René's old blog
Whatever I feel like posting, whenever
This site goes back some twenty-five years, so it is bound to be full of stale links and irrelevant information. It is, at best, updated irregularly.
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Sea Kayak Design is an Italian kayak brand, well designed and well built. Venice Kayak has three of them, one of each of the original three models. The one on the photos is the 16ft model.
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Kayaking gear
Getting ready for a tour, controlling the essential gear.
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The local parking lot
On the Certosa island, car free but with kayaks.
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Cool Dog
Hanging out on the beach with the chicks, sporting a pair of Raybans for that cool, in control look.
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If you can pass
you can pass. Sandolo passing under the church of Santo Stefano in Venice at high tide.
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My First Motorboat
Trying to fit a 4HP out board engine on a piece of Styrofoam. They get extra points for trying 🙂
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Water born dog
Not all dogs start life as puppies. Some emerge fully grown out of big buckets of water.
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GondolaSpecs
Gondoliere wearing SeaSpecs kayaking sunglasses. What will be next? Red and white striped Kokatat Knapsters?
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Scaffolding
This is how they put up scaffolding in Venice.
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Gondola Approaching
This photo almost looks like a painting. It gives me the feeling that I’ve seen it before, or maybe I’m just paddling too much around Venice.
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Hidden angel
Venice is full of hidden stuff, much of it in plain view 🙂 I wonder if this guy will ever know what’s under his feet, or even just suspect there might be something.
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SUP in Venice
It’s the first time I’ve seen SUP boards on the Canal Grande. They seemed to do well when I saw them, but I’ve heard some of them ended on the water at the Rialto Bridge, which is often a busy…