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Those Magnificent Men in the Their Rob Roy Canoes – by Jim Parnell

Published: 2012 Publisher: Jim Parnell, self-published Number of pages: 113 pp Size: 148 x 211 mm ISBN number: 978-0-473-22261-1 Price: $25, p&p $5.90, total $30.90 or $8.90 for RD delivery, total $34.90 Overseas orders: email Paul to arrange Paypal payment. … Continue reading

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Dark Side of the Wave – by Paul Caffyn

Size: 153 x 234 mm, 126 page softcover; 11 maps ISBN: 978-0-9583584-6-0 Published: February 2022 Publisher: Kayak Dundee Press Price: NZ $35.60 including p&p or plus RD postage $40 To order, go to Order Form or email Paul: kayakpc@xtra.co.nz Overseas … Continue reading

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The Search for the Deepest Hole in the World – by Paul Caffyn and Van Watson

Size: 153 x 234 mm, 248 page softcover ISBN: 978-0-9583584-3-9 Published: January 2021 Publisher: Kayak Dundee Press Price: NZ $35.00 plus p&p $5 ($40) or plus RD postage $10 ($45) Available from Paul: kayakpc@xtra.co.nz Overseas orders: email Paul to arrange … Continue reading

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Obscured by Waves – by Paul Caffyn

In late December 1977, Paul Caffyn and Max Reynolds set out from Te Waewae Bay to paddle sea kayaks around Fiordland. The south-west corner of New Zealand has a reputation for unpredictable weather, big seas and lots of sandflies. Surviving capsizes in surf at night, some huge swell days, not to mention the sandflies, they arrived at Jackson Bay 27 days later, both adamant they never wanted to sit in kayaks, ever again. Continue reading

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The Dreamtime Voyage – by Paul Caffyn

The Dreamtime Voyage is Paul Caffyn’s story of one of the most remarkable journeys ever undertaken by kayak – the first kayak circumnavigation of Australia – a 9,420 mile 360 day epic. It is an inspirational tale of one man’s dogged determination to fulfill his impossible dream against all odds, including tropical cyclones, raging surf, sharks, sea snakes, crocodiles and three long sections of sheer limestone cliffs. Continue reading

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