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Foldable Oru Kayak Fits in a Duffle, Weighs 20 Pounds

If your boat is squeezed for space, and you have a hard time finding room for a kayak, take a look at the new foldable Inlet model from Oru Kayak. It folds up like an origami, fits into a duffle and weighs just 20 pounds. And it was just named one of Time’s 100 Best Inventions of 2019. Anton Willis, the founder of Oru, got the idea for a folding kayak after he saw a story in The New Yorker about origami. He was an ocean kayaker, but he didn’t have any place to keep his kayak in his San…

Cruising Life
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Paddling Alone Across the Atlantic Three Times: Voyages of Obsession and a Search for Meaning

At 71, Aleksander Doba, from Police, Poland, knows a lot about obsession. He also knows a lot about testing his endurance and spirit against the elements and whatever nature can throw his way. And he knows even more about paddling a 23-foot kayak alone across the Atlantic Ocean, something he has done three times. The first time, he took the southern route, from Dakar, Senegal, to Brazil. The second time, he took the mid-Atlantic route, from Lisbon to Bermuda to Florida. The third, and most recent time, he took the treacherous northern route, starting in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, and…

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Best Water Toys of the Year – On, In and Under the Water

Here’s a best-of-the-year list that’s fun, and that can give you some ideas about what to put under the tree in a few weeks or to add to your boat for the next cruising system. It’s a list of the best water toys of the year from New Atlas, and it covers some “toys” that we’ve already written about (the Aston-Martin/Triton personal submarine, for example) and many that are brand new: Take a look at the Scubalec wearable jet drive that you strap to your wrist, pictured above left, to give some extra boost to your next underwater experience. The…