|
|
|
 |
Alaska Tour
Articles
|
"We've paddled some fantastic places, but nothing has surpassed the forests and mountains we've seen on our Home Shore trip. A kayaking dream - where else could a
kayaker find a built-in shuttle and cozy camp complete with gourmet food and hot showers?"
~ Lewis Bayer, Florida
|
|
|
Articles
Singing to Grizzly Bears
By Bob Duke
As the shout of "bear" rose over the clatter of the anchor chain, all eyes aboard Home Shore
turned toward a boulder-strewn spit...
Singing to Grizzly Bears >>>
Passagemaker March 2007
Whale Watching - Alaska Gray Whale Encounter
by © Captain Jim Kyle
"WHOOOSH. . . WHOOOSH.... "
"There he is, port side!"
This gray whale was a surprise.
Gray Whale Encounter >>>
WaveLength Magazine, 2002
On the Homeshore with Jim Kyle
by Joshua Brockman
Following spawning salmon would provide a tour of some of the best sea kayaking
in Southeast Alaska. Traveling with Jim Kyle may be the next best thing...
From commercial fishing to kayaking in Southeast Alaska >>>
Paddler Magazine, July / August 2006
Fish Tales
by Elizabeth Short
Commercial fishermen are famous for sentences that begin with,
"I remember the time when ..."
Alaska Fishermen Dish Up the Secrets of
Great Salmon Barbeque >>>
Fiery Foods Magazine
The Five Best Ways to Explore Southeast Alaska
Exploring Glaciers and Fjords (on Homeshore)
Dipping into the Panhandle >>>
Outsider Magazine, April 2004
Baranof by Mothership
by Ross Prather
We had been paddling for hours in a cold, penetrating Alaskan drizzle. Our five kayaks—three tandems and two singles—were widely spaced...
After a mother ship-supported kayak trip, don’t be surprised if camping loses some of its luster >>>
Canoe and Kayak, 2005
Still Paddling Her Own Canoe
by Elizabeth Short
Audrey Sutherland, longtime Hawaii resident and author of Paddling My Own Canoe and Paddling Hawaii, is an icon of solo wilderness kayaking.
Kyle was pleased ... but also surprised when Sutherland booked the charter.
"Why after nearly 8,000 miles of solo kayaking did you call a mothership?" >>>
WaveLength Magazine, June/July 2004
Alaska Kayaking
by Captain Jim Kyle
The 'Last Frontier' beckons all paddlers! Southeast Alaska (the Panhandle) is a kayaking paradise...
Can I Paddle My Own Boat? >>>
WaveLength Magazine, 2005
'Character' Motherships
by Captain Jim Kyle
The opposite of the luxury cruise is the sea kayak camping trip, the quintessential close-to-nature experience for those wishing to paddle their boat and taste the salt...
Sea kayak mothershipping is a recent phenomenon... >>>
WaveLength Magazine, 2003
Why Knot
by Jim Wood
Take it as you wish: being fogbound can either be a blessing or a
curse...
Home Shore Navigation Classes >>>
Nor'Westing, March - April 2008
Return to Previous Page
Alaska on the Home Shore© All Rights Reserved
Except for the main homepage graphic, no image contains objects that have been digitally manipulated.
All photographs were taken during Home Shore tours, with contributions from professionals Gary Luhm, Suzanne Steel, Heath Cowart, & Ben Kyle.
|
|
|
|
|
