General Information about the paddling program at RVYC
New photos, posted March 1!
The headwaters of Millstream Creek CFSA, Esquimault Harbour
Lunch stop at CFSA George at Sitting Lady Falls in Witty's Lagoon
Randy contemplates testing the overfalls beneath Tillicum Bridge Paddling in the fog in The Broughtons
Using the kayak launch in the inner harbour
| Easykayaker | non-endurance kayak trips on the BC coast |
| Mountain Equipment Coop | outdoor equipment store, 1450 Government Street |
| Ocean River Sports | paddle sports store, 1824 Store Street |
| Pacifica Paddlesports | 789 Saunders Lane, Brentwood Bay |
| Sea Kayaker Magazine | |
| Sea Kayak Guides Alliance of BC (SKGABC) | non-profit society for professional development and certification of sea kayak guides |
| Seaward Kayaks, Chemainus | sea kayak bulider, 3107 Henry Road, Chemainus |
| SISKA - South Island Sea Kayak Association |
non-profit organization dedicated to sea kayaking on Vancouver Island, particularly in Greater Victoria |
Paddlers Library
You can get the key to the Paddlers' Library from the bar or the office. Please sign out any books that you borrow. We subscribe monthly to the Sea Kayaker and Wave Length magazines which are kept in a binder in the Chart Room for all to read.
| Title | # copies | Author/Editor | Donated by | Comments |
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New DVD |
1 | |||
| New DVD University of Sea Kayaking, Volume 5, Bracing Clinic "The Art of Staying Upright" | 1 | |||
| Lost in Mongolia | 1 | Angus, Colin | Peter Vivian | Rafting the world's last unchallenged river |
| Sea Kayaker Deep Trouble | 1 | Broze, Matt & Gronseth, George | Purchased | |
| Easy Kayaking Basics | 1 | Buckland, Gary & Grey, Paul | Karen Ledger | A Paddling Handbook for the Pacific Northwest |
| Voyage of the Summer Sun | 1 | Cody, Robin | Fran Primrose | Canoeing the Columbia River |
| Still Cruising-Australia to Asia, Africa and America | 1 | Copeland, Liza | Fran Primrose | A family travels the world |
| Sea Kayaking - A Manual for Long-Distance Touring | 1 | Dowd, John | Derek Austin | |
| Complete Folding Kayaker | 1 | Diaz, Ralph | Andrew Madden | |
| Southern Exposure | 1 | Duff, Chris | Fran Primrose | A solo sea kayaking journey around NZ's South Island |
| Canoeing a Continent | 1 | Finkelstein, Max | Fran Primrose | On the trail of Alexander Mackenzie |
| Around One More Point | 1 | Gazetas, Mary | Purchased | A journal of paddling adventures on the BC coast |
| The Last Great Sea | 1 | Glavin, Terry | Peter Vivian | The Human and Natural History of North Pacific Ocean |
| RVYC Paddlers 200502007 DVD (2nd Edition) | 1 | Hayden, Tini | purchased | Photos of Outings and Gatherings set to music |
| Castaway-A Story of Survival | 1 | Irvine, Lucy | Fran Primrose | |
| Kabaloona in the Yellow Kayak | 2 | Jason, Victoria | Peter Vivian, Fran Primrose | One woman's journey through the Northwest Passage |
| Deep Water Passage | 1 | Linnea, Ann | Fran Primrose | A spiritual journey at midlife on Lake Superior |
| Sea Kayaking Rough Waters | 1 | Matthews, Alex | purchased | Learn to paddle more safely and with more confidence |
| Kayak Routes of the Pacific Northwest Coast | 1 | McGee, Peter | Derek Austin | From Northern Oregon to BC's North Coast |
| The Complete Guide to Canoeing | 1 | Monk, Carl & Knap, Jerome | Peter Vivian | |
| Into the Great Solitude - An Arctic Journey | 1 | Perkins, Robert | Fran Primrose | |
| The Hidden Coast | 2 | Rogers, Joel W. | Peter Vivian, Linda Sipos | Kayak Explorations from Alaska to Mexico |
| Island Paddling | 1 | Snowden, Mary Ann | Andrew Madden | A paddler's guide to the Gulf Islands and Barkley Sound |
| Paddle to the Amazon | 1 | Starkell, Don | Fran Primrose | The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure |
| Paddle to the Arctic | 2 | Starkell, Don | Peter Vivian, Fran Primrose | |
| The Coastal Kayaker | 1 | Washburne, Randel | Andrew Madden | Kayak camping on the Alaska and BC Coast |
| Sea Kayaking-The Ultimate Guide | 1 | Whiting, Ken & Matthews, Alex | purchased | Learn to safely & comfortablyenjoy sea kayaking |