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Paul Caffyn, ONZM, is a sea kayaker based on the west coast of New Zealand. He has completed a number of supported, unsupported, solo and group expeditions by sea kayak in various locations around the world. He has been described as follows by John Dowd Caffyn was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2012 New Year Honours, for services to sea kayaking and water safety. == Expeditions == *1978 Circumnavigation of the South Island, New Zealand The expedition around the South Island started as an expedition along the Fiordland coast with fellow paddler Max Reynolds. Paul Caffyn continued solo and with ground support to complete the circumnavigation in 76 days. *1978/79 Circumnavigation of the North Island, New Zealand Paul Caffyn sea kayaked solo around the North Island, with ground party support. The circumnavigation took 86 days, after which Paul undertook a crossing of Cook Strait by sea kayak. *1979 Circumnavigation of Stewart Island, New Zealand The expedition around Stewart Island was done with Max Reynolds, August and September 1979. This expedition departed from Bluff, New Zealand starting with a crossing of Foveaux Strait. *1980 Circumnavigation of Great Britain Paul Caffyn and Nigel Dennis circumnavigated Great Britain by sea kayak in 85 days. *1981/82 Circumnavigation of Australia *1985 solo circumnavigation of the four main islands of Japan *1991 completed the first solo sea kayak trip along the entire coastline of Alaska *1997 Circumnavigation of New Caledonia *Two attempts to cross the Tasman Sea by sea kayak *2001/2002 Circumnavigation of Phuket 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Caffyn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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