Red, yellow, blue, green, yellow. The floating rainbow rests in the middle of Clark Lake, where the kayakers — they emphasize the "yak" — break momentarily. Conversation among the five women wanders ...

A "crazy, horrible night" is how one of two Australian kayakers has described the hours they spent floundering in the Tasman Sea while powerful waves and 30-knot winds hammered their disabled kayak.

Mathews residents Shawn and Jan Towne have been mixing kayaks and kids since 1998 when they launched their family business, Bay Trails Outfitters Kayak Farm, in their backyard. Jan, an avid paddler ...