References and Acknowledgements

Reference 10 min read · Updated May 2026

The sources behind the chronology, the people who contributed knowledge over the years, and the published works that anchor the record.

Editorial acknowledgement

From Sean Morley's original chronology preamble: 'This is an attempt to consolidate numerous records and accounts of sea kayak expeditions throughout the history of the sport of sea kayaking. This blog plagiarizes text and uses pictures obtained from various online resources and does so in the knowledge that permission has not always been sought or obtained but it is hoped that the various authors and photographers recognize the benefit of this website to both themselves and the readers. If any author or photographer has issue with the use of such material in this way, please contact the website owner.'

Contributors

Thanks in particular to: Dexter Mahaffey & Paddler magazine, Jeff Lancaster & Sea Kayaker magazine, Canoe & Kayak magazine, wikipedia.org, Nigel Foster, Geoffrey Hunter, Bill Taylor, Ed Gillet, Peter Bray, Graham Charles, Justine Curgenven, Derek Hutchinson, John Dowd, Joanne Schwartz, Jim Breen, Aart Verhage, Steph Dutton.

Books cited

Hutchinson, Derek C. (1994). The Complete Book of Sea Kayaking. A&C Black. ISBN 0-7136-6675-7. Lindemann, Hannes (1998). Alone at Sea. Pollner Verlag. ISBN 3-925660-27-5. Mahaffey, Dexter: The 10 All-time Greatest Sea Kayaking Expeditions (April 2003), Paddler Magazine. Angmagssalik Round Britain by J. Clarke and Geoffrey Hunter. Raging Rivers, Stormy Seas by Terry Storry, Nigel Foster and Marcus Baillie. In the Wake of the Jomon by Jon Turk. Crossing the Ditch - Trans-Tasman Kayak Expedition by James Castrission and Justin Jones.

Online sources

http://seakayak.co.il/eblog/ (Israeli sea kayak community), http://www.andrewmcauley.com/ (Andrew McAuley memorial), www.cackletv.com (Justine Curgenven), www.adventurephilosophy.com (Adventure Philosophy), aleksanderdoba.pl/en/ (Aleksander Doba).

The Verlen Kruger note

From the original site: 'I have only included sea KAYAK expeditions but it is worth noting that whilst he paddled a canoe not a kayak, Verlen Kruger has his own unique place in expedition sea paddling history.'