General > Kayaking
Clifden paddling
Peter O'Sullivan:
I meant in terms of freestyle. ULKC had 10 people on the water over the weekend (it wasn't a club trip). NUIGKC are there regularly over the summer. Hard to compete with that come varsities.
Next time Clifden tides are good for a weekend are given below. I'll probably be there only one more weekend this summer.
2013-08-09
04:30 IST Twilight begins
06:06 IST Sunrise
21:15 IST Sunset
22:50 IST Twilight ends
01:10 IST 0.78m. Low Tide
07:32 IST 4.72m. High Tide
13:20 IST 0.98m. Low Tide
19:42 IST 4.88m. High Tide
2013-08-10
04:33 IST Twilight begins
06:07 IST Sunrise
21:13 IST Sunset
22:48 IST Twilight ends
01:42 IST 0.81m. Low Tide
08:04 IST 4.68m. High Tide
13:53 IST 1.03m. Low Tide
20:15 IST 4.81m. High Tide
2013-08-11
04:35 IST Twilight begins
06:09 IST Sunrise
21:11 IST Sunset
22:45 IST Twilight ends
02:15 IST 0.90m. Low Tide
08:39 IST 4.60m. High Tide
14:28 IST 1.14m. Low Tide
20:51 IST 4.67m. High Tide
Matt:
Let's just agree to disagree
Peter O'Sullivan:
Ah a whole heap more replies I didn't see. To them I say context. I meant half assed in terms of freestyle. By that I meant a very small pool of people that had little or no practice prior to competition to select from. Think, fail to prepare and so on. The club is very weak in terms of freestyle at the moment.
It would be nice to see for next year, a pool of 10 people with a minimum of 3 ladies that can do a few basic moves and not rely on 'fun' moves to get points.
I haven't been to Mahahide arches in years ( before the redevelopment ), has anyone, what is it like? This year coming I will continue to avoid Sluice because of the dodgy water quality. But I will gladly help anyone that wants to improve at freestyle where and when possible.
4.5m is the height Clifden is good from. Not sure why the description on line said 4.2m, I've emailed Seanie Byrne to get that fixed.
Maryanne:
--- Quote from: Ross on July 29, 2013, 11:58:22 ---I don't think Peter is belittling the efforts if the club a much as the individual members who aren't making any effort.
--- End quote ---
--- Quote from: Peter O'Sullivan on July 29, 2013, 17:17:22 ---I meant half assed in terms of freestyle. By that I meant a very small pool of people that had little or no practice prior to competition to select from.
--- End quote ---
For the sake of positive club relationships and morale it's probably better to move away from belittling or calling anyone's efforts half-assed, rather than narrowing the focus of the belittling to fewer people.
By far the most important message here is everyone agrees that working on freestyle as individuals and as a club is a positive and important thing.
Clifden is a cool venue that could be a nice excuse for a group road trip and in the good weather maybe even some good camping.
Peter O'Sullivan:
Anyway, moving on. There are two more possible weekends between now and September. The weekend of the 9th, 10th and 11th or the 23rd to 25th. Clifden is the only deep, retentive predictable playspot in Ireland hence I am plugging it so much. If you've only ever been playboating at a flushy Stackallen or Sluice you will really enjoy Clifden.
If you miss either of these up coming weekends you probably won't see Clifden until the following summer.
2013-08-23
06:30 IST Sunrise
20:45 IST Sunset
22:11 IST Twilight ends
07:25 IST 5.24m. High Tide
13:14 IST 0.58m. Low Tide
19:40 IST 5.37m. High Tide
2013-08-24
05:06 IST Twilight begins
06:32 IST Sunrise
20:43 IST Sunset
22:08 IST Twilight ends
01:39 IST 0.46m. Low Tide
08:05 IST 5.10m. High Tide
13:55 IST 0.73m. Low Tide
20:21 IST 5.14m. High Tide
2013-08-25
05:08 IST Twilight begins
06:33 IST Sunrise
20:41 IST Sunset
02:18 IST 0.72m. Low Tide
08:46 IST 4.88m. High Tide
14:35 IST 0.98m. Low Tide
21:03 IST 4.82m. High Tide
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version