle round Rubha Coigeach head land to the beautifull bay of Achnahaird and our last camp.
Day Five: Further exploration of Enard Bay before our jouney back to Aviemore.
Obviously all our trips are weather dependant however it is rare that we cant go onto the water and nearly always find a sheltered venue to suit your capabilities and keep stress levels low.

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Sea Kayaking Scotland

Sea Kayaking in Scotland with G2 Outdoor
G2 Outdoor based in Aviemore located in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park near Inverness are centrally located to access Scotland’s awesome scenery on the West coast or the un-used secret East coast for Sea Kayaking.
Sea kayaking is one of the fastest growing sports with people looking for new adventures exploring the wild, rugged and sometimes remote coastline of Scotland. Join us to develop your presonal skills so you are better equiped to take your journeys further.
We have a range of course to suit every level of paddler from beginner to advanced, wildlife spotting to expedition skills. If these don't suit then let us tailor a programme to your needs.
We can run a full range of BCU courses up to and including 4 star and the old style level 3 coach. These awards at present are on a request basis. We will endevor to meet your request or can help you with alternatives.
G2 Provide Sea Kayak Coaching from learning the basics to sea kayak multi day expeditions. All of the coaching is overseen by a level 5 coach( the highest british award).
At G2 we are all passionate paddlers and are always on the water whether it be the sea or rivers

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