Here is all the other random information, which we thought might be usefull, but not usefull enough to warrant its own page obviously! have fun enjoy!

Cobh 2008 & south coast times
(Tide times for cork harbour and varitations along the south coast including Waterford. Just right click and save as.....)

You may need a PDF reader to view this files. You can download Adobe Reader for free just go here, its handy because thats what we post everything in these days and its the best format because you can open it in photoshsop too!

The clubs old message board is still available online, for those who are interested. You can register and browse through the endless amount of crap the club discussed before our website revamp! Just click on....witkayaking.proboards40.com

The international Polo Rules book, worth a read if you into that kinda of thing....click here....International Polo Rules

List of our members registered with the Irish Canoe Union HERE.

Driving Tips

You might be a boater if . . . On the Road
Your boat is worth more than your car. you paid more for a roof-rack for the boat than you spent for anniversary presents. You keep a tide chart in your car. Your only considerations when buying a car are ground clearance, and the size of the rain gutters. Driving 800 miles for a weekend paddle doesn't seem strange to you. Tony scouts every river, stream, and little rivelet of water from Tony's car while driving past and can't drive over a bridge without looking for water under it. If Tony's in a town with a river running through it, Tony give street directions with descriptions like "upstream of the ..." or "two blocks down on river left ..." You choose a new car based on whether or not your rack system will fit it You've never setup a tent when it's light out.

Dress/Appearance
A dress shirt and tie no longer bother you, because they're looser than a dry suit neck gasket. Kev's stopped worrying at all about getting undressed in public. You have a bathing suit that's wet all year round. You often find yourself responding "What smell?" Your dog loves to roll in your pile of paddling clothes. You're all dressed up and don't notice that you're being rained on. You freely discuss how much you and others weigh, and don't feel self-conscious about it (or about asking others how much they weigh).

Family/Friends
You have friends (that you even may have known a while) that you don't recognize without their pfd, paddling jacket, and boat ensemble... There's no room on Sweeny's speed-dial for anything but gauge readings and the numbers of people with nicknames like Psycho. When your non-boating friends visit your home or your car they ask "Do you have dogs?" You bug out on your wife and kids to go paddling for the weekend because you are SURE your priorities are right. Your wife says you love your boat and your boat'n buddies more than her, and she sounds just like your first wife...and your second You tie down the boat better than you seat belt in the kids. Your Mom has stopped saying "be careful this weekend" You move to the mid-west temporarily and whine about missing your kayak, more than you whine about missing your girlfriend You've tied up your mate using either a taught-line or trucker's hitch. House guests ask you why you replaced your living room sofa with a sea kayak...

Lifestyle / Off the water
All career, personal and financial decisions are judged by the criteria of "How will this increase my paddling time?" You measure major purchases relative to the cost of a new boat...('Hmmm, that new computer will cost me about 2 1/2 kayak units' Exception=Siobhan You look at the water slide at a theme park and try to figure out the best line. Your friends or relatives are shocked when you answer the phone at home on a weekend. You always have sinus congestion on monday morning.

Weather / River Conditions
You practically salivate at the sound of rainfall... and will do a ring around of all local weather stations during flood season. You "pour over" stream flow readings the way a stockbroker scans the markets everyday. You highlight the highest tides of year on your chart. You're the one with the Bright Sunny Smile on the Cold Rainy Day. You find yourself humming Weather Channel tunes. You kinda pulled your head down between your shoulders and tried not to look left or right and catch people's eyes as you were driving to the put-in last weekend. Because the river you were about to float was in their liveingrooms the day before. But you paddled it anyway.

On Your Mind
You find yourself sitting at work twirling your pen/pencil to figure out the Retendo your going to try the next weekend. "waterproof" means "a little damp" or "might-float". You use a river trip to rinse seaweed, sand, and salt from your boat. Every once in a while you touch your paddle, just to touch it. Every once in a while you let go of your paddle, just to eat or something... You visit Niagara Falls and think "This may be runnable." You rank your trip by the number of cuts and bruises. It takes longer and longer to get your "land legs" back. Solid ground "feels funny".