Hobie Kayaks day – Jekta Storsenter, saturday February 11th from 10h00 to 18h00, let the others know

JOIN US FOR THE HOBIE KAYAKS DAY

PLAN 2
PLAN 1

EXHIBITION OF SAILING KAYAKS (See on TV), FISHING KAYAKS & TOURING KAYAKS

DISCOVER THESE HI-TECH EXPEDITION HYBRID KAYAKS, THEY ARE SHAPED FOR THE ADVENTURE

FOR THE PURCHASE OF A SAILING KAYAK A TRAMPOLINE SET OFFER, DON’T MISS IT, IT’S TIME TO THINK ABOUT NEXT SUMMER 

YOU WILL ALSO DISCOVER OUR “OUTDOOR CENTER” ACTIVITIES IN SOMMARØY

HOBIE KAYAKS STORE

© Olivier Pitras
© Olivier Pitras
© Olivier Pitras
© Olivier Pitras
Hobie Kayaks & SUP
Hobie Kayaks & SUP

Trial session whales & Hobie kayaks Saturday, November 12th 2016

Orcas and Whales are all around already and the team onboard SV “Southern Star” were delighted this week but they are still on the outside and far away to be easily reachable during a short kayak trip. They are entering Kaldfjord but moving non stop around at cruise speed making it difficult may be for good observations from kayaks.

Anyway, we’re planning a trial session on Saturday, November 12th to see what’s going on down there. Launching zone in Kaldfjord will be decided later accordind with last observations, may be only Saturday morning early.

© Christophe Driget - SV Southern Star 69Nord nov 2016
© Christophe Driget – SV Southern Star 69Nord nov 2016

Sunday, Nov 13th 2016. Debriefing from trip of Saturday, Nov 12th :
Mission accomplished 🙂 We saw three time a group of 4/5 orcas, twice from far away (200 meters), the third time, we were in the middle of the group with one observation from around 30 meters. Wind force was strong (20/25 nds) making it difficult against the wind. For this trial session we had equiped our kayaks with stabilizing Ama floaters and were very pleased with the option when crossing the fjord with 3 feet of nasty chop from beam. It was a nice day, unfortunately all our pictures weren’t good (bad focus, wet lens, too far away) .

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© Charles Mirassou . les Hobie kayaks avec les bras de stabilisation. Hobie kayak with stabilization ama kit – 12 nov 2016

More info

Contact : olivier@69nord.com  / tlf : 993 62 570

© Christophe Driget - SV Southern Star 69Nord nov 2016
© Christophe Driget – SV Southern Star 69Nord nov 2016
© Christophe Driget - SV Southern Star 69Nord nov 2016
© Christophe Driget – SV Southern Star 69Nord nov 2016

Stavanger, January 27th : “on the tracks of Fram’s second expedition”.

Stavanger, January 27th, 18h00.

Olivier Pitras presents a slide show about his Arctic campaign 2014 : “On the tracks of Fram’s second expedition”

Place : Subsea 7, Forussletta 9, Stavanger. Lecture in english, open to all.

Fram Museum, Fram second expedition, second winter harbor

I have already sailed twice in the northern parts of Baffin Bay, in 1999 and 2008, and each time the wish to push further North was a big temptation, but on both occasions I had to keep focussed on the expedition course through the North-West Passage.

Sail to see what is beyond the horizon is something very natural for a sailor man !

In 2014, the North of Baffin Bay will be our destination, following the thread of the Fram’s historic second expedition.

During the expedition, 69 Nord in partnership with the Fram Museum in Oslo will focus on the tremendous achievements of the Sverdrup crew. The modern expedition will try to get as close as possible to the four winter harbors of the Fram’s second expedition”.

Olivier Pitras, Sommarøy, December 2012

69Nord in Paris Boat Show 2015

Meet us at Nautic 2015 in Paris

Olivier Pitras will be in Paris for Nautic 2015

From december 5 to decembre 8 2015

We are not running any stand at Nautic 2015. You can set an appointment with Olivier by SMS of telephone : 00 47 993 62 570.

Olivier will mainly be near the Hobie stand and “village de la glisse“.