Driftwood Paddlershttps://driftwoodpaddlers.com/The trip log of a small sea kayaking group on the Swedish west coast: launch spots, wind and swell judgement, cold-water clothing, and Tuesday rescue evenings in the harbour.enThree launches on this coast we keep returning to, and whyhttps://driftwoodpaddlers.com/journal/three-launches-we-keep-returning-to/https://driftwoodpaddlers.com/journal/three-launches-we-keep-returning-to/Notes on three ordinary slipways within an hour of the city: which wind direction ruins each one, where the parking actually is, and the landings we use when the plan falls apart.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMTWhat eleven Tuesday rescue evenings in the harbour taught ushttps://driftwoodpaddlers.com/journal/eleven-tuesday-rescue-evenings/https://driftwoodpaddlers.com/journal/eleven-tuesday-rescue-evenings/A winter of practising capsizes and recoveries in a sheltered harbour corner: which rescues held up when we were cold and tired, and the one we quietly stopped relying on.Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMTThe cold-water layers that earned their place in the March baghttps://driftwoodpaddlers.com/journal/cold-water-layers-that-earned-their-place/https://driftwoodpaddlers.com/journal/cold-water-layers-that-earned-their-place/Five winters of working out what to wear over four degree water on the Swedish west coast, including the two expensive things we stopped using and the cheap one we will not paddle without.Sun, 11 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMTReading the gap between two islands before we commit to crossinghttps://driftwoodpaddlers.com/journal/reading-the-gap-before-we-cross/https://driftwoodpaddlers.com/journal/reading-the-gap-before-we-cross/How this group judges an open crossing on the rock coast: wind against current in the sounds, fetch that nobody mentions at the car park, the turn-back rule, and an October crossing we got wrong.Sun, 14 May 2023 12:00:00 GMT