Am I alone in East Anglia?

[Steve W]

Hi folks. New boy here in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. I am a 46 year old kayaker and all-round outdoor type who was thinking about trying sea angling again after a 30 year lay-off when I stumbled upon your sport. What a well-organised crowd you are, I've already learned a ton of info in one day's surfing. Are any of you located in East Anglia? I would love to see a rigged-out boat and discuss the potential of the Suffolk coast. I also get the impression that the sellers of Ocean Kayaks are some distance away and I would want to try some demo boats before buying. Thanks for listening and looking forward to a fruitful relationship. Steve W.

[spanner]

Hi Steve,

 

Welcome to AN. Sorry, I can't help you about Suffolk, I'm a bit further north in Aberdeen, but I'm sure some of these southern softies will be able to help you out.

[Elton]

I'm in Suffolk, but there's no chance of me getting in a kayak just yet

[Starvinmarvin]

Welcome on board Steve,

 

I'm based in Hampshire, if your ever down this way then your more than welcome to try out my Caper or Prowler 13.

 

Ocean Kayak are based in:

 

Johnson Outdoors Watercraft UK Ltd

Johnson House, Main Cross Rd, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 3NZ

Tel: 01493 745192

 

They should be able to point you in the right direction for a dealer near you.

 

SM

[Steve W]

Thanks for the feedback chaps, I think there will be many questions to come. It seems that there are dealers locally who can help me but they are not keen on demo boats so I may have to take you up on your offer Starvin.

 

How about I contact you off-forum and build a trip south into one of my 'adventures of the month?'

 

Thanks again, Steve W.

[Simon Everett]

Hi Steve W. The Suffolk/Norfolk coast has some good kayak opportunities along it apparently - I don't know from personal experience, but later on I hope to. I have a friend who fishes for bass out of Wells and he reckons that there and Blakeny are good spots - look good kayak spots too. You can paddle against a surprisingly strong current.

If you have experience of kayaking you will already know the value of a good paddle - it makes a world of difference. It is no good trying to paddle a good kayak with a crap paddle. The paddle is actually equally as important as the kayak, so budget for a decent paddle when you go shopping for an outfit.

I hope to have a trip with my friend from Wells - so will let you know later on what I find - unless, of course you get there before me in which case we will all expect you to feed us the gen