Sobre nosotros
Welcome to the Florida Sea Kayaking Association Meetup (FSKA Meetup) website! We are a kayak club that uses Meetup for communication, event scheduling, and dues collection. We are not a business, nor do we have rental kayaks available.
Our club operates under the Common Adventure Model which means that you are responsible for your own skills, equipment, decisions and safety. Everyone in the group watches out for each other. We purchase liability insurance which requires everyone to sign a liability waiver. It is a sport with risks and you assume responsibility for your own safety.
Members must sign the insurance waiver when joining and again at the beginning of each calendar year. There is a 30-day free trial period in which to pay the dues the first time.
JOINING
How to Pay Dues: Dues are collected through Meetup and Stripe credit card processor.
Log into Meetup.
Click the 'Join this Group' in the Red Box on our FSKA-Meetup home page.
It will take you to Meetup/Stripe where you may pay the $20 dues by credit card anytime during the free 30-day trial membership. If you pay the dues they will not be collected until the 30 day trial ends.
LIABILITY WAIVER
How to Sign the Liability Waiver: (required when first joining and at the beginning of each calendar year)
With phone, tablet or computer, open this link:
https://form.jotform.com/210074080408142
Fill out form. Use your finger or mouse to sign in the signature box.
Press the red 'Submit' button at the bottom of the page. You will get a successful submission confirmation page.
An email will be sent to you with a PDF file of your signed waiver.
LIBRARY
Our FSKA Meetup Group has a Library of DVDs, Books, and Maps. The Library is split with Karen Mc and Rich each having half. This is the way to Borrow from the Library.
1 - To view a list of the materials available, follow this Dropbox address:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/lib4l5xem4z5g1y11pkz1/AHfHZuooCk29eKaVpyVnOI0?rlkey=39mckk4urnxsnyyvgouhvzqpz&st=a0b6hw33&dl=0
2 - Both PDF and CSV files list the DVDs, Books and Maps available. Find the item you are interested in, note the Item # (such as D46) and also the Meetup Name under the Location for that item. The location will be either Rich or Karen Mc.
3 - Look for a Paddle under Events on our Meetup website that Rich or Karen Mc is attending and that you will be attending too. Post a Comment on that Paddle Event listing the Item # of what you want to borrow.
4 - We will bring the item to that paddle for you. When you are finished and ready to return the item, again look for a paddle that the same library person and you are attending and return it at the paddle.
REFERENCE DOCMENTS
Trip Conditions / Paddler Skills: https://www.meetup.com/Florida-Sea-Kayak-Meetup/photos/26047477/458722097/
Articles of Incorporation https://tinyurl.com/38mtfhy5
Bylaws https://tinyurl.com/wmvr8fpa
Eventos próximos
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Simpson Creek to Nassau Sound Islands
PADL - Amelia & Talbot Island, 13030 Heckscher Drive, Jacksonville, FL, USWe will paddle on Simpson Creek to the white sand beaches of Nassau Sound.
We will launch about 9:30 am from PADL Ameila, paddle north on Simpson Creek with the lowering tide, get out of our kayaks to take a break and an optional swim or walk when we arrive at a white sand beach on Nassau Sound after paddling about an hour and then paddle northeast for about an hour along the west side of the other white sand islands where we will get out of our kayaks for lunch and an optional swim or walk. We will then paddle back to PADL Amelia with the rising tide.
We will paddle in open water and 1-3 foot swells and we will land and launch in waves of less than 1 foot.
We will see jumping fish and a variety of birds.Please arrive about 9:00 am so we can launch about 9:30 am. The launch time is important because we must launch about 9:30 am to be able to use the regular boat ramp. We must return no earlier than about 2:30 pm to be able to use the regular boat ramp.
If you have not completed and signed the waiver form in 2026, when you sign up, please complete and sign the waiver form at:
https://form.jotform.com/210074080408142
It will be more fun and safer if we paddle as a group. Please paddle within about 10 kayak lenghts of the other kayakers.
PADL Amelia charges $5 plus sales tax to launch a kayak.
There is a restroom in the PADL Amelia Island office.
Please bring a kayak, PFD, whistle, water, sunscreen and lunch or snack.
Total time on water and land: 4.5-5.0 hours
Total distance: 9-10 miles (with the current)
Kayaking level: experienced intermediate
Low tide: 12:10 pmIf your plans change and you will not be going, please change your status from "going" to "not going" on the Meetup page for this event so we have correct information regarding who will be going to this event.
Please check this website after 5 pm the day before the paddle to see if there is a postponement due to a bad weather forecast. If a postponement is not posted by 5 pm the day before the paddle, we will paddle the next day at the scheduled time for the paddle.
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FSKA Annual Meeting 2026
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FSKA Annual Meeting at campground near St. Mark's Lighthouse.
This is the Campground: https://www.mywakulla.com/departments/parks/newport_campground.php
May 17, 2026. Finally able to make reservations!
For tent sites, two tents/site
New email sent to all members.
This is the link to the campsite map: https://www.mywakulla.com/departments/parks/uploads/Newport%20Campground/Newport%20Park%20Campground%20Map.remediated.pdf?t=202210101148500
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