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Welcome to Sound
Kayakers, a club for sea kayakers from Connecticut and New York
who paddle in Long Island Sound. We are an American
Canoe Association (ACA) Paddle America Club, which gives
our ACA members liability coverage for club events.
Sound Kayakers organizes monthly meetings & trips,
rescue clinics, guest instruction with nationally recognized
trainers, camping trips, and other events to develop the kayaking
skills and seamanship of trip participants.
The club leader is Michele Sorensen, an ACA Coastal Kayak Instructor
from Norwalk, CT, who is Managing Director of Kayak
Adventure LLC. At the end of 2009, the club had 77 members,
from as far south as Farwood, NJ, north to Northkill, NY and
Hartford, CT, and east to Branford, CT.
Photo: Howard, Michele and Roger off Westport,
CT New Year's Day 2010.
How to Join: Anyone who takes
or has taken a lesson or trip with Kayak Adventure or Michele
Sorensen may join. Prospective members may also join through
sponsorship by any two members in good standing, or by attending
a club trip as a guest of a member and requesting membership.
To schedule your first trip or lesson, see Kayak Adventure's
2010 Calendar. We ask you to
contact us to confirm attendance at any event. Dues are $15/year/person.
Follow this link to our membership
application form. You will also need a signed ACA
Adult Waiver for each member. Print and fill out both and
send with dues payment to the address on the application.
Thank you!
Other Regional Clubs:
There are several clubs in the region. Ours is one of two
with a primary focus on the western Sound. For example, Connyak
best serves sea kayakers in the eastern part of the state, with
some trips in the western end. The Appalachian Mountain Club
CT chapter (AMC) serves
all Connecticut paddlers, with whitewater and flatwater groups.
KALM,
The Kayakers Alliance of Larchmont and Mamaroneck, started in
2005. The Housatonic Valley
Paddling Club meets monthly in Newtown. They focus on lake
& river paddling in northwestern Connecticut. The Yonkers
Paddling & Rowing Club is based in Westchester County,
with a boat house on the Hudson River. The Cold
Spring Kayak Club also promotes paddling on the Hudson River.
RI Canoe/Kayak Association
serves Rhode Island.
Links we like:
Connecticut
Coastal Access Guide
Sea
Kayaker Float Plan
Soundkeeper's
Lighthouse to Lighthouse Race
Lighthouse
Race Results 2003-2009
Sea
Kayaker Magazine online articles
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