30 Results for year: 2021

Our OC6 journey continues.

We met with OCUK representatives. Our outrigger six canoe (OC6) is of a design called Tahitian Rocket. Outrigger canoes are also known as Va'a (V6) and Wa'a (Waka'ama, W6). It was a chance to find out the history of our Outrigger canoe and the sport's origins. We also heard about the cultural origins of activities and ... More

Paddling sessions are going well.

The arrangements for our covid-19 safe paddling sessions continue to work well. The trustees have done a brilliant job of arranging our covid-19 safe paddling sessions and they are working well with the strong support of trustees and members in key safety roles. Because our helms are committed to ensuring as many ... More

It is good to be paddling again.

Paddling on Sunday June 13th. Our covid-19 safe paddling procedures are working well. Two groups were able to paddle. June writes... "We had a great day yesterday with two crews. Crew 1 at 10 am with Chris at the helm had a good paddle up to Ambleside around the island and through the trees past the campsites. It ... More

Second paddle on June 6th.

Another lovely day for our second paddle of 2021 Peter took out the first crew to paddle. June writes.. "Roz took out the second crew for a fantastic session some newbies from last week and newbies this week along with our experienced paddlers. It was a great paddle and Artemis Phyllis carried everyone safely over ... More

First paddle of 2021

A joyous return to paddling after pandemic measures. Paddlers enjoyed perfect conditions for the first paddling session of 2021 which was delayed for a week by strong winds the previous week. Sunshine and calm conditions made for a gorgeous day of paddling. The covid-19 safe paddling plans carefully risk assessed by the ... More

Resuming paddling.

Safe paddling trial run. A group of paddlers gathered on Thursday for a trial run of our covid-19 safe procedures for a return to paddling. Our trustees have carefully planned for a safe return to paddling after over a year has elapsed since our last paddling session due to pandemic measures and lock downs. Having ... More

Boat maintenance and pontoon building 2021.

More preparations for paddling. Members spent a day cleaning and maintaining the dragon boats, sorting equipment and tidying the garage and cleaning the pontoon sections and building the pontoon.                 More

Our OC6 is with us.

Welcome to our OC6 outrigger canoe. Jill and Simon went down to London to collect our OC6 outrigger canoe from Great Britain Outrigger on Friday 23rd. April, 2021. Here are our first pictures of the canoe ready to collect and then loaded onto the trailer.             ... More

A welcome from Great Britain Outrigger

Great Britain Outrigger have welcomed Paddlers for Life Windermere writing "Congratulations to our newest Great Britain Outrigger club Paddlers for Life Windermere." on their Facebook post. They look forward to meeting us on Windermere and acknowledge our team effort in fundraising to get the outrigger canoe. More

Be ready to paddle.

Paddling information sheet. Paddlers-info-sheet-2021 More