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- Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:16 pm
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: This one's for the girls..
Ivan, in Greece is sailing Shrike # 159 at speed, with outrigger and fishing rod deployed: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ivan+radivojevic+shrike+kayak&qs=n&sp=-1&pq=ivan+radivojevic+shrike+kayak&sc=1-29&sk=&cvid=D56C1ECF618F4943B090E254349A5D7C&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3divan%2bradivojevic%2bshrike%...
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 4:47 pm
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
That's a standard whitewater deck on the standard keyhole rim (yak krya is the model)
This was my first time trying to fit a deck on it, glad that fits!
This was my first time trying to fit a deck on it, glad that fits!

- Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:27 am
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Serious expedition kayaking books/manuals
- Replies: 12
- Views: 627
Re: Serious expedition kayaking books/manuals
I'm not an expedition kayaker but I enjoyed the videos that Beau Miles has on youtube on his trips
https://youtube.com/c/BeauMiles
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https://youtube.com/c/BeauMiles
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- Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:24 am
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
Oisin thanks that is an interesting point. Orange was a colour I was considering for the lower half of my build when I get to that stage for the reason that you allude to that if my boat is upside down I just might want it to be visible to would be rescuers but where can one purchase a marine class...
- Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:26 am
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
Oison, de riguer for cool paddlers is a black keel strip with tapered ends . I wouldn't be seen wearing anything else:) One needs to mask off the shapes of the tapers with dark coloured tape, and cover the tapers and strip with glass tape with clear resin for this stage, and then cut through the gl...
- Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:38 am
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
That info was very useful thanks !
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- Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:56 pm
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
Hey, Very nearly at the varnish stage with my boat, before I start that I'm wondering has anyone regretted not adding additional fiberglass strips on the keel for wear resistance? Hull is coated in 200 gsm cloth. Has anyone worn through one layer of tape on the keel? Sent from my SM-A715F using Tapa...
- Tue May 19, 2020 3:30 pm
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
I definitely didn't go home at lunch and use my wife's hair drier to pop the first 8 inches of the rear deck off the massik and sheer clamps. https://media.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/uploads/3255/1589897067157-1481.png I think I'll be able to clean it all up and follow the advice above to get a better ...
- Tue May 19, 2020 1:22 pm
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
Thanks for all the advice, the ply was well stuck this moring before I went to work so it'll be fairly cured by this evening. The dry fit went really well with edges meeting up but as soon as the overhanging ply snapped it threw the curve off, which the manual does warn about! plan a will be to trim...
- Tue May 19, 2020 9:04 am
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
Hi, Looking for some advice! I glued down the back deck yesterday and when I pulled off the plastic and straps today I saw part of the deck has lifted at the massik. I think I over tightened the strap, the ply split at the edge and allowed the deck to lift. https://media.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/uplo...
- Wed Jan 08, 2020 10:12 pm
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
Thanks for that response Nick will take it on board
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- Fri Jan 03, 2020 4:12 pm
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
The local 3d printing route hasn't worked so I've been looking at surfboard leash plugs, mock up in the pictures above. 20 of those are very inexpensive. I can drill the hole with a forstner bit and have a backing plate under the deck I think Oisin, that looks to be a good solution, provided it can...
- Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:03 pm
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
https://media.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/uploads/3255/1568894275931-4567.png https://media.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/uploads/3255/1568894275474-5081.png The local 3d printing route hasn't worked so I've been looking at surfboard leash plugs, mock up in the pictures above. 20 of those are very inexpensiv...
- Sun Jun 23, 2019 8:36 pm
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
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...
- Tue May 28, 2019 8:40 am
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
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
I was looking at surfboard leash plugs as plan b
- Wed May 15, 2019 6:05 pm
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
- Replies: 738
- Views: 68709
Re: Shrike, a lightweight sea kayak for home construction.^
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...
- Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:06 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: 10
- Replies: 45
- Views: 4008
Re: 10
Sell the site to Facebook or Bebo and retire?
- Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:10 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Some opinions wanted
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3573
- Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:40 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Hero Front End.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3227
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...
- Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:16 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Considerations for the East & West Dart plus Teign
- Replies: 47
- Views: 5799
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
This type of guage is now on the Flesk and the Clare Glens with more to follow.
Oisin
- Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:25 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Pentax Optio W20 and focussing?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1339
- Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:44 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Pentax W10 as headcam.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1500
- Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:21 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Paddling forums around the world...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1378
- Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:10 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Camera Lens advice
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3424
- Mon Oct 16, 2006 5:06 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Big Boat Bonanza 2006, Whos going?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3327
- Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:02 am
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: The Biggest Wave Ever Surfed in the British Isles......
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5440
- Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:01 am
- Forum: Sea Kayaking
- Topic: The Biggest Wave Ever Surfed in the British Isles......
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5440
- Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:27 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: BRAND NEW from pyranha
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5173
- Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:57 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Stock Kayaking. Good Idea?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2310
- Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:07 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Camera file databases
- Replies: 4
- Views: 775