well i dont need much of an excuse for going to tampa. and a kayak adventure weekend get together would be great.

as far as a program, i am a very new novice, and would like a beginners course/workshop titles "OK youve built a kayak, now what???"

rigging, outfitting, techniques, paddling, landing, rolling, safty, maintenence, ect."

and another workshop titled "how to get a really big kayak onto a really little car" i have a miata and have no idea how to get the kayak from "point a to point b".

while a novice to kayaking i am not a novice to paddling and have done the 50 mile "peace river trail" in a canoe. I have never had the opportuity to do a 100 mile trip and think that would be fun.