The Launching We'd spent a bit of Saturday afternoon pouring epoxy and laying glass cloth on the bottom of my latest kayak before going paddling. Sunday, the weather looking changeable and the epoxy, having hardened, what about doing a test paddle? We drove (easier than carrying) round to the nearby lake (pond), fairly unceremoniously dropped the kayak in and watched - it stayed the right side up!! I eased myself in and as it still seemed to be willing to stay rightside up, took it for a paddle about the lake. I also checked on stability when leaned (in the shallows). I got out and let W. have a go, she wondering if she'd be able to fit in. It's small, only a little bigger than a Skerray (not that she's really bigger than me, shorter but a little heavier). She carefully paddle out and back while I took a few more photos and complained that I'd not got any of the bottom of the kayak!! So the first of the Mist class have been launched after a very long gestation period. Similar to a Yare (tortured ply), 5 metres, 3 mm ply, 2 bulkheads, large hatch openings and a rudder to be fitted. Actually it still needs cockpit and hatch rims, hatch covers, proper seat and rudder pedals so it might not seem surprising that I paddled without a PFD, wetsuit of any other equipment, could probably have grabbed a passing duck as a paddle float? Performance? Interesting!! Alex -- ---------------------------------------------------- Alex Ferguson a.ferguson_at_chem.canterbury.ac.nz Electronics Workshop, Chem Dept, Univ of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> She > carefully paddle out and back while I took a few more > photos and complained that I'd not got any of the bottom of > the kayak!! > could we see the pictures of the rest of it? > So the first of the Mist class have been launched after a very > long gestation period. Similar to a Yare (tortured ply), 5 > metres, 3 mm ply, 2 bulkheads, large hatch openings and a > rudder to be fitted. I presume then its a round hull. Could you point me to any reference to building a tortured plywood? Actually it still needs cockpit and hatch > rims, hatch covers, proper seat and rudder pedals so it might > not seem surprising that I paddled without a PFD, wetsuit of > any other equipment, could probably have grabbed a passing > duck as a paddle float? Would you survive long enough to... > > Performance? Interesting!! ...expand on this? I have been in a quandery of wether to build a chined stitch n'glue or a stripper round bottom and this could even make it more of a dilemna. All the ducks around me wouldn't get close enough on this beautiful day to paddle. chased a cormorant, grebe or loon(not that good at this) today who chose to evade me (quite easily) underwater. Didn't seem concerned at all, as it shouldn't have been. > > Alex -- gabriel l romeu http://members.aol.com/romeug studio furniture http://members.aol.com/romeugp paintings, photos, prints, etc. http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR a daily photo journal *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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