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From: Doug Lloyd <dougl_at_islandnet.com>
subject: [Paddlewise] Bangfangledbludderpus (was PH Capella)
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 19:16:21 -0800
Steve said:
<snip>
<<<What I'm looking for is a second boat for more aggressive paddling. A
beater if you will. Something tougher and more maneuverable. A boat that
I can run up on the rocks, seal launch off barnacles, play around in
surf and rock gardens. A boat that wouldn't likely be destroyed if I
were to go paddling with Doug Lloyd. Speed and storage isn't too
important but it's quite likely that I would use it for trips of up to a
week or so in duration.>>>
<snip>

Steve,
Looks like the Wicked Witch of the West is back, namely good ol' Mother
Nature, or more precisely, her nice westerly flow that hitherto has been
deflected northward by a stationary high for the last four months plus.
Little wind, sunshine everyday, and no rain. What the heck is that, as
far as good paddling weather, eh? So, get that beater and beat on it!

As far as beating on boats, I was out practicing seal launches. I've
gotten my seal landings down pat, but I've found in the past that
launching of steep rocks can be a real problem (this being necessary
after landing on certain remote spots where the swell picked up, making
normal launching difficult). I found some 40% gradient rocks that were
rather smooth. The biggest issue dealing with a steep gradient
(relatively speaking) is trying to get into the cockpit without the
kayak sliding forward and a small catastrophe ensuing.

I was able to experiment with some rope, using a quick knot that easily
pulled free while I was seated (it held the kayak in place on the
incline) in the kayak with the skirt in place. I was about 20-feet up,
and the sliding down runs were rather exciting. While I was able to work
on the technique (I develop a lot of my own techniques and answer to no
man for what I do), I unfortunately fell out of the kayak trying to
climb back up the slippery embankment after one of the planned wet
exits. My relatively new Speedtech  wrist barometer/ watch/ knot meter
($200.00 cnd) which was under the deck bungy disappeared. I then
muttered "bangfangledblubberpus,"  which is the preferred explative for
a Baptist of dubious intelligence and one culpable of willfull disregard
for good equipment stewardship. Uh hu. Well, another sacrifice to the
water gods, whom I am sure had conspired with their land-based
counterparts to extract yet another offering. It would appear I always
have to answer to them, at some point.

Good paddling, good kayak beating, and don't leave too much plastic on
the barnacles. See you on the water sometime soon. And don't forget your
sponsons, they are just the ticket for taking a crap at sea, apparently,
which is something you might do if you come paddling with me.

Doug in Victoria -- waiting on the "good" weather.

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From: Steve Holtzman <sh_at_actglobal.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Bangfangledbludderpus (was PH Capella)
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 19:39:48 -0800
Does this mean if one can invent a good sp*ns*n repellent, we'll conversly
have a good BS repellent?

Steve Holtzman

----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Lloyd

>And don't forget your
>sponsons, they are just the ticket for taking a crap at sea, apparently,
>which is something you might do if you come paddling with me.



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From: Doug Lloyd <dougl_at_islandnet.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Bangfangledbludderpus (was PH Capella)
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 23:35:50 -0800
Steve Holtzman wrote:

> Does this mean if one can invent a good sp*ns*n repellent, we'll conversly
> have a good BS repellent?

Absolutely. But please, this matter of involuntary bowel movements in the face
of grave danger at sea is a serious matter, and not one to be obfuscated with
such a hilarious discharge as above. And I should add that a number of years
ago, I was out paddling some rough waters/ surf with another paddler crazier
than myself. He lightheartedly mentioned that he could smell something awful,
then proceeded to ask, as if to laud it over me, if I had browned my wetsuit
during the previous wave set. Fortunately, and honestly, I was able to say no,
it was just that I always smelled that way.

DL

>
>
> Steve Holtzman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Doug Lloyd
>
> >And don't forget your
> >sponsons, they are just the ticket for taking a crap at sea, apparently,
> >which is something you might do if you come paddling with me.

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From: Wes Boyd <boydwe_at_dmci.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Bangfangledbludderpus (was PH Capella)
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 12:11:56
At 11:35 PM 11/5/02 -0800, Doug Lloyd wrote:

> I was out paddling some rough waters/ surf with another paddler crazier
>than myself. 

You mean there really is one?

-- Wes
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From: Steve Holtzman <sh_at_actglobal.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Bangfangledbludderpus (was PH Capella)
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 23:44:26 -0800
Doug,





Has your wet suit been teaching mine some new tricks? I swear that when I take
my wetsuit off, it just walks itself back to the car---or was it the sp*ns*ns
that made it stay upright?





Steve Holtzman


  ----- Original Message ----- 


  From: Doug Lloyd 


   I was out paddling some rough waters/ surf with another paddler crazier


  than myself. He lightheartedly mentioned that he could smell something
awful,


  then proceeded to ask, as if to laud it over me, if I had browned my wetsuit

  during the previous wave set. Fortunately, and honestly, I was able to say
no,


  it was just that I always smelled that way.








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From: Doug Lloyd <dougl_at_islandnet.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Bangfangledbludderpus (was PH Capella)
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 18:22:55 -0800
Wes Boyd wrote:

> At 11:35 PM 11/5/02 -0800, Doug Lloyd wrote:
>
> > I was out paddling some rough waters/ surf with another paddler crazier
> >than myself.
>
> You mean there really is one?

Wes,
Actually, there are are some very competent paddlers (ocean kayakers) 'round
here. The one I was thinking of was Gord who used to run SeaTrek out of Sidney,
BC. There's a reversing falls in close vicinity to our Victoria club house.
Gord used to launch his kayak from 30 feet up -- from the side of the chasm
where the gorge's restricted flow is located -- flinging himself into the fast
current below (where he would eventually bob to the surface downstream). His
plastic Capella didn't take too bad a beating, 'cause he would pivot it off the
edge before _freefalling_to the tidal water below the Gorge-Tillicum Bridge.

My seal launches are a little less dramatic (discounting the one I did off the
high diving board one night at a local pool). But, the wear on my hull from my
long slides down are far worse. Having said that, I do find my fiberglass hull
easier to maintain. A plastic kayak hull "galls" far too easily, especially on
barnacles. After a while, the plastic kayak becomes a virtual case for
recycling. With my Nordkapp, I just fill all the gouges with "feather-fill"
fast-dry polyester autobody filler using a white coloured hardener, then thin
spray white undercoat after sanding, and then top coat with epoxy-like aircraft
industry paint. Major repairs are done with epoxy, which is why I don't recoat
the hull with sprayed-on gelcoat (polyester/ epoxy incompatibilities). I also
have that full 17-foot strip of plastic embedded partially along the keel line,
finished off by 1/2 round brass at the stern. I broke-up the former UHMW strip
trying to seal land on the Storm Islands a few years ago, so now use a softer
marine plastic for the strip (more like the plastic in plastic kayaks) that
galls easier but seems more flexible. The strip sections are easily replaced.
I've broken off the rear rudder mount a few times seal launching, but I have
extra VCP C-Trim rudder mounts already pre fitted and cut to conform to the
stern profile through the two embedded bolt-to-internal-nut holes, so repairs
are quick to do (I carry one spare on long trips). So while I may be "crazy,"
I do compensate with some applied technology and have yet to seriously consider
retiring my venerable Nordkapp.

I mention all this only because I just reconsidered what Steve Holtzman posted
in response previously, and I think his subtext was to accuse me of being a
BS'er. While I might be a wind-bag and occasionally use textual contrivances
and egomaniacal appearances to drive my posts to a punch line (like saying
other paddlers might need to crap at sea coming out with me so I could make
HaHa about sponsons), it does bother me that folks might think me untruthful. I
will admit my last post excluded the fact that, while I was practicing seal
launches using various rope/bow line arrangements/ knot-quick releases, I was
not on the saltchuck. Indeed, the fresh water lake was a far easier domain to
try and fine tune techniques, and the rocks far smoother to slide down. The
small shrubs gave me the  "hold-down" points. In the end, I gave up, finding it
easier to throw the kayak off the edge, jump in after it, and perform the
superior reentry-and-roll (speed is essential before the kayak washes back on
the rocks on real open coast waters); that's what I traditionally do on the
open coast. You can even tie off your kayak to some kelp, and swim in to avoid
hull damage with a fully loaded kayak. These are modified techniques from the
Tsunami Ranger brand of kayaking, adapted to solo open water touring from a
closed-deck sea kayak. Crazy to some, BS to others, and perfectly normal for
me. What is normal? A setting on your dryer?

Anyway, my paddling season has finally arrived, I'm working out at my home gym
again and my leg is almost healed. I await the first big storm arriving
tomorrow. With a bit of tremoulousness, I'm eager for my mistress again (and
trying out my new drysuit for the first time). I'll catch up with some of you
fellow goof balls later.

(PS I got a nice email from Kaitlin, explaining her contacts at the CG, and
what she is up to. Not sure why she didn't state this up front on both chat
lines.)

Doug Lloyd

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