Nice film with some shots of mountainous seas. The ship in some scenes is the French Navy frigate Latouche-Tréville (D646).

HD footage of the frigate Latouche-Tréville can be watched here.

Hello Tomp, Bear in mind that kayaks on a roof rack should not exceed 15% of the length of the car; and if driving by night or in low visibility, the kayaks should carry a red light; and would they stick out from the front of the car, a white light. I have read that Italian policemen enforce these r...

immunogirl: Which maybe why a preprinted grid/measuring device that's supposed to correlate with the grid standardized charts seems less useful to me. Hi, You are lucky in the USA: NOAA has a wealth of resources, and following its printing instructions you may well avoid distortions in scale. Howeve...

immunogirl asked: Could you elaborate for us exactly what the Howard's plotter does that the rest of them don't do? They all look very useful to me, but I can't say I'd classify them as different birds. Hello, Each of the latter navigation aids are useful but they do not improve much over a base-pla...

Simon Willis:

I've since been told there's this:
http://www.alpenverein.de/huetten-wege- ... 10367.html

and
http://www.paddlingotaku.com/2010/07/pl ... aring.html
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Different birds altogether.

immnunogirl said:

it's pretty similar to what we call a small craft navigation aid, just looks a bit bigger

Well, not really. I have Dr. Sutherland's, and I like a lot. However, although Jeff's navigation aid stems from the same concept, it does more than laying out courses and fixes.

Hello Scottdog07, You might try to reach Toni from Kayaking Costa Brava . Would he not be available for Christmas, the Club Pagaia will usually schedules day paddles close to the French border in the season. Many a club member is from Barcelona, so you might as well be able to share a ride to the de...

Hi MattB,

Try Listo. They are mechanical grease pencils that are easy to find in eBay.

Regards,

Yes. I am interested too. I'll need 4 sets.

Thank you.

MikeB wrote:

the rest of the men agreed that they would wait for him to recover.

Yes. A single day, according to the report. Time enought to fit the six-inch foam platform over the seat of Nigel's Nordkapp.

We may guess that Mortlock was a hard master. :)

Greenpaddler wrote: Thanks Aled-only time for a quick scan so far but Design rights seems to have a maximum duration of 25 years in UK and EU law. Only if registered and if they are novel at the time of the application. There are some niceties over in the USA, regarding boat plans, but I would dare ...

Hi Lucy,

As much as I'd liked to do it, I have never tried the Pintail. How does it compare to a Anas Acuta or a Nordkapp?

Best,

Hello, I find this thread fresh, invigorating, and so full of vitality. I concede that the point of having a website that offers clear information with accessable, and updated content for many a business can be conjured. Perhaps even most would think that it certainly shouldn't hurt. However, I am f...

Kayaks'N'beer: Come to think of it - has anyone ever tried a contact tow with the casualty facing the other way? Yes. Only in trainings. It suits scenarios were there is little room or time to manoeuvre, and it feels quite comfortable. I would not regard sliding as a big problem as long as the conta...

Jim wrote: then there should be a system to recompense the owner or charty party to cover their expenses, in order that the masters of vessels don't use fear of the company as a reason not to help others. Hello Jim, Rendering assistance at sea is an exception to the obligations in a charterparty as ...

Jim: in fact I'll challenge you to answer the question and not spin off at a tangent - if I'm daft enough to get into trouble on the water, why should I expect someone to come and rescue me, at the cost of society at large? An answer to the question that you might like was Lord Cockburn C.J.'s in th...

Fantastic picture.

Kate D warned:

a bouy with two balls is dangerous.

Naughty buoys. The shape itself looks now menacing.

Kayaks'N'Beer asked: By the way, does anyone have a system for the other way about, ie - you can see the stripes but not the arrows? Reason I'm asking is I can't seem to learn the yellow/black stripes - Hello, I personally try from a North cardinal mark, to imagine a second black stripe rising (East...

the official statement is that the designers got inspired from Orcas and vikingships when designing the X-Bow design that they have called the Orca bow. But the designer himself says that the inspiration came from the Alien in Ridley Scotts famous movies ;)

Doesn't it look like a submarine's bow?

This property might be perhaps more convenient. Three miles of coastline including some foreshore in the Isle of Mull, its own beach and jetty.

Hello Steve,

The Rias Baixas are just as good, with plenty of sections of coast exposed to the Western swells. July and August are the most manageable months. Do you intend to bring your own kayak?

Hello,

Apparently the four turbines will be placed North of the ferry. Any idea of their precise location?

Richard Cree adviced:

Get yourself a wing!

Great! What wing is your fancy?

Very amazing. Here is the company's team that developed the prototype. Each one a civil engineer surfer.

Hi Douglas, I find it hard to judge wind speed from a photo of the sea state as the description in the Beaufort scale fits fully developed seas. There are also factors such as a following current that might make whitecaps appear not at 10 knots but at 12 knots which would be the lower end of Force 4...

Mark,

Thanks for the advice. The DVD trailer indeed looks terrific. Who would have thought? A DVD copy signed by both Caistrission and Jones is available through their website.

Spiderman said:

Would love to hear your opinion of the Qanik, and even more so of the Sea Pearl

Sure. As soon as I try them ... Shazam! you'll get my impressions.

Good hero work. Keep on.

Hi Ceegee, The Qanik is indeed as unexpensive as Seabird Designs claims. As you said, the design according to Bjorn Thomasson is inspired in the Igdlorssuit kayak, but it is not a replica at all: Softer chines, less rocker, more water line, more volume at the bow, and a bit more depth than the Anas ...

Gasserra: Paddling upwind against sustained Force 8 wind (not just gusts) on the sea...perhaps an Olympics class athlete with advanced sea skills could do this; I'd guess that, worldwide, such paddlers, if any exist, could be counted on your fingers Hello, I have paddled upwind in Force 8 and Force ...