Hey, Hope you're on the mend Nick! Can I ask what size hatches people have fitted to their boats (Shrike too in particular); for the large front/back compartments do sea kayaks usually have 10 inch round, 20 inch oval etc? Found a very local makerspace with 3d printers through the fab foundation, th...

Thanks for the info on the fab foundation Nick I must have a look at that, commercial providers were quoting about 10 euro per piece when I was looking about 2016.

I was looking at surfboard leash plugs as plan b

Hi Al, Hacketts printing on Baggot St in Dublin printed the plans for me, 35 euro in 2016. I got 4 mm ply from woodworkers.ie. West epoxy from chmarine in Cork. Getting cedar for the sheer clamps was tricky, ended up ordering/buying some lengths of tongue and groove cladding from mcmahons and cut th...

Sell the site to Facebook or Bebo and retire?

Are we still awaiting your opinion on copyright matters Joshua?

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Black.

Have you ever actually seen the boat in the flesh Stone Weasel? I own a hero. I haven't had any problems with the boat pinning. In my experience, boat pins usually involve chocking most of the boat in a crack. I've found that the "pointy" bow doesn't get pushed off line by holes/waves as much as hav...

Details of the River Flesk Guage here.

This type of guage is now on the Flesk and the Clare Glens with more to follow.

Oisin

Hi,

I've the W10, try using the "Pan Focus" mode, this removes most of the auto-focus delay. I've found it works fine for moving targets.
G'luck
Oisin

I attached my W10 to my paddle shaft on the river this weekend. The results are nearly impossible to watch :) I must try attaching it to my BA and try again.

IrishFreeStyle

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IrishWhiteWater

While we're talking about IS and camera shake etc what are peoples opinions on tripods or monopods in general and for paddling? Are there any particularly models suitable for stuffing in boats out there?

That was part of the team race, one person had to throw darts at the board, one person had to shoot a basket ball and the third person had to carry an egg down the course unbroken.

Which part of County Clare is in the UK Tim?

Which part of County Clare is in the UK Tim?

A sit on top perhaps?!?!

Surely just having one model of boat isn't having a level playing field. That boat is probably designed with a certain paddler (weight and height etc.) in mind. How will a 16 stone guy and a 10 stone guy fare competing in the same boat?

You could have a look at a program called google picassa, it's free to download from the google website, it's easy enough to use and can touch up pictures do red eye correction etc.

Oisin

I don't think the tywarp paddles would make good splits on their own, Looking at the sets that have gone through my hands there isn't enough friction between the shaft and the centre tube to stop it rotating or coming apart without too much force. They're shipped in 3 pieces but you're meant to glue...

I was practicing my cart-wheel on a canal and a nice old lady thought I was having a heart-attack and offered to phone an ambulance. Everyones a critic.

I bought it on the ferry to the alps last year. It's woeful in a funny way :)

Why not post Marks post on the websites that Mr. Seven2 is talking about and call his bluff? He's looking for publicity after all....

Did anyone else watch it hoping the guy would have to roll?
Just me then? :)

bigfeetbigshoes wrote:nice website but any one else have diffuclty reading the writting on a laptop or am I going blind

I had some trouble too, is it really grey text on a grey background?

Have a look in diving shops for weight belts, they come with webbing and a quick release buckle.
Oisin

The term " A mess of paddlers" was decided on in our club...

Our group can whole heartedly recomend Kampala International Hospital and neurosurgeon Mr. Peterson, accept no substitutes.

We had a look at the overland option, it sounded pretty "adventurous" it'd take weeks and would take in places we wanted to avoid like Nairobi etc it would have turned out cheaper though.
Oisin

Howrya, We flew from Livinstone to Entebe earlier this summer. We found the easiest/cheapest way to do this was to fly from Zambia to Johannesburg first and then to Uganda. We booked the flights with a local travel agent when we got to Livingstone and it came to just over $500. The way we did it we ...