Paul Caffyn
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Paul Caffyn is a well renowned sea kayak
er based on the west coast of New Zealand
. He has completed a number of supported, unsupported, solo and group expeditions by sea kayak in various locations around the world. He has been described as follows by John Dowd
The expedition around the South Island started as an expedition along the Fiordland coast with fellow paddler Max Reynolds. Paul Caffyn continued solo and with ground support to complete the circumnavigation in 76 days.{ source: Obscured by waves}
Paul Caffyn sea kayaked solo around the North Island, with ground party support. The circumnavigation took 86 days, after which Paul undertook a crossing of Cook Strait by sea kayak.{source: Cresting the Restless Wave}
The expedition around Stewart Island was done with Max Reynolds, August and September 1979. This expedition departed from Bluff, New Zealand starting with a crossing of Foveaux Strait. { source: Dark Side of the Wave}
Paul Caffyn and Nigel Dennis circumnavigated Great Britain by sea kayak in 85 days.
Sea kayak
A sea kayak or touring kayak is a kayak developed for the sport of paddling on open waters of lakes, bays, and the ocean. Sea kayaks are seaworthy small boats with a covered deck and the ability to incorporate a spraydeck...
er based on the west coast of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. He has completed a number of supported, unsupported, solo and group expeditions by sea kayak in various locations around the world. He has been described as follows by John Dowd
Expeditions
- 1978 Circumnavigation of the South Island, New Zealand
The expedition around the South Island started as an expedition along the Fiordland coast with fellow paddler Max Reynolds. Paul Caffyn continued solo and with ground support to complete the circumnavigation in 76 days.{ source: Obscured by waves}
- 1978/79 Circumnavigation of the North Island, New Zealand
Paul Caffyn sea kayaked solo around the North Island, with ground party support. The circumnavigation took 86 days, after which Paul undertook a crossing of Cook Strait by sea kayak.{source: Cresting the Restless Wave}
- 1979 Circumnavigation of Stewart Island, New Zealand
The expedition around Stewart Island was done with Max Reynolds, August and September 1979. This expedition departed from Bluff, New Zealand starting with a crossing of Foveaux Strait. { source: Dark Side of the Wave}
- 1980 Circumnavigation of Great Britain
Paul Caffyn and Nigel Dennis circumnavigated Great Britain by sea kayak in 85 days.
- 1981/82 Circumnavigation of Australia
- 1985 solo circumnavigation of the four main islands of Japan
- 1991 completed the first solo sea kayak trip along the entire coastline of Alaska
- 1997 Circumnavigation of New Caledonia
- Two attempts to cross the Tasman Sea by sea kayak
- 2001/2002 Circumnavigation of Phuket