Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall Big hunks of carbon and shards of FG Guess it's time for a new boat for ME!!! Anonymous On 3/2/2011 2:02 PM, Kirk Olsen wrote: > Saturday morning I headed out to paddle with 3 of my paddling buddies. > > I pulled a tremendous bone head move. I unstrapped the boat, then got > in the car to put on my drysuit, it's not warm here in New England just > yet. > > As I was dressing I heard a scratching sound and looked to the left to > see my surf ski slide off the roof, and then crash to the ground. > > While this isn't a big deal for the plastic officiandos. It is a big > deal for those of us who paddle the boat equivalent of an egg. My 21' > 24 pound all carbon surf ski did not do well on impact. The rudder > snapped off the rudder post and the tail of the surf ski landing first > ended up with a "fold in the middle" crack in the hull about even with > the middle of the cockpit area. The resulting crack is about 18" long > going from near one seam all the way across the bottom to the tumblehome > on the far side. > > Bummer. One of the guys was headed near the guy who fixed this boat > last spring. So I strapped my boat to his truck, and wished them well > as they headed off into the brisk late winter air, for the season opener > paddle. They ended up paddling about 8 miles.... > > Last month I suggested to my wife that I would be interested in getting > a new boat, as the now broken boat is showing it's age, and seems to be > getting fatigued, with frequent minor damage.... Her response, we'll > check the bank account around July, the bank accounts are currently > suffering seasonal fatigue. > > My thought, prior to breaking the boat, was buy a new one and give the > current boat to a 15 year old boy, who lives near me. He's got a decent > paddle stroke and greatly enjoyed surfing motorboat wakes with me last > year. > > It'll be interesting to see how this works out.... > > Kirk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 02 2011 - 14:50:14 PST
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