What is the ACA?
What is the American Canoe Association and what does it do for me, the Paddler? a Carolina Paddler Article by William Holman -Let us start with the first question and the beginning of the ACA. Do you remember what you …
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The Common Adventurer: Explained
The Carolina Canoe Club (CCC) provides public forums to post trips or see who is interested in paddling on short notice. From sea kayaking and lake/river touring trips to Class I/II trips to class V creek runs to multi-day …
Water Words: “Living the Best Day Ever”
a Carolina Paddler Book Report “Living the Best Day Ever” by Hendri Coetzee Published by Hendri Coetzee Trust 2013, 327 pages Report by Zach Schiada -I recently read “Living the Best Day Ever” by Hendri Coetzee. I came across this …
Accident on the Haw River: A Near Death Experience
Carolina Paddler brings you Paul’s story, originally printed in the News and Observer in 2004. by Paul Ferguson I paddle my canoe into the bank just above the dam. I have trouble getting the bow beached. I make a couple …
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Wil Holman named North Carolina ACA Director
Our very own William Holman is taking over as the North Carolina ACA Director. Here’s the announcement on the ACA FB page. In order to focus on the ACA Director job, Wil stepped down as our CCC Safety Chair. He has …
Larry’s Tips: “The Not-So-Benign Prerogative”
“The Not-So-Benign Prerogative” A Carolina Paddler Article By Larry Ausley Considering everything that can go wrong in “extreme sports” in general, and whitewater paddling in particular, I’m sometimes surprised by the relatively low rate of serious accidents and even deaths. …
January 2023 Carolina Paddler is available
-January posts for our CCC journal, Carolina Paddler, are available. Here is the January 2023 edition’s Table of Contents, with “Surf Kayaks, Waveskis and Surfskis,” “Packing for Northwest Canada” and more.
Carolina Paddler January 2023 Table of Contents
In the January issue of Carolina Paddler: Larry’s Tips: “Know IT When You See It” -Larry Ausley discusses the bizarre phenomenon of “paradoxical undressing” during advanced stages of hypothermia. “Surf Kayaks, Waveskis and Surfskis” by Paul Scrutton -Paul outlines the …
Dreaming of Paddling, Stuck in PT
A Carolina Paddler Article By Angela Wiseman -It was a beautiful sunny day and I couldn’t wait to get on the river. I shuttled with a group of people and pulled my orange kayak out of the back of a …
Sarah Ruhlen on Her Birthday
Sarah Elizabeth Ruhlen would have been 27 years old today, January 31, 2023. We no longer have Sarah to walk up to us, to offer a joke, or the gift of a small toy, or something to eat… or her …