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United Kingdom Single Boat Courses/Challenges/Races



Great Britain

  • English Channel
  • Hayling Island Circumnavigation approx 20 km,
    • 1hr 34 min 46 sec Billy Butler and Andy Birkett 18 October, 2024 report
  • Isle of Wight
    • Billy Butler 2023? 6 hr 28 min
  • North Sea Crossings
    • Solo Kayak Aldeburgh, GB - Zeebrugge, Belgium, 24 hr 20 min., Sea Kayaks (SK1) 87 miles (140 km) Ian Castro, Rod Cooke and Simon Worsley, August 28,1999
    • Double Kayak Southwold to Zeebrugge 17 hr 53 min, 92.3 miles(?) Simon Worsley and Ian Castro (United Kingdom) 4 July 2009
  • Thames River
  • Loch Ness Crossing
    • Fort Augustus to Dores 3 hours 42 minutes 7 seconds, 17.9 nautical miles, 20.59 miles, 33.15 km), 7 September 2014, Calum Urquhart, Michael Sidney Surmon, Kevin Bruce Ramsay and Steven Dean Mackinnon - 2 Surfskis, 2 Sea Kayaks - all started and finished together

Wales

  • Anglesey Circumnavigation
    • ​​​​​​​Billy Butler 9 hours, 18 minutes, 24 seconds 2024 Paddle Daily Report​​​​​​​

UK Website Record Lists

  • Paddle Daily Records Page (they also report paddling records outside of the UK, and for other vehicles like SUP, canoe, etc.)
  • Performance Sea Kayak Website
    • Performance Sea Kayak Distance Challenge(s) current best times/speeds/distances dominated on these list primarily by some strong sea kayakers, but there are some surfski entries. Surfskiers will undoubtedly move higher on these lists if more of them take an interest in these challenges. The Challenges are actually open to paddlers worldwide, but this seems to be better known currently (2022) in the UK so UK paddlers dominate the lists currently.
    • Single Day Circumnavigations (Performance Sea Kayak Collection)
    • Crossings (Performance Sea Kayak Collection)
    • Multi-Day Circumnavigations look at Multi-Day menu to see full list
    • Unique Record Paddles (Performance Sea Kayak Collection of paddle challenges with only one (known to them) report of success)