Saturday 10th September 2011.CANCELLED STRONG WINDS. 

Wendy will be leading the paddle around Scalpay, direction of circumnavigation will be weather dependent. Details have been sent out to club members by e-mail.

Sunday 28th August 2011. CANCELLED STRONG WINDS FORECAST.

 Alan is leading the paddle from Stein to the islands in the north of Loch Dunvegan. Details have been sent out via e-mail. 

 Thursday 25th August 2011.

This is our last evening session at Loch Caroy. On the water at 7 pm. Please let me know if you require a kayak or any kit.            Ken.

Paddle from Kilmarie to Elgol 6th August 2011.

 The previously planned paddle had to be cancelled but Janice chose a day with wonderful weather for a relaxed trip. Car shuttles were organised leaving cars at Kilmarie and Elgol where we thought they were sensibly and legally parked.

 We left Kilmarie and paddled towards Spar Cave which is roughly half way to Elgol. The tide was high and access to the cave was easy. With no other visitors there we had time to explore the stalagmites and stalactites that make such a super display in the cave’s wet and dark interior.

 Janice in Spar Cave.

 After leaving the cave we continued along the coast, around Rubha na h-Easgaine toward our chosen lunch stop at Eilean na h-Airde. On the way we had the pleasure of a sea eagle flying just above our heads at low altitude. The ever changing rock formations are fantastic along this coast.

 After lunch while we watched the seals watching us, we circumnavigated Eilean na h-Airde in an anticlockwise direction as Alan had done it clockwise prior to lunch. It was then northwest to Prince Charles’s cave and the cliffs with the impressive overhangs.

 On our arrival at Elgol five members of the group decided that they would like to make the return journey to Kilmarie by kayak but three would return by car. It was an excellent days paddling.

 The only thing to put a damper on things is reported here;

http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=80611

See photo gallery for more photos.

Evening Training Session 12th July.

 The weather was perfect and the sea was calm, an ideal evening for members to get wet doing capsize practice, rolls and different rescues. There are more photos in the photo gallery. 

 Macloed's Maidens 9th July.

5 folks including myself, [including Steve from the South Skye club], set out last Saturday on flat calm sea and in full sun across to the cliffs of Durinish; Alan and Steve set about exploring the full length of each cave on the way out to the Maidens: [alarming resident Shags]; outside the caves there were lovely dreamy inspiring vistas up the coast and across the bay. It was so calm I landed on the middle maiden [first time ever] and got unusual shots of the group arriving. We lunched back round the 'corner' on Loch Bracadale before setting back towards Harlosh island in a stiffer breeze, round the calmer south side of the island and back to Camus Ban. I failed to catch a fish better luck perhaps next time!

Steve Moran.                                                                    (Photos to follow.)

Evening Session Thursday 30th June 2011.

There were fifteen paddlers at the evening session from Loch Caroy jetty.  We had some paddlers who had never paddled a sea kayak before and they coped extremely well on the trip to the River Ose and back. The sea was fairly choppy at times which made the trip interesting with a few seals popping up to watch us. It was decided on the return journey that we would use the bouncy conditions to practice a rescue which was carried out quickly and efficiently.

 Proposed trip to Fladda Chuain 13 August.

As a taster there are some photos on the Gallery from a recce which Margaret and I did on Friday 24 June. The conditions were good with neap tides, light winds, sunshine with about  a I metre swell from the North  which increased in size to around 1.5 metres  in the open tideway between Fladda Chuain  and  Duntulm Bay. 

For our club trip to go ahead we will want conditions to be similar (preferably without the swell) and settled.  This is a stand-out trip. However it is committing, up to 7 km offshore in an exposed tidal area across a shipping lane (we saw 4 bulk carriers).  We will want a strong proficient group. 

Alan Jones.

 Ord trip Saturday 25th June 2011.

This was the first trip under the new reciprocal sharing with South Skye Club.  3 members from each club took part.  The plan was to paddle from Ord to Dalavil and return, a trip of 22 km. The weather was cloudy with forecast South or South West winds mainly force 4 with gusts of force 5 or 6.

We paddled along the coast to Dunscaith Castle then across Tokavaig Bay then amused ourselves weaving between rocks up to Tarskavaig Point when we met the wind and waves more openly and there were mutinous rumblings (of stomachs). We decided to land in Tarskavaig Bay where we found an old cleared slipway to land and some rocky outcrops to huddle behind for lunch.  We also decided at this point not to proceed to Dalavil. This decision was reinforced when we left our lunch shelter to get in our boats and discovered that the wind and waves had increased. We then had an interesting 1km paddle back to the point from where we paddled /surfed back towards Ord. From Dunscaith Castle to Ord the waves decreased in size and 2 of the group landed at Ord. The rest did a short extension to the Coral Islands and back.  We then decamped to Lesley’s house for a welcome brew next to a nice warm Rayburn.

Everyone appeared to enjoy our revised 16km trip and thought our first joint club venture had been a success.

There are some photos in the Gallery but as my camera was playing up not as many as I would have liked. There are none of the short stretch from our lunch spot to Tarskavaig Point!  This is a pity as they would have looked good. However, my priority was staying in control of my boat……  If any more dedicated photographer did take pictures on this stretch please pass them on for the club Gallery.

Alan Jones.

 No North South divide.

 After a suggestion, which came from both the NSKC and SS&LKC members, it has been decided that we should have a reciprocal arrangement where by members of both clubs can be invited on trips organised by either club. This will be tried for a period of one year to see if it works. Members of SS&LKC have been invited on Alan’s trip from Ord to Dalavil on 25th June 2011.

 BCU 2 Star Course. 18 & 19th June 2011.

Last weekend Donald Macpherson of Highland Leisure Training came over to Skye to coach and assess the open canoe skills part of the BCU 2 Star syllabus. Three members, Janice, Angela and I, attended from NSKC. We were joined by Lara and Frank from South Skye and Lochalsh Kayak Club together with a couple of young teenagers, Finlay and Daisy, who participated throughout, but wisely opted out of the cold and wet bits the rest of us were subjected to!

On Saturday we all met up at Kyleakin where we began with tandem canoeing. Attempts at straight line progress led to some interesting curvy patterns being followed – and some serious discussions going on between the front and rear of most of the boats. By lunch we were getting the hang of it and in the afternoon we all crossed the Kyle to Eilean Ban, where we practiced a range of control skills in the shadow of the Skye Bridge. Later, back on the Kyleakin side, we ended the day in and out of the water, learning various rescue and recovery techniques.

Sunday saw us all on a fine sunny morning carrying the canoes down to the shore of Loch Beag at Struan. Starting tandem again, we learnt to sail the canoes down the loch – so much easier than paddling – before fetching more canoes down to spend the rest of the day going solo. For us kayakers it was a challenge to keep a boat straight while paddling on just one side, but by lunchtime we were all managing well. A strengthening wind after lunch soon had some of us suffering frustrations though!

When the time came to return eight canoes to the trailers, the tide had fallen a long way since we put them in. Fifty metres of seaweed and rocks, followed by a steep grassy slope taught us the most memorable lesson of the weekend – canoes are heavy!

Frank, Angela and I had not previously been assessed at 2 star kayak standard, so three exhausted candidates retook to the water in kayaks for another hour or so at the end of the day to complete the course.

All in all it was a great weekend. We learnt a lot with a first rate coach, and had a lot of fun in the process.

John Allan.                                   See photos in Photo Gallery.

 Evening Session, Loch Caroy, 14th June 2011.

After such a long wait we were able to have an evening kayak session that was not cancelled due to inclement weather. The sun shone and the sea was smooth enabling some new members to try their hand at sea kayaking. Everyone enjoyed the paddle and are looking forward to their next session.

 Raasay Paddle 12th June 2011.

 Six paddlers took part in the trip from Sconser to Raasay and back. The day started with bright sunshine and smooth seas with a forecast for the wind to increase during the day. It was difficult to know what to wear, so I decide on the minimum underneath my “boil in the bag” drysuit.

 We made our way across to the old ferry terminal at Suisnish. After inspecting the new facility for loading timber harvested on Raasay onto ships we proceeded north up the west coast. We stopped at the harbour at Clachan and made use of the new and very smart ferry terminal facilities, also taking time to look at the busty mermaids and the cannon that overlook the harbour entrance.

 The next stop was the beach to the north of Raasay House. As we made our way around Eilean Aird nan Gobhar we were paddling into a freshening northerly wind and conditions were completely different. It was great paddling into the waves but they did make landing on the beach more interesting. Lunch was eaten whilst admiring the fantastic view of Ben Tianavaig and the Skye coast beyond the entrance to Portree harbour.

 When we launched for our return journey the wind and waves had increased. After passing the rocks on the edge of the beach I was caught by a wave and capsized. A feeble attempt to role failed and I baled out, which resulted in a return to the beach. I then realised why I was so cold, I had not closed the comfort zip on my drysuit and it was as though I was just wearing shorts and a base layer. Later on when crossing the Narrows of Rassay I seemed colder and shivering violently. Helped ashore the new group shelter was put to good use.

It was a great paddle. It was also a day on which I certainly benefited from the training and practice of rescues etc that other people had done, which took place in difficult conditions. It was a learning experience for us all, even if I only learnt to practice my roll and do my zip up!

 Thank you fellow paddlers,

 Ken Reynolds.

Proposed Dunvegan Paddle 29th May 2011.

The evening before it was decided that it would be unwise to paddle on Loch Dunvegan with the strong winds that were forecast and have been with us for the whole of May. Stephen who was organizing the trip suggested paddlers who had contacted him could (safely) use the conditions as a training session on “sheltered waters” on Pool Roag between Roag and Vatten south of Dunvegan. As he lived near by he would ensure a plentiful supply of hot water for showers so people could get warm and dry before going home.

 Stephen’s report on the day; “It rained steadily with heavy showers through the morning but four hardy/hard core types showed and we waded through mud at low tide to water in Pool Roag. We enjoyed paddling with following waves and struggling back against wind. After an hour or so tried capsizing but took several tries before members failed to roll and needed rescue, X rescues done in force 5 with style. We all had fun and were glad to be on water. We were sure something could be salvaged from dodgy conditions. Special congrats to James whose rolling is awesome!”

Stephen Moran.

Change of Venue!     CANCELLED!!!!! DUE TO WIND.

On 26th May 2011, due to the tide it has been decided to change the venue to Greshornish and to be on the water at 1900 hours. With the current weather conditions, please check your e-mail or the club web-site to confirm the session is going ahead, the night before!

Uig to the Ascrib Islands. Saturday 14th May.

That was the plan but changes were made due to the weather. Here is Wendy's account of the days paddle.

Club paddle – Uig Bay

Wind: NW 3/4

Waves: up to 1.2m, lumpy and confused

Weather: overcast/sunny

Distance: ~ 7km

Wendy Donnelly, James Cornes, Ramsey Borthwick

 Set out from Uig slip at about 10.30am , heading south to follow the coast down. Seas became more lumpy and confused as we came out of the shelter of Ru Idrigill, and just off Rubha Riadhain, at the entrance to Camas Beag, a wave caught Ramsey out, and he capsized. With the wind pushing us onto the cliffs the rescue was complicated by the need to tow him out, before pumping the boat out and getting him back in the cockpit. We landed in Camas Beag for a short break.

 From Camas Beag we headed north to Ru Idrigill, a crossing of 1½km of open water. This was excitingly choppy, with a series of larger wave sets interspersed with more lumpy, irregular seas. Then from Idrigill we headed back with the wind behind us, surfing along the wave tops back to the pier.

James practiced some rolls before landing, and as he was the only one wearing a drysuit we left him to it! Landed approximately 1pm.

All were agreed that we’d had a fine paddle in some pleasantly testing conditions.

Wendy Donnelly.

 GRESHORNISH Tuesday 10th May 2011.

The evening paddle has been cancelled due to the weather.

Congratulations.

Congratulations to everyone who attended the Short Range VHF Radio Course. All candidates were successful and obtained their certificate.

Marine Radio VHF Course.

We have provisionally arranged a VHF Operators Course to take place over 2 evenings during week commencing 25 April. The course would be held at Alan's home in Kingsburgh and would be around 3 hours duration on each evening and would involve a short exam. (the course is usually a 1 day course but hopefully a course over 2 evenings would be more convenient for most of us)

The cost would be £70 plus £30 certificate fee (the usual cost for this course is £90 plus £30 certificate fee)

 The instructor/assessor would be David Leaver M.R.I.N. RYA/MCA Ocean Yachtmaster Instructor and Principal of FIRTH of LORNE Sea School. David has run this course for kayakers in the Oban area so is familiar with kayakers needs.

 If you wish to attend the course please reply ASAP with which evenings you are available (25/4,26/4,27/4,28/4,29/4) as if we don't have enough takers from our club we would open the course to members of South Skye Club.              PLEASE REPLY TO alan@snizort.plus.com

Evening Paddling Sessions.

 10th May on the water for 1900 at Greshornish jetty.

 26th May on the water for  1900 at Portree.

 14th June on the water for 1900 location to be announced.

 30th June on the water for 1900 location to be announced.

 Anyone requiring equipment for the above please let either Janice or Ken know well in advance so that transport arrangement can be made.  

 Planned trips.

1  Saturday 14th May - Wendy - Uig/Ascribs

 2  Sunday  29th May - Stephen - Dunvegan Pier/Colbost Islands

3  Sunday 12 June - Ken - Sconser/Raasay

4  Saturday 25th June - Alan - Ord/Dalavil

5  Saturday 9th July - ??? - Camus Ban/Maidens

6  Sunday 24th July - Janice - Kilmarie/Elgol

7  Saturday 13th August - Alan - Duntulm/Fladda-Chuain

8  Sunday 28th August - Willie - Stein/Loch Bay Islands

9  Saturday 10th September - Wendy - Scalpay

 Full details of these proposed trips will be sent out to members prior to the day giving detailed information via e-mail.

Annual General Meeting.

On the 11th March 2011 we held our first AGM. It is great to think that the club is now just over a year old and is thriving.

The members of the management committee are;

Chairman, Ken Reynolds.

Secretary, Janice Seller.

Treasurer, Willie MacGillivray.

Wendy Donnelly.

Stephen Moran.

John Allen.

Alan Jones.

There were discussions on our finances, a small change to the constitution, planning of future trips and insurance. Along with our weekend paddles it was decided we should have an evening session on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. Members will be kept up to date via e mail. 

Club members at the AGM with the cheque from Awards for All Scotland and some of the equipment that was bought with it.    

KAYAK POOL SESSIONS.

Kayak pool sessions for club members are on 21st & 28th February 2011 and 7th & 14th March2011. More details will be sent via e mail. 

A Visit To The Other Side. 14th December 2010.

From where I live I look out over Loch Caroy towards Loch Bracadale and have a wonderful view of Harlosh Island, Tarner Island and the island of Wiay. Today’s paddle gave me a different view of these islands from the other side.

We launched from Ardmore into Camas Ban and went between Harlosh Skerry, a roosting place for a very large flock of shags, and Harlosh Point. We circumnavigated around Harlosh Island and then paddled southeast towards Wiay with Tarner in the distance on our left. On the south side of Wiay an enormous cave was visited before we found a small stony beach where we stopped for lunch with very low flying RAF jets passing overhead. In the distance the high cliffs of Oronsay, an island that it is possible to walk to via a tidal causeway, could be seen. Then it was back to Ardmore passing between Tarner and Harlosh islands with a short stop on the beach at Harlosh.

 The weather was a bit dreich at times but it did not spoil the fantastic views of the other sides of the islands with their caves, cliffs and impressive rock formations which I can not see from home.

 Some photos can be seen in the gallery.

Ken Reynolds.

20th November 2010 - A Perfect Day on Loch Dunvegan.

The very best of the weather that Skye has to offer tends to turn up in the winter months. Last Thursday Ken had spotted that we were about to be treated to one of those crystal clear, flat calm and windless days on Saturday. He sent round an email - and so it was that twelve of us turned up at Dunvegan Pier: Angela and me (on our first outing), Hayley and Rob, Alan and Margaret, Martyn and Helen, Sarah, Janice, James and Ken.

The day did not disappoint. It was just perfect as we set off across the mouth of Loch Follart and past the light on Uiginish Point, heading along the eastern side of the Skinidin Islands towards Colbost. As we passed close by The Three Chimneys there was a call to jettison our sandwiches and call in for an early lunch at Sarah’s expense. She seemed to think that not having her purse with her was sufficient excuse!

At Colbost we circled the ‘Lagan’, a fine old sea-going yacht moored off the jetty. I had seen her many times from the shore but, from close quarters, noticed for the first time how badly decayed she is. Then we were on the move again with a clockwise lap of Eilean Glas. There we saw dozens and dozens of sea urchins attached to the vertical basalt walls of the island.

As we began a second lap, the need for a lunch stop seemed to become urgent for some of the group. Ken suggested that we set off to the far shore of Loch Dunvegan to land and eat. I was nervous about that. It’s only a little over a kilometre of open water, but I had never been that far from dry land in a kayak before. I needn’t have worried. It was an easy and uneventful crossing, with good reassuring company all the way. We rounded the north end of Fiadhairt and went ashore – some more cautiously than others – on the stony shore of Camalaig Bay. By that stage we had covered about seven kilometres. As the novices of the group, Angela and I found that we had expended so much energy that we vacuumed up our packed lunch and found ourselves gazing with disappointment at the bottom of the empty tupperware box.

Back on the water, the group headed for home along the coast of the Fiadhairt peninsula towards the seal colonies around Gairbh Eilean. What a way to end the trip. There must have been more than 50 seals on the skerries as we approached. Seeing us coming, they lumbered down the rocks and dived in, surfacing close to our boats. Just to stop paddling and drift gently past a noisily breathing and inquisitive seal is an amazing experience, and one I repeated several times on the final leg of our adventure.

By the time we had passed Dunvegan Castle and returned to the starting point, we had covered almost twelve kilometres. As complete novices, if we had been invited to join an outing of that length we would have declined. Having done it though, our horizons have expanded. We are looking forward to all sorts of new adventures now.

Roll on the next day of perfect Skye winter weather...

John Allan.

More photos in Photo Gallery.

Overseas Visitors.

 POSTPONED DUE TO THE WEATHER

 Stornoway Canoe Club are visiting the Isle of Skye and a joint club weekend has been organised on 27th and 28th November 2010. Accommodation is available at the Croft Bunkhouse in Portnalong if you wish to cut down on your travelling, please contact Janice if you want an overnight stay.

We hope our friends from Stornoway enjoy their stay on Skye!  

Coaching Session, Stein, 16th October 2010.

After the cancellation of the coaching session earlier this month due to strong winds, Clive Poulter a coach from South Skye Kayak Club, kindly gave up his time to provide a days coaching to members of the North Skye Kayak Club. The weather was kind to us with sunshine and calm conditions.

Simon's thoughts on the paddle.............

5 of us arrived at the car park in Stein on a glorious, sunny autumn morning: Janice, Alan and Margaret, Clive (an instructor from the South Skye club) and myself. Initially thinking I was attending a beginners’ session, I quickly realised I was the only novice, and the others were planning an oceanic venture! 

Clive quickly appraised my inadequacies and made me feel more confident in my kayak, before we headed out to sea…………….. Fortunately it was virtually flat calm as we first crossed Loch Bay and then paddled north to the island of Isay in the company of dozens of seals and a school of porpoises. Isay was a birdwatchers’ paradise and we saw a countless shags, geese, terns, gulls and as many herons as I have ever encountered in such a small place. A sea eagle took off a short distance from us and, as we circumnavigated the island, Alan and Margaret were fortunate to spy an otter. I was interested to note the considerable number of ruins on Isay, and subsequently learned it had supported a population of 90 in 1841. 

Next we crossed to the Coral Beach where we picnicked in almost tropical conditions, and then had a training (mucking about) session, when Alan demonstrated the huge number of positions he could attain, in, on and under his kayak, and also the benefits of installing an electric pump! Finally we rounded the small island of Lampay and crossed Lovaig Bay back to Stein, where I arrived pleasantly tired and in need of a beer! 

It had been an excellent day, it only being a pity that more didn’t come along. The warm and calm conditions were ideal and I’m sure I was able to pick up far more in the context of a “real outing” than I would had it been a more formal training session. My thanks are due to Clive for all the tips, to Janice for making it happen, and to the party as a whole for their forbearance and encouragement! Apparently we covered 14kms – something I would not have thought possible before we set out. I’m certainly looking forward to my next voyage! 

Simon Fraser

Simon paddling one of the club's  new sea kayaks purchased with lottery funding from "Awards for All".

Clive Poulter.

 Just a question of balance!

See photo gallery for more photos!

 Coaching Session 2nd October 2010. Cancelled due to weather. 

A coaching session has been organised on the 2nd October 2010. We have had difficulty organising coaching sessions as our club coach has not been available. Clive Poulter who is a very active paddler and coach with South Skye and Lochalsh Kayak Club has kindly offered to help us out on the day. Details of the time and place will follow. We should have six club kayaks and equipment available to club members who do not have their own equipment.

Wendy and Sarah's Paddle 18th September 2010.

Wendy and Sarah took advantage of a period of good weather between the wind and rain to organise a paddle at short notice, e-mailing all members of their intentions. The paddle was from Skye across to Raasay but no one took any photos for the website!

Weather and paddling. 

Weather conditions at the moment are very changeable and it is difficult to plan ahead for paddling. It has been suggested that if any club member sees that there are suitable weather conditions that they would be happy to paddle in, that they email all other members to see if they are available at short notice. An updated list of members will shortly be sent out to assist with this. 

Paddle and BBQ 1st August 2010.

The paddle started from Loch Caroy Jetty at 10.00 am  and we were very pleased to be joined by two new members of the club. Paddling out of Loch Caroy the group turned left and headed towards Tarner Island exploring the coast line and then along to Harlosh Island. After a short break at Harlosh beach the return journey to Caroy Jetty was made where some of the more hardier members practiced rolling and rescues.

By this time smoke was emitting from the BBQ as a signal that it was time to be off the water as food was cooking. The BBQ was a great success and a time for people to chat and get to know each other and of course eat and drink!

 More photos on the gallery.

SEA KAYAKS TO GET NORTH SKYE ROLLING.

 Members of the North Skye Kayak Club are delighted to have received a grant from “Awards for All Scotland” of £7,250. The funding has been used to purchase six sea kayaks, paddles, spray decks, buoyancy aids and cagoules.

Our aim is to bring together people who have an interest in sea kayaking and to enable others who have never tried it to have the experience and the opportunity to have a go and learn safely. One of the biggest problems for any one who wishes to try sea kayaking is the initial expense of all the equipment that is required to start without knowing whether they will like it. The equipment financed by “Awards for All Scotland” will be made available to new club members for their first experiences on the sea.

Paddle and BBQ.

Paddle from Loch Caroy Jetty, 1st August 2010 at 10.00am followed by a BBQ at Ken and Fiona's at 2.00pm. All club paddlers, non-paddlers and families welcome.

Evening Paddle From Camas Ban.

 On the 14th June 2010 we had an enjoyable paddle from Camas Ban towards Loch na Faolinn and Loch Bharcasaig inspecting the many caves on the way. As we approached the entrances to some of the caves eerie noises came from within. One cave had two entrances so we were able to travel through it. More photos in the photo gallery

SUNDAY AFTERNOON PADDLE.

 On the 30th May 2010 we enjoyed a paddle in the Camastianavaig area. In the bay "self rescues" were practised. Outside the bay the fresh northerly wind generated lots of white topped waves which made paddling conditions interesting.

SCOTTISH CANOE ASSOCIATION.

North Skye Kayak Club is now affiliated to the Scottish Canoe Association. All the benefits of affiliation can be seen on the SCA web-site at http://www.canoescotland.com/

CONGRATULATIONS.

26th April 2010.
Well done Janice! Congratulations on gaining your BCU Three Star award.

BEGINNERS SESSION.

On the 24th April 2010 we had our first open water beginners session at the jetty at Dunvegan. The weather was not very kind to us, it was cold and windy, not the ideal weather for their first time on the sea in a sea kayak. However, with the expert tuition from Chris Wilson, who is the SCA Local Coaching Organiser for Wester Ross they were able to gain confidence and have a great time learning new skills and see Dunvegan Castle from a different angle. See the Photo Gallery!

CLUB POOL SESSIONS.



The club pool sessions that took place during March and April were enjoyed by everyone who came along to them. Beginners and experienced kayakers all got something from the time spent in the pool. Lets hope that more sessions can be organised in the future.  

 FIRST CLUB PADDLE.

On the 7th March 2010 a small group of NSKC members went on our first paddle together. We launched from Stein jetty and paddled out towards the islands in a freshening wind. Taking advantage of the shelter on the west side of Loch Bay we stopped for lunch and then explored the rest of the loch.

IN THE BEGINNING.

On the 19th January 2010 at the Tongadale Hotel in Portree a meeting was organised for anyone who was interested in being a member of a kayak club in the north of the Isle of Skye. Thirty six people showed an interest.  A committee was formed which met on the 8th February 2010 and the following positions were allocated;

Secretary, Janice Seller.

Chairperson, Ken Reynolds.

Treasurer, Willie MacGillivray.

Wendy Donnelly.

Stephen Moran.

Coach representative, Trent Townend.

The following items were discussed, constitution, membership forms, membership fees, banking, pool sessions, future trips and coaching.

At our next meeting "funding" for equipment and summer activities will be on the agenda. The committee welcomes any suggestions you may have.