Richard Kohler - South African adventurer and solo kayaker

RICHARD KOHLER

Ocean adventurer · solo kayaker · yachtsman · speaker
First person to kayak solo & unsupported across the Southern Atlantic

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  • ALTSA partner with Richard Kohler’s Ocean X odyssey
  • Ask “AI” Albert
  • Back on the water – post Covid-19 lockdown
  • Breede Non-Stop
  • Breede River Source to Sea Kayak, Non-Stop!
  • Breede River SUP
  • Christmas Day
  • Covid-19 delays Richard Kohler’s Ocean X adventure departure
  • Craft Design 2.3 or is it 10.2? (But this is THE ONE!)
  • Day 1: Deja Vu Take 2
  • Day 1: Let the Adventure Begin
  • Day 10: Detour to Walvis Bay
  • Day 10: Waiting for the storm!
  • Day 11: Houston we have a problem
  • Day 11: Rock’ n Roll
  • Day 12: Prepped for what lies ahead
  • Day 12: Whose there?
  • Day 13: Happy New Year
  • Day 13: Stargazing
  • Day 14: First paddle of the year
  • Day 14: Taking a dip
  • Day 15: FELIZ AÑO NUEVO
  • Day 15: Pong Gone
  • Day 16: I take the plunge
  • Day 17: Passed a milestone
  • Day 18: Paddle, eat, sleep and repeat
  • Day 19: The world carries on without me
  • Day 2: Alexander Bay to Holgat River
  • Day 2: Blowing Chunks
  • Day 2: Cold, wet and tired
  • Day 2: Serenity and 63km
  • Day 20: First Fish
  • Day 20: Melkbos to Witsand
  • Day 21: Cape Point to Buffels Bay
  • Day 21: Things that go bump
  • Day 22: False Bay Crossing to Hangklip
  • Day 22: Scatter cushions
  • Day 23: A day stuck in the middle of the high-pressure system
  • Day 23: Hangklip to Hermanus
  • Day 24: Danger Point
  • Day 24: Things that actually go bump in the night
  • Day 25: Daily stuff
  • Day 25: Kleinbaai to Die Dam
  • Day 26: Die Dam to Struisbaai, Cape Agulhas
  • Day 26: Water is life
  • Day 27: Leave it for “Ron”
  • Day 27: Struis Baai to Arniston
  • Day 28: Arniston to Cape Infanta
  • Day 28: Cape Infanta to Jongensfontein
  • Day 28: Unpacking for week 5
  • Day 29: Jongensfontein to Still Bay
  • Day 29: Tools of the trade
  • Day 3: Shooting the Weir to Kambathi
  • Day 3: Stinky Socks
  • Day 3: Surfing the Atlantic
  • Day 30: Stilbaai to Gouritsmond
  • Day 30: 📆 A month at sea 📆
  • Day 31: Gouritsmond to Vleesbaai
  • Day 31: White gold
  • Day 32: Half Way
  • Day 32: Vleesbaai to Mossel Bay
  • Day 33: Mossel Bay to Victoria Bay
  • Day 33: No more internet access
  • Day 34: Remembering my dad
  • Day 34: Victoria Bay to Buffels Bay
  • Day 35: Buffels Bay to Knysna
  • Day 35: Happy birthday to me
  • Day 36: Birthday Hangover
  • Day 36: Knysna to Plettenberg Bay
  • Day 37: Plettenberg Bay to Storms River
  • Day 37: Rock n roll again
  • Day 38: My inspiration
  • Day 38: Storms River to Eersterivier
  • Day 39: Cheech and Chong have left me
  • Day 39: Eersterivier to Oyster Bay
  • Day 4: Drew’s Bridge and the Waterfall
  • Day 4: Forehead warning
  • Day 4: Holgat River to Port Nolloth
  • Day 4: Poop Pirate
  • Day 40: Another Smilestone; 40 days, 40 nights, 40 smiles
  • Day 40: Oyster Bay to St Francis
  • Day 41: Data diet
  • Day 41: Netflix Killer
  • Day 41: St Francis to Sardinia Bay
  • Day 42: “Am I the last person on earth.”
  • Day 42: Sardinia Bay to Summer Strand
  • Day 43: HOT AS ……
  • Day 43: Summer Strand to Sundays River
  • Day 44: Min Dae
  • Day 44: Sundays River to Cannon Rocks
  • Day 45: Cannon Rocks to Port Alfred
  • Day 45: Time benders
  • Day 46: First human contact
  • Day 46: Port Alfred to Hamburg
  • Day 47: First aeroplane spotting
  • Day 47: Hamburg to East London
  • Day 48: East London to Cinsta East
  • Day 48: Naked yoga
  • Day 49: Cinsta East to Kei Mouth
  • Day 49: Previous kayak ocean crossings
  • Day 5 :Good, clean and fresh tra la la la
  • Day 5: Collision course
  • Day 5: Source to Sea, Done
  • Day 50: Kei Mouth to Kob Inn
  • Day 50: Power house
  • Day 51: Kob Inn to Mbashe
  • Day 51: Stop theif!
  • Day 52: Mbashe to Hole in the Wall
  • Day 52: Short and sweet
  • Day 53: AIS error
  • Day 53: Hole in the Wall to The Kraal
  • Day 54: Mpande to Mboyti
  • Day 54: Sooty terns
  • Day 55: dangly bits
  • Day 55: Mbotyi to Mtentu
  • Day 56: Mtentu to Glenmore
  • Day 56: this is the show
  • Day 57: Dishwasher duties
  • Day 57: Glenmore to Port Shepstone
  • Day 58: Big News
  • Day 58: Port Shepstone to Umzumbe
  • Day 59: The beauty in nature
  • Day 59: Umzumbe to Winklespruit
  • Day 6: On Autopilot
  • Day 6: What’s cooking?
  • Day 60: carnival is calling
  • Day 60: Winklespruit to Umhlanga
  • Day 61: ETA
  • Day 62: The Race
  • Day 62: Umhlanga to Zinkwazi
  • Day 63: The End
  • Day 63: Zinkwazi to Mtunzini
  • Day 64: Mtunzini to Richards Bay
  • Day 65: Richards Bay to Nhlabane
  • Day 66: Nhlabane to Mapelane
  • Day 67: Maphelane to St Lucia
  • Day 68: St Lucia to Cape Vidal
  • Day 69: Cape Vidal to Sodwana
  • Day 7: Bucket Over Board aka BOB
  • Day 8: Night time visitors
  • Day 8: What time is it?
  • Day 9: Christmas Treats
  • Day 9: Prep for heavy weather
  • Demo Home
  • Family First
  • Food for thought
  • Gadget review – Solar Kettle
  • GivenGain Foundation February Fundraise of the Month
  • Grampa hands, gunwale bum and slow roasting
  • Hand Surgery
  • Highbury Media onboard as official media partner to Ocean X
  • Home
  • Home Page
  • Jet Boil Review: Cooking at sea
  • Kayak build – half way there
  • Links
  • Milnerton to Granger Bay
  • My Ocean X kayak build has begun
  • Ocean X Craft Design
  • Ocean X: Departure and day 1
  • Osiyeza gets a makeover
  • Oziyesa on the rocks
  • Paddle Day 3 and 4
  • Paddling for Smiles (Operation Smile)
  • Paddling Update: Day 20–24
  • Paddling Update: Day 25–26
  • Paddling Update: Day 27–35
  • Paddling Update: Day 36–45
  • Paddling Update: Day 46–49
  • Paddling Update: Day 51–58
  • Paddling Update: Day 59–65
  • Paddling Update: Day 62–65
  • Paddling Update: Day 66–69
  • Plan C: What now?
  • Popular Mechanics
  • Power systems – batteries etc
  • Richard Kohler — Adventurer. Solo Kayaker. Speaker.
  • Richard Kohler prepares to depart for Ocean X kayak adventure from Cape Town to Brazil, solo and unsupported
  • Richard Kohler Rides the Waves Again
  • SA Coastline Solo Kayak: Finished!
  • Safety at sea
  • Seaport Supply
  • So the Expedition Begins – Day 1
  • Solar Panels
  • Solar Power = Water = Life
  • Solo Surfski Around South Africa
  • Southern Atlantic Crossing – Ocean X
  • Thank You to Our Supporters
  • The Journal — Richard Kohler
  • The morning I took the kids to the pool
  • Update on Richard
  • Walvis Bay
  • Weather, winds and route to Brazil
  • WIN a chance to name my Ocean X kayak

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