Status Updates From Sea Kayaker's Deep Trouble:...

Even though this book was published in 1997, most of the stories included seem to be from the mid-1980s. And, the author explains, because sea kayaking in its modern form more or less started in the Pacific Northwest, most of the stories seem to take place in that area. And they are truly SEA kayaking stories, as in the Pacific Ocean. Most of the stories deal with 45-degree water and 30-ish degree air temperatures.