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• Paddling down the river in a cardboard boat - Cleveland Daily Banner (OH) - May 13: Walker Valley High School students saw proverbial success on the seas as engineering and physics students paddled cardboard boats on the Hiwassee River... Classes work independent of each other and then come together to test the full-size boats. The objective was to be able to row to a buoy and back twice... Teams construct the boats from cardboard, wood glue and duct tape. Engineering students were also able to use a few added items, such as water sealant. "It's a really good project, because it brings in a lot of material science, buoyance, fluid dynamics... and it also meshes the kids together from the engineering classes to the physics classes," engineering teacher Alan Bivens said.

• Paddler named South African Adventurer of the Year - Independent Online (South Africa) - May 13: Last week, Richard Kohler was named "SA Adventurer of the Year"... Kohler's achievement: the first continuous solo navigation of South Africa's entire 3,300km coastline by kayak. According to the judges, "Risk of death by misadventure" was "high". "From run-ins with sharks to getting pounded by the surf, when things go wrong on the sea, they go wrong in the blink of an eye, and as a solo paddler, your chance of being rescued in time is slim," Kohler's citation read... Kohler began on the Namibian border, at the Orange River Mouth, and completed his journey when he crossed into Mozambican waters at Kosi Bay. The highlight of his mission in Cape Town – paddling with killer whales on the False Bay crossing.

• Solo kayak across the ditch... ditched for now - Macquarie Port News (Australia) - May 7: Scott Donaldson has pulled the pin on his solo kayak trip from Australia to New Zealand. The Kiwi left the shores of Port Macquarie on Monday only to have to turn around and return to land 24 hours later thanks to springing a leak. This follows on from his April 25 disappointment when a saturated satellite phone prompted the solo paddler to take refuge in Port Macquarie. He has shelved his solo trip but says he will be back early next year for round two.

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