Re: [Paddlewise] A bone head way to start the season...

Kirk:

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Bradford R. Crain

Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] A bone head way to start the season...


> 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
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