KAYAK VIRGINIA BEACH INFORMATION NET

Okay everyone in Norfolk, I heard you…
My self imposed boycott of Norfolk, because of their boat permit is over….
I had reason to be in Norfolk on Saturday, and took advantage to visit most of launches available in the city of Norfolk.
I added 3 Saltwater launches on the Lafayette River, and 3 Freshwater launches.
In the Saltwater [...]

Today I made it up Ashville Bridge Creek from Horn Point, and I saw that the Lotus are really thick this year, and as the bigger leaves start coming out, I’d be willing to bet it will b close ti impossible to get through the creek here. If the creek looks impassable, you may want [...]

Came across this website Doggie Paddling the Triangle during a discussion about the differences between Watersnakes and Cottonmouths…
As described by the author:
Personal site of Tom Hemp, offering image galleries and GPS routes for kayaking in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill.
Even though I am not familiar with the Raleigh Durham area, looks like it has a [...]

Just a confirmation that Horn Point Kayak and Canoe launch is now open for the season, and there is a caretaker on site. I had a little chat with Danny (the Caretaker) today, and he seems like a real nice and helpful guy.

The other thing to take not of is that the sandbar has pretty [...]

I added 3 more launch sites tonight, all are on the peninsula, and I have a few more that I’ll add as soon as I can.
Those added today are Buckroe Beach and Sunset Creek in Hampton and Smith’s Landing in York County
I just looked and that bring the number to 50 launch sites, cool…

Well it is that time of the year again…
Tuesday the Kayak and Canoe launch facility at Horn Point will re-open for the season, and as many of you already know this is a great spot to put-in for the Northern end of Back Bay.
For more information go to the Horn Point page at kayakvb.com…

I have finally started the re-write of the launch site pages and maps. Don’t know how long it will take.
When I initially wrote the mapping pages, Google maps only had 16 meter resolution aerial views for the majority of Southeast Virginia, and Yahoo had much better aerial/satellite views which is why I went with Yahoo. [...]

Well since the wind was such an issue yesterday, I decided to scout out a couple more launch sites…
Baileys Beach  in the Isle Of Wight.
Lawnes Creek in the Isle Of Wight.
Portsmouth City Park in Portsmouth.
Elizabeth River Landing in Norfolk
Go and check them out, and let me know how your trip went

A while back someone had mentioned to me that there had been some changes to the launch at Lovitts Landing. Today on I was heading to Drum Point and Nawney Creek, and decided to take a look at what if any improvements were done to the ramp, and apparently someone took the time to do some “Improvements” [...]