Updates & News From Portland Paddle

Cathy has been swimming in waterfalls in Costa Rica (with her daughter, Portland Paddle staffer Zoe)   Dana has been sailing from San Francisco to Baja California   Sam Marjerison has been paddling  whitewater through the off-season   Abbey King has been teaching backcountry skiing courses in the White Mountains   Suzzanne has been making…

Sam Frankel guides sea kayak trips for Portland Paddle and was recently elected president of the Maine Association of Sea Kayak Guides and Instructors (MASKGI). We asked Sam to write this blog post for Portland Paddle to spread awareness about MASKGI and the organization’s plans for the coming year.  If you are interested in becoming…

 How long have you been a guide? Since 2016, when I started guiding for Portland Paddle. SUP/Kayak/Both? Primarily sea kayak, although I enjoy SUP. Why guide? I started sea kayaking after coming back to the United States in 2013. I’d spent the previous four or five years overseas, and wanted to feel a sense…

Entries from a Sea Kayaking Trip in Fiji By Joe Guglielmetti Joe Guglielmetti journeyed to Fiji during the fall of 2017 and paddled around the island of Kadavu. This report on his trip is part of a longer writing project that is currently completing. Joe is a sea kayak guide for Portland Paddle.  The ferry…

This month’s Paddle Talk is a conversation with Joe Guglielmetti, a kayak guide who grew up in Cape Elizabeth and now lives on Munjoy Hill in Portland. Joe just returned from a kayaking expedition in Fiji. He repairs boats!  How long have you been a guide? I entered the guide world five years ago, and began…

This month’s Paddle Talk is with Suzanne Blackburn, a licensed Maine Sea Kayak Guide and ACA-certified Instructor who began working for Portland Paddle in 2014.  How long have you been a guide? With Portland Paddle? I took the guide training with Maine Sport and passed the test in 1996. At that time the sea kayaking…

Fort Gorges has been in the news a lot this past year, and we’ve fielded inquiries and comments from lots of folks looking for updates. The Army Corps of Engineers has been hard at work over the summer and through the fall making improvements and repairs to the structure. Fortunately, the fort remained open except for…

A Special Celestial Kayak Tour 1PM to 4PM on August 21 $55 per person On Monday, August 21 the moon will cross in front of the sun, creating a rare solar eclipse across the United States. What better place to view this astronomical wonder then from the sea of a sea kayak on Casco Bay!…

Join us for a very special kayaking trip to view the Tall Ships Festival  “Parade of Sail”  Thousands of people are flocking to Portland waterfront this weekend to watch an international fleet of some of the finest and most unique ships in the world sail into Portland harbor for the 3-day Tall Ships Festival. You won’t find a better vantage point to…

Looking for a gift for a loved one? Consider giving a paddling adventure on Casco Bay. Our gift cards can be used to rent a kayak or paddleboard, take a lesson, join a guided trip or take a SUP yoga class. There’s something for everybody — from novice paddlers to experts heading out on multi-day adventures. We offer gift certificates in any…

Join us for our final two Acoustic Paddles of the season, coming up in September!!  If you haven’t made it to one of these very special events yet, now is your chance. Sunday, September 22nd, 2:30-6:30pm – Connor Garvey ( www.connorgarveysongs.com) – $55 Sunday, September 29th, 2:30-6:30pm – Sorcha (sorchastudio.com) – $55 We’ll be celebrating the end of a…

We’ve got TWO more Acoustic Paddles coming up in August!! Sunday, August 18th – Sorcha (sorchastudio.com) – $55 Sunday, August 25th – Max Garcia Conover (maxgarciaconover.com) – $55 Sorcha and Max are amazingly talented folks and we are really excited to have them on board (literally and figuratively).   The details, as usual: Fort Gorges is…