Wye river guide
The Wye is an excellent river for a day or extended canoe/kayak trip. This great book written by the EA covers all you need to know.
Buy a copy here!The Wye Valley attracts many thousands of visitors each year and the river is a popular resource for sport and recreation. About 250km long, one of the longest rivers in Britain and perhaps the most popular for paddlers of canoes and kayaks in the UK. It is popular for long distance touring, recreational paddling and white water paddling.
This week another new Dagger Boat! After much hype the new Alchemy touring boat has arrived, we now have stock plus demo’s in both sizes. The Alchemy has possibly the most comfortable seat I’ve ever parked my bum in! this coupled with great stability, handling and speed look to make this boat a real winner this summer. Come in and have a paddle.
Specifications Alchemy “L”Length: 14' / 427 cm
Width: 24" / 61 cm
Max Capacity: 300 lbs. / 136 kg
Deck Height: 14.75" / 37 cm
Weight: 55 lbs. / 25 kg
Cockpit Length: 35" / 89 cm
Cockpit Width: 18.5" / 47 cm
Specifications Alchemy “S”Length: 14' / 427 cm
Width: 23" / 58 cm
Max Capacity: 275 lbs. / 125 kg
Deck Height: 13.25" / 34 cm
Weight: 50 lbs. / 23 kg
Cockpit Length: 35" / 89 cm
Cockpit Width: 18.5" / 47 cm
The Dagger Blurb. The stylish, all new Alchemy light touring series hits the water running, packed with performance capabilities for both flat and moving water. Featuring the stability that’s suitable for new paddlers, but with performance edging and turning capabilities ready for advanced skill levels. With enough storage and speed for an extended weekend excursion, it’s time to grab your gear and get moving
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Early closingOn Wednesday 17/06/09 we will be closing at 16:45
Sorry for any inconvenience
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Thursday the 18th we will be back to normal, Open 09:30 till 19:30 Cheers.
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Fest 2009!
Pyranha fest is back! after the huge success of last year Pyranha have just released the dates of this years event
12 -13th September, the festival will once again take place in North Wales (The Tryweryn whitewater course). This year Pyranha are working hard to have flat water side to the event, Open boaters and sea/touring paddlers will be abel to try numerous boats on Bala lake.
Have a look here to find out all the info
What do we do in the summer?..........paddling wise!
Well the normal answer to that is we go to Chertsey or paddle around the Thames! But every now and then we get the time to do something a bit more fun! This week I took the opportunity to head way out west, way way way out west. Head down the M4, cross the big bridge and then drive for the rest of your life! Eventually, and hopefully before you die! You come to St David’s, the UK’s smallest city. A lovely little gaff, full of fun beach shops and the site of some of the most amazing sea paddling you can find any where around are fair little island. Myself and Steve “UGG” wheatman had come to Pembroke to paddle with local hero Steve Lang, after the long drive down to his excellent house and randy beagle (“George”) provided much entertainment! Let the paddling begin…..
We woke early Tuesday morning; first thing first we had to sort out dinner! So me and UGG headed off down the road for a spot of fishing, 2 hours later we returned with 1 fish, are well lucky we are not greedy people.
(Dinner)Next Snorkeling! With a spear gun….. Very cool, still didn’t catch any fish but had great fun! You might be able to tell we were dragging this day out a little, and for one very good reason! The Bitches, a truly spiritual tide race just of the main land. 3 hours before high tide, and you need a good big ish tide! The sea starts to flood into the Irish sea, where the tide runs over a group to rocks just off Ramsey island you get some pretty sporty water, great waves, whirl pools & pour over’s . paddling this in a play boat is pretty dam good, in sea boat tho it’s even better, big surfs huge enders, paddling doesn’t get much more fun than this.
And then after you’ve been paddling for hours and you’re totally knackered you have to try and paddle home, avoiding the infamous hoarse rock! Now I can’t lie this little innocuous rock (well 100 ft rock Colum, sticking up from the sea bed) always scares the s**t out of me! Here lies the second big plus point of a sea boats, there much faster! And you can avoid nasty boat eating eddies from hell with just a quick burst of nervous energy! Needless to say we were both fine and made it back for a fish supper as the sun set over the rolling hills of Pembroke. But that isn’t all! I had two days off. After an exciting first day the second day was a more normal sedate sea paddle from, and I’m very sorry but can’t for the life of me remember the names of the places! We started from a very pictures harbor (Abercastle?) and headed north along some amazing cliffs out and around Strumble head,
then finished at Fishguard, Steve was nearly mown down by the ferry! Really very quiet for such a big ship! Think it was around 10 miles, but a lovely paddle. Great animal life, great paddling, loves it.
Back to work!
The Axiom is here..... well, the 8.5 is......
It's been a long time coming but at last the NEW Dagger Axiom is here, We are very lucky to have one of the first boats out of the mould! stock will follow very soon, for now we have a demo! come in and have a try of this great boat. dose look quite cool! good Dagger grahic on the back!
What Dagger Have to say...An Axiom in mathematics is considered to be both a starting point from where other theories are proven and also something that is taken to be universally true.
So when the Dagger R&D team sat down to design a boat to fill the shoes of the legendary RPM they had two considerations. One was to create something new - which others will no doubt follow. The other, to create a boat which would stand against the worlds best selling White Water kayak!
They set off on a journey. Many opinions were given, many ideas tried and tested and many, many, hours later they decided that they had made…..An Axiom.
Combining all river performance desired by experienced paddlers with forgiving and predictable characteristics required by those progressing the Axiom is a boat that will challenge everyone, at any age, to go out for more.
Long enough for down river speed and excellent in surf the bow carries volume for smooth passage down river whilst the stern is cut low for pivot turns and agility. Using a flat planing hull, full-length rails and soft profile sidewalls the Axiom has a smooth transition from edge to edge and a playful feel.
Inside its adjustable all the way with Daggers well loved River Running outfit system – solid, safe and very versatile.
Available in four sizes the Axiom range features a super small 6.9 size ideal for aspiring young river runners right up to the 9.0 version giving a sporty boat to bigger paddlers.
