East Coast Outfitters

Today is Boom Truck Day down at East Coast Outfitters. At high-tide a large boomtruck rolls down to Lower Prospect and plucks the floats and ECO boat out of the water for winter storage. This is no easy feat, and has to be done quickly before the tide recedes. The removal of the boat and [...]

http://contour.com/stories/2011-atlantic-paddle-symposium-sea-kayak-track ECO Guides, Kirk, Eleanor and I had the opportunity to attend the 2011 Atlantic Paddle Symposium up in Tera Nova National Park Newfoundland. We set out from Nova Scotia a few days early with the hopes of catching some icebergs off of twillingate. Kirk had been keeping an eye on www.icebergfinder.com for the few [...]

With relatively low water temperatures and comfortably warm air temperatures early spring in Nova Scotia brings us numerous banks of fog. This makes Dead Reckoning navigation an essential skill needed to safely kayak offshore. This last weekend the 2011 Guides in Training headed out to Hearn island for a night time navigation exercise. We were [...]

May 12th the residents of Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia set out to clean up their community. Over 30 bags of trash, and a few tires were picked up from along the road. The cleanup crew managed to clean all the way from the cross roads to the government wharf in one afternoon. After the cleanup [...]

Sunday evening and the weekend is over, and what a beautiful weekend we had. Our season started off with the crack of delicious lobster being eaten. Saturday we had a wonderful group from a Dalhousie University conference come out for a little bit of kayaking, a breathtaking nature tour to the sandy cove lighthouse topped [...]

With less then a week left before the season opens we are all getting on the water more and more. Over the last week a good number of ECO guides and some of the guides in training headed down to Lower Prospect and checked to see what has changed over the winter months. We managed [...]

The birds are chirping and the snow is melting. It’s officially spring here in Nova Scotia. This means that we’re busy getting ready for another amazing season! Our doors open May 1st, but there’s still lots to do. The yearly boom-truck day is fast approaching. New this year is Stand up Paddleboards (SUP). ECO owner [...]

The Atlantic Outdoor Sports & R.V. Show is coming up March 11th,12th & 13th. East Coast Outfitters will be there with Old Creel Canoe & Kayak. If you’re in town stop by and check us out. Senior Guides Kirk Dauphinee and Karl Vollmer will be there to answer your questions about East Coast Outfitters tours, [...]

We often hear on the radio, tv or read on our favorite weather website about a cold front that’s going to pass. The big question is what does this really mean, what happens and can you see it coming? This last week we had a pretty impressive cold front sweep through and produce a nearly [...]

This years Guides in Training are back in the classroom after a holiday break. They will spend 4 weeks with Dave Adler learning Tides, Wind, Waves, Weather, Navigation and the other hard skills they need to be safe and efficient paddlers. Next they’ll head to the pool for rescues and rolls training before heading back [...]