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    Kayak Na Pali Kaua'i: How To Handle
    Kayak Na Pali Kaua'i: How To Handle
    Kayak Na Pali Kaua'i: How To Handle
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    Kayak Na Pali Kaua'i: How To Handle

    By Doug Killpatrick

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    Wrote and drew this book to help people in kayaks understand developing ocean situations. How people can react. Tried to relay the accumulation of twelve years experience. Have instructed thousands in kayaking. Wrote about what worked. What kept us afloat.

    Instructions on how to interpret the local weather forecasts and potential ocean conditions. Details on loading gear to keep the kayak manageable during the adventure. Information on the art, language, of reading the ocean.

    This manual will be useful to anyone interested in exploring Na Pali Kaua'i by kayak. Planning or dreaming of going on a day tour, camping, training to be a guide, thinking about that. How To Handle is an inexpensive and valuable tool in preparation for the experience.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDoug Killpatrick
    Release dateJul 5, 2017
    ISBN9781370571789
    Kayak Na Pali Kaua'i: How To Handle
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    Doug Killpatrick

    The author has twelve years of experience leading kayak tours along Na Pali in the summer and in the Hanalei area during the winter. Learned to surf eight foot Hawaiian waves, on short boards. Nine years on the streets of Seattle as a bicycle messenger, all the while playing music in an improvisational tribal punk rock band, 90's. Many rigorous life saving courses passed. Plenty of adventures free diving into fresh water springs around Florida. Canoeing, swimming, ice skating, on the lakes he grew up near, in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Ten years of volunteer work clearing marine debris from the coast of Kaua'i. Records, engineers, and produces his own music, Disperse Birds. Owns and operates the Love On Stuff organic clothing brands.

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      Kayak Na Pali Kaua'i - Doug Killpatrick

      Kayak Na Pali Kaua’i - How To Handle

      By Doug Killpatrick

      Copyright 2023 Doug Killpatrick

      Smashwords Edition

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      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter one - Legend

      Chapter two - Maps

      Chapter three - Skills

      Chapter four - Details

      Legend -

      Fun/ Silly Fun/ Too Funny Fun/ Dumb/ Symbols

      Maps -

      Puka’s/ Ke'e One/ Ke'e Two/ Honeymoon Beach/ Hanakapi'ai/ Pa Ma Wa'a/ Ho'lolulu/ Dark Cave/ Wai'ahuakua/ Double Door Cave/ Lady Cave/ Hanakoa/ Crawler's Ledge/ Pohaku'au/ New Beach One/ New Beach Two/ Kalalau Stream/ Kalalau Beach/ Kalalau End/ Honopu/ Man Cave/ Open Ceiling/ Cave/ Rock Garden/ Nu'alolo Kai/ Awa'awapuhi/ Nu'alolo Aina/ Backdoor Kai/ Maukaiki/ Miloli'i One/ Miloli'i Two/ Miloli'i Beach/ Miloli'i Stream/ Makaha One/ Makaha Two/ Treasures/ Pu'u Ka Pele/ Boobie Cave/ Kauhao/ Kaawoiki/ Aiming/ Polihale One/ Polihale Two/ Polihale Three/ Kalalau to Ke'e

      Skills -

      Paddle/ Brace/ Self Rescue/ Back Paddle/ 180 Degrees/Assisted Rescue/ Active Drift/ Flotilla/ Floatation

      Details -

      Interpret the Skies/ Patterns On the Ocean/ Buoy Reports/ Against the Waves/ Against the Winds/ Against the Current/ Ride the Shallows/ Ride the Bulge/ Ride the Slop/ Beach Landings/ Beach Launchings/ Kayaks and Rocks/ Kayaks and Reefs/ Kayaks and Caves/ Conditions/ Load to Float/ Repair/ Legality

      KAYAK NA PALI KAUA’I – HOW TO HANDLE

      By Doug Killpatrick

      Thanks to Web, MrakK, and Jack.

      Wrote and drew this book to help kayakers navigate the waters along Na Pali Kaua'i.

      Worked twelve summers leading kayak tours along the coast. First time back was in 1993.

      Have witnessed lots of what can go wrong and learned. Observed a variety of humans who thought they knew what they were getting themselves into. How they handled and failed to handle.

      The descriptions available treat it like a hiking trail. Start here - go six miles - end here. There is too much chaos demanding energy expenditure for that to be accurate.

      The book attempts to relay the chaotic information in such a way to prepare adventurers for the experience.

      Attempts to inform the wilderness explorer of available resources to help make decisions.

      Attempts to explain how an understanding of developing ocean situations occurs. How people can react.

      Tries to relay the accumulation of over ten years' experience. Led tours in Hanalei Bay during the winter wave seasons.

      Have instructed thousands of people in ocean kayaking. Wrote about what worked.

      Everyone gains wisdom in different ways. Some have more ocean skills than others. Strength. Grasps of how nature works. Nature. Quite a range of factors to factor.

      Figure, it is one of those kinds of books that will be flipped through. I don't know what parts you won't read and I'd feel amiss if I didn't mention the warnings in each incident.

      Hopefully, helpful repetition in the learning process. Delights in the details.

      This is my interpretation of history and existence. What I thought was cool and helpful. I'm not Kanaka Maoli, hope they feel the love, am grateful for what I've learned.

      All this and still some convergence of energies may result in incidents.

      The Disclaimer -

      This adventure has a chaotic surface with its own purpose. There is substantial risk of injury and other danger.

      Hopefully there is enough information in this for a successful exploration, but improvisational awareness is a big part of ocean kayaking.

      You are solely responsible for using your own judgement in interpreting and using this information to enjoy your own outdoor activities.

      It is wilderness dangerous.

      In no event shall the author be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential, or any other type of damages, death, arising out of, or in any way, related to the use of this book.

      CHAPTER ONE - LEGEND

      This is what I learned, the hard way.

      I called the guide work - applied chaos theory - finding the workable routes in a moment by moment changing adventure.

      These maps were hand drawn without stoic space ratios. Time and exertion play too big of roles to rely on calculations.

      The topography of the bottom lacks exactness, but is accurate. It shows the places known to disturb the surface.

      Chose to discuss the chaotic phases of ocean and wind combinations on the surface in four phases.

      Fun - the red line.

      Conditions from calm to breezes of ten knots, (1.15 mph/ 1.185kph), with below the knee waves coming to shore.

      These conditions do happen, and over periods of days, what most of the pictures look like.

      Silly Fun - the grey line.

      Conditions of ten to seventeen knot winds, with up to chest high waves landing on shore.

      The most usual conditions during the summer months.

      In steady fifteen knot winds, expect insistent waves of four feet and more, with white caps in abundance.

      Too Funny Fun - the purple line.

      Conditions of eighteen to twenty-seven knot strong winds, with up to head high waves at the beach.

      Strong winds provide insistent chaos and perplexing shifts, coalesce wave faces, and over shoot the kayak with spray. White caps that can submerge parts of the kayak over and over…

      A kayak is a small craft. The National Oceanic Atmosphere Administration issues Advisories and Warnings for small craft in Northwestern Kaua'i waters, Na Pali.

      The description for Small Craft Advisory they give is this - A forecast for surf and winds of frequent gust from twenty to thirty-three knots - inclusive of and/ for seas of ten feet or more depending on wave period and direction.

      Imagine consistent waves of ten feet from the point of view of sitting in a kayak.

      Dumb - the yellow line.

      Conditions of twenty-eight knot plus winds with any waves coming to shore. Small Craft Warning. Which means they don't want you out there.

      Wicked winds create intense moving mounds with cresting tops that wreak havoc with possible stability. Create large amounts of difficulty once the kayak flips.

      The hidden, important submerged areas.

      The observable, points of interest, suggestions.

      Potential lee zones, may be out of the winds from the indicated direction.

      Caves.

      Rock, ledges, ledges of rocks, boulders.

      Seasonal sand approximations. Beaches drawn are similar to the beginning of May. The dotted lines may be more like what the end of August looks like.

      The tides around Kaua'i range a couple of feet or so. Low tides may calm the ocean. High tides may greatly increase the turbulence. Incoming tides may mellow the waves, may increase currents. Outgoing tides may drain areas, may increase the impacts of waves.

      Reefs, shallow rock with life that gets exposed with the tides.

      Depth to a few feet.

      Depth down to ten feet.

      Fifteen feet or so down.

      Intermittent stream.

      Stream.

      Waterfall.

      Mile markers, about.

      CHAPTER TWO - MAPS

      1 - PUKA'S

      Thought of it as - the edge.

      Removing the most solid feeling in life - the land.

      The beach here can be quite dramatic with serenity. It may also be all encompassing with ferocity.

      May seem idyllic, with little thumping waves on shore, but pay attention to what is happening on the outside of the reefs.

      This is Tunnels surf break over the Makua reef, a good indicator for waves not reaching the bay.

      Launching from this beach can be challenging. The part of the manual on Beach Launching has to do with this.

      The shallower bottom extends, the peaks and mounds of the ocean may increase in size dynamically. Stay outside any cresting waves. Well outside.

      Anticipate future positioning and use effort to get there. Can look like an ocean of undulating hills.

      This area may also show what could be being blocked by the Makua reef. Significant trade wind swells. Northwest ground swells will look amazing. This is some of what is happening where the kayak journey goes - out of the bay and into the open ocean.

      That is OPEN OCEAN out there. Paddling too far off shore leads to trouble. Adrift in a vastness that constantly tries to flip you out, both physically and mentally. Paddling harder than you thought you could and getting nowhere, farther away.

      This is the balance. Out far enough not to get pushed onto the reef, yet not far enough out to get pulled away.

      There is a gap in the reef here and a channel that may allow kayakers to reach the shelter of the lagoon. The big exit. If all else sucks. Want out. If you get off the beach and don't like what you see, feel. Don't want to go back in the waves you just barely got through to get out.

      There will be rock slabs that can be odd to navigate near the take out.

      Some people choose to camp at this campground, Ha’ena County Park, before the journey to Na Pali. Some folks stay nearby and shorten the length of the early drive. From some parts of the island, that could be through multiple zones of business day traffic on clogged two-lane roads.

      2 - KE'E ONE

      This is an extension of the reef that kayakers will want to pay close attention to. Often enough it is picking up wave energy and smacking lips. Thick foam sections.

      A section of the reef that picks up energy from a variety of directions that may cause surprise surf encounters. Best to consistently pay attention to how the ocean hits it, when the lulls lull.

      This is discussed in the Kalalau to Ke'e section.

      3 - KE'E TWO

      Due to heavy weather April 14th – 15th 2018, 49.7 inches of rain recorded in nearby Waipa, the

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