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At first, people at Cape craft shows don’t even notice Pat Taylor and Bill Witmer. They only have eyes for the couple’s kayak.

They want to touch the gleaming designs and curves created by strips of cedar. They begin dreaming of quiet coves, sunlight dappling the water as paddles break the surface and …

Boom! The deal is done.

Taylor and Witmer have sold another raffle ticket, another step toward raising more than $20,000 this year for Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod’s creation of affordable homes…  Details

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Team Bradley won its fifth consecutive Na Wahine O Ke Kai women’s canoe race today.

Team Bradley completed the 41-mile course from Hale O Lono Harbor, Moloka’i to Duke Kahanamoku Beach, Waikiki, in 5 hours, 25 minutes, 16 seconds.

The race across the Kaiwi Channel is considered the world championship of long-distance outrigger canoe paddling for women’s teams…  Details

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Forget water taxis and tourist rides, if you want a fresh perspective on La Serenissima, jump in a kayak and paddle up to St Mark’s Square

It’s rush hour and there’s a traffic jam on the Grand Canal. Popping out into the canal from one of the narrower waterways is a trio of gondolas; hurtling towards them is the number-one vaporetto (water bus) loaded with its summer cargo. So far so familiar, but in the midst of this waterborne whirl of gondolas, buses, taxis, pleasure and motorboats there’s me, in a kayak, with a honking, crane-bearing delivery boat up my backside.

Spying what I thought was an available gap I’d sneaked into it so I could take some photos – but I’d parked in front of a restaurant and there was a Coke fridge to deliver. Under the watchful eye of the …  Details

Even in unfamiliar conditions, the Outrigger Canoe Club had a familiar finish last weekend.

Outrigger paddled through the fog and cold to win the open men’s division of the Catalina Crossing U.S. Championships on Sunday off California.

Outrigger completed the 31-mile course from Catalina Island to Newport Beach in 3 hours, 59 minutes, 4 seconds.

“It was one of the  …  Details