Yacker
From Openwaterpedia
A channel swimmer escorted by yackers, a pace swimmer, and John Pittman and support crew aboard the Outrider in the Catalina Channel
noun - Yacker is American-English slang for kayaker, a traditional support person in a kayak paddling alongside an open water swimmer giving reassurances, providing navigational IQ tips, and carrying hydration. Yackers are celebrated and honored during Be Kind To Your Yacker Week, first promoted by the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association.
Origin
Yacker was popularized by Phil White of the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association circa 2010.
Synonyms
Kayaker, escort, escort kayaker
External links
- Celebrate International Be Kind to Your Yacker Month
- Fees Getting Cheaper?!? What?!? Head To The Saturday Clubhous Swim Series
- Anita Gariepy, The Glam Yacker Extraordinaire, Leaves A Lifetime of Smiles and Wonderful Memories
- When Hookers Hang Around Swimmers, It Is A Good Thing
- Open Water Swimming
- Yackers On Call For the Kingdom Swim
- Saturday Clubhous Swim Series To Continue In 2022
- You Are An Old Swimmer If You Remember This
- Church Beats Pope
- Team Rivard Inducted In Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame
- Vera Rivard Inducted In Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame
- Mark Whitt Inducted In Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame
- Pam Ladds Inducted In Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame
- Ian Grimmer Inducted In Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame
- Paul Asmuth Inducted In Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame
- 8 Honored By The Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame
- Summer Swimming In Lake Memphremagog
- Haiku To Yackers
- People Open Water Swimmers Look Up To
- Sayings From The Open Water Swimming World
- Be Kind To Your Yacker Week 2012
- Be Kind To Your Yacker Week 2011
- Be Kind To Your Yacker Week Introduction
- Happy Yacker Week 2013
- Haiku To My Kayaker
- Haiku To Yacker
- Ode To My Yacker
- Slots Still Open For the World 10-Mile Championships
- Rob Madell Proves It Is Never Too Late
- WOWSA Battle: Brian Phillips vs. Eric Nilsson
- Emma Otto-Moudry Can WOW The Crowd
- Pure As White In Lake Memphremagog
- Kayaker And Rower Opinions Solicited By Coast Guard
- Cold Water Or Your Money Back
- You Are An Old-time Swimmer If...
- 50 Things Open Water Swimmer Should Not Do
- 100 Things Every Open Water Swimmer Should Know
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Be Kind To Your Yacker Week
- Kingdom's Swimmers Of The Year
- Shark Encounters Of The Closest Kind
- Ocean Adventurers Weigh Risks And Rewards, Part 2
- Ocean Adventurers Weigh Risks And Rewards, Part 1
- Shark Spawning Season In September
- April Pinup Of Swimmer, Yacker And Canine
- Ode To My Yacker All Month
- All They Do Is Yack, Yack, Yack
