Chicago Area Sea Kayakers Association
Event Calendar 2013
Repeating Day Trips
- Wednesday night paddles on Lake Michigan
- Lake Michigan Water Trail day trips, gather intelligence on Chicago launch sites for www.CASKA.org
- "My First Crib" Water Intake Crib day paddles—last Sunday of the month June-September:
- 68th street-Dunne,
- Wilson,
- Dever-Harrison,
- 4-Mile
- Lake Michigan impromptu surfing sessions—stormy weekends
- Learning the Lake - Beginner/first-time paddles on Lake Michigan
One-Time Day Trips
- St. Patrick's Day Parade/River dyeing paddle—March 16 (GKC)
- 54th Venetian Night—July 27
- Taste of Tall Ships Chicago—August 11-14
- Chicago Shoreline Marathon—August/September
- Northside Chicago Circumnavigation—late summer/early fall
- Distance, Wind, Waves, and Navigation (DAWWN)—early fall, Calumet Harbor
Overnight Multi-Day trips
- Find multi-day trip partners among CASKA members initiative: CASKA members post their multi-day trip plans and invite/seek partners from among the club members
Social Events
- Pukaskwa 2012 trip presentation—February 24 (Alec and Sharon Bloyd-Peshkins)
- Caneocopia 2013—March 8-10
- Rio Grande canoe trip presentation (Greg Anderson)
- Yukon canoe trip presentation (Charlie Stark)
- Jackson Park Yacht Club picnic
Training
- UIC pool session—CASKA skills training April 17th
- BCU Coach 1Training and Certification--May 21-24 (WMCKA, note pre-requisites)
- BCU 3* training with Nick Cunliffe—June1st or 2nd
- CASKA Risk Assessment and Trip Leader training with Ryan Rushton
- US Coast Guard Auxiliary VHF/Rules of the Road—April 6 (Stone/Stark)
- Forward Stroke Clinic with Jim Tibensky
- Four-Crib Round-Trip paddle/Long-Distance Paddling
- CASKA Rescue Clinic
Activities with Sister-Clubs
- NWIPA—Wolf Lake paddle
- NWIPA— Lake Michigan Water Trail paddle (Indiana Section)
- Southern Wisconsin Paddlers—End-of-season Door Slammer
- Southern Wisconsin Paddlers/Milwaukee Sea Kayakers—Lake Michigan Water Trail paddle (Wisconsin Section)
- WMCKA—Lake Michigan Water Trail paddle (Michigan Section)
Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposia
- WMCKA Symposium—May 25-28 (Memorial Day Weekend), Pendalouan on Big Blue Lake, MI
- Illinois Paddling Festival—June 8-9, Phillips Park, Aurora, IL
- Port Austin Sea Kayak Symposium—June 21-23, Port Austin, MI
- Rutabaga's Door County Sea Kayak Symposium—July 12-14, 2013, Rowleys Bay, Door County, WI
- Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium—July 17-21, Grand Marais, MI
- Ladies of the Lake Women's Sea Kayak Symposium—August 15-18, Drummond Island, MI
- Gales Storm Gathering—October 11-13, The Apostle Islands, WI