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Welcome to Sound Kayakers, a club for sea kayakers from Connecticut and New York who paddle in Long Island Sound. We are an American Canoe Association (ACA) Paddle America Club, which gives our ACA members liability coverage for club events.
Sound Kayakers organizes monthly meetings & trips, stroke-refinement & rescue clinics, camping trips, and other events to develop the kayaking skills and seamanship of trip participants.

Founding members include Michele Sorensen, Jean Trapani, Howard Pierce, John Forsberg, Louise & Greg Kandel, Grace Pisano, Melissa Hubner, George Knight, Claire & Tom Dickerson, Cindy & Jim Clark, Nick Clarke, Ed Hansen, Roger Crossland and Mark Hinkley (2004 members still active in the club).

The club leader is Michele Sorensen, an ACA Coastal Kayak Instructor from Norwalk, CT, who is Managing Director of Kayak Adventure LLC. As of April, 2008, the club had 77 members, from as far south as Farwood, NJ, north to Northkill, NY and Hartford, CT, and east to Branford, CT.

Photo: Claire, Howard, Ed, Grace, Nick and Rich join Michele on our 3rd annual New Year's Day paddle off Compo Beach, Westport.

Our club supports several charitable projects, including the Soundkeeper's Lighthouse to Lighthouse Race and Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Clean-up. We have adopted the Goose Island unit of the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge.

Who:
Anyone who takes a lesson or trip with Kayak Adventure or Sound Kayakers may join. We also accept members by invitation or referral. Contact us to share your paddling experience and goals.

What:
To schedule your first trip or lesson, see Kayak Adventure's 2008 Calendar. Sound Kayakers' events are highlighted. We ask you to contact us to confirm attendance at any event.

How to join:
Dues are $16/year/person. Follow this link to our membership application form. You will also need to send a signed ACA 2008 Adult Waiver for each member. Print and fill out both and send with dues payment to the address on the application. Thank you!