Always carry, never used.

Leads to the question: "have you ever needed your FA kit (needed in the sense of life or limb saving), and what in it was useful?"

Thanks - I'll have a poke about

A friend is trying to acquire a new gooseneck (or gooseneck + boom) fro a Flat Earth sail. The gooseneck, which is a plastic moulding, looks as though it might be a re-used standard moulding for some other purpose, but (as I don't know its name) I can't use the might of Google to find it. Anyone got...

Spey too, though admittedly neither in England or Wales - otherwise fits your requirements.

My own keel strip has been bashed on rock, dropped, and suffered all sorts of abuse. It's worn through, and chipped. But the gelcoat hasn't flaked of as shown in the pictures posted. Doesn't look right to me. I support the idea of trying to pick off some more gelcoat with a fingernail or a blunt scr...

For the load-bearing function of the toggle attachment to the kayak, I use Kevlar cord. Means that the cord can be thinner than if you use nylon, and so easier to thread and easier to make the knot disappear tidily inside the toggle. Not a difficult task.

I use about 50%:50% for potatoes. 50%:50% means one splash of sea water, one splash of fresh water. 100% Priority is not getting sand in the potatoes, rather than an exact ratio. All fresh is too little salt: all sea is too much. Can't think of any situation where the water wouldn't be boiled, so no...

GregS and others in the know - any comment?

I've got a list of Clyde trips, relating level to gauge. It would be a pain filling in the form on the website - how do I get it to you? Email SCA for the attention of your name?

Jonathan
Thanks for doing this

Survey complete.

I'd add my surprise to Chis Bolton's comments - I take it you're aware that the official re-introduction in Scotland was in Knapdale? The Tayside ones just happened.

Wow - what a paddle!

On the British Canoeing Website here https://www.britishcanoeing.org.uk/membership/benefits/insurance-towergate/ it states in the FAQ, in the Coaches paragraph towards the bottom of the page: "The policy schedule says all coaches must hold a qualification, does this mean as an experienced volunteer...

I've established (by asking) that BCAB is a part of BC and is funded directly by BCAB.

jmmoxon wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 05, 2018 7:28 am

Olly Hicks & George Bullard's film:
https://www.redbull.tv/video/AP-1NBYKYF ... he-finnmen

Really good film thanks, though only passing references to Inuit paddling. The book needs to be read as well.

Question is really "does BCAB get the money for all the good work it does from BC (and so from what the SCA et al pay to BC); or does it have a separate source of income, eh from Star Award fees?

GregS, I have PM'd you

Only time was with a canoe, not a kayak. I guess we had to move the canoe a metre or less.

Lots of stretch in the rope needed to be taken in as well, as the pin was in mid-stream.

Thanks again

What I'm trying to find out is whether BCAB is separately funded from BC or part of BC. Quote above seems to suggest it's not part of BC, as BC is a "partner"

Sort of: do I pay for it when I pay for my 3* certificate, or do I pay for it through my SCA subscription?

Greg
Thanks.

Looks from this as though BCAB is part of BC, governed by BC, and not separately funded - does that sound right?

Link just has pictures and names of people - it doesn't say anything about structure or funding. I've looked here and elsewhere on the new website, and there's nothing about structure, as far as I can see.

Anyone understand the relationship between British Canoeing and the British Canoeing Awarding Body? Are the separately funded, or does one support the other?

Paddled this (north to south) in August a few years ago. Aim of the trip was to stop in a cafe every day, succeeded in that (including lunch in the Cairnbaan hotel, much recommended). Midges weren't a problem - a bit of wind, or some rain, and they're gone. As many have said, canal needs a trolley, ...

There was a previous thread here about sea kayaking and knives, which attempted to find someone who's actually needed to use a knife in anger at sea (so not on a river). No-one owned up to having needed one. My personal view, having had an accident many years ago, is that if I had a sharp knife to h...

The bit of the boat not in the water - the "reserve buoyancy" - is in the wind. So it's importance matters a lot when it's windy, and less when it's not.

I like Celtic paddles, though I've tried only the classic range, not the more up-market ones.

I believe they push the multi-part paddles mostly because of carriage costs. They will sell a single part paddle if put under pressure.

... err ... the ability to develop and impart skills ... or is that too simple?

Wonderful pictures, thanks - all you need is a non-black-and-white dog!

I think everyone gets scared at times - but adults are better at hiding their emotions! As others have said here, everyone's different. I know children, competent swimmers, who are scared of a capsize in a pool: and I know another weak swimmer who you have to drag back from swimming to the deep end ...

Yes, I see what you mean. I think that the drop-down box is wrong, and what you get is a Classic 600, which is a sea touring blade. I think it's a bit bigger area than the Cybi Bach.

A junior-sized Mania would be rally nice ...

Sadly, the Gremlin paddle is no more. Celtic Paddles do now make a rather nice children's paddle, the Cybi Bach. It's got lots of nice things, such as a narrow shaft and an ample choice of shaft length. It's available as a kit, which makes carriage of a single-part paddle much cheaper. BUT, it's ver...