if you stretch it over the front it will lose it's stretch fairly quickly and just go baggy and you will have to replace it...

Rog.

If you want a fibreglass boat then probably something like an NDK Explorer. Been made for years so lots of them around second hand and a real proven track record. Link to current spec. new boat..... http://www.sea-kayaking-scotland.co.uk/ndk-sea-kayak-shop/explorer/ Worth you maybe having a chat wit...

There seems little point in paddling round a weighted boat when you don't need to. The lighter the boat the easier it is to paddle. the quicker it responds to all the paddler's inputs and the less strain it is on the paddler. By all means keep the boat but when you get the chance try having a test p...

Oh! how about paddling from Paignton or Goodrington Sands past Brixham and to Kingswear (Dartmouth) and the catching the steam train back.. very scenic!!


Rog.

Didn't one of the main manufacturers do a version of a kayak with an additional front skeg for sailing?....possibly P&H...

Rog.

Another vote for VE paddles.. I had Werners for years but have found VE's to be much more to my liking and style of paddling. The air pocket in the core of the blade also helps find the water surface when rolling. Great service too.

Rog.

Hi Rob, if you put in the boat details on Google and press for 'images' you can scan through and see if any of the boats looks familiar and then follow the photo link to get more details...there are some on there with the controller on the right hand side... or just click on this link... https://www...

I don't think this will be the ideal forum to get the best answers to your question. Worth having a look at somewhere like the Kayak Fishing UK site and such similar ones as they will have more experience of the sorts of kayaks you are after and the use you want. They have an informative page on cho...

I wouldn't bother with an inflatable. By the time you have inflated the boat you could have taken a plastic boat off a roof rack and been off paddling. That is without the additional factors such as sea-worthiness, robustness and handling. I watched a couple of guys in inflatables last week attempti...

If it's the one on Gumtree (blue/cloud blades) then the blades definitely are not carbon and i don't think the shaft is either..

Rog.

Item now sold.

Rog.

Item now sold.

Rog.

Brand new and unused YAK 15m throwbag:
£15 collected (Southend-on-Sea area) or £20 including postage (signed for).

Rog.

Brand new and unused YAK 15m throwbag:
£15 collected (Southend-on-Sea area) or £20 including postage (signed for).

Rog.

I have a spray deck with map loops so attach the clips to the forward most ones of those (other way around and it will flick up if a wave washes over the deck).

Rog.

Another vote for Axel's map case. Simple and effective.

Rog.

with the one exception of a guy at Stretton who threw half bricks at me when I was paddling a K1 "too fast"

a fine response to someone who he thinks is scaring the fish...throw rocks at them.....I'm sure the fish were much happier with that!!!!

Rog.

Can I just say, you don't necessarily want/need to get a fast touring boat or, at least, that shouldn't be a priority. Nigel speaks as someone who does the fast touring stuff but that isn't what lights everybody's candle about sea kayaking. Fine, if you want to kayak mostly for exercise or like the ...

Presume the company you have looked at is Sea Kayaking Cornwall (who would be my first choice) however if they are booked up you could try these : http://www.arvorseakayakingcornwall.co.uk/ They operate just west of Falmouth and appear to have the option of sit in or sit on kayaks which would give y...

Hi Nick, another beautiful construction but I don't think anyone has yet asked possibly the most important question....how on earth do most of these kayak builders manage to keep their workshops so tidy and neat?? Do they tidy them just for the photo? It's just not natural....surely every normal wor...

interested to know what his plans are from The Blackwater down to the Thames. Is he keeping to the coast (which can be tricky) or shortcutting across to Kent?

Rog

just a quick point, i believe, if conditions are dangerous for him at sea, he has every right to land where he wants/needs to and anyone preventing him from landing/forcing him back to sea could well face police action..

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i think there will be Simon, just give it a bit of time...I saw you topic last night but could not get on to the Facebook page! kept just going to my own so need to sort that out before i can see if i can assist.

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I understand the principle of a centreboard, converting sideways energy into forward energy however yachts have rudders because they use the wind to power them and cannot be steered by the use of a paddle on each side of the boat to act either as a rudder or a means of deflecting water to turn the k...

Are you confusing a ruder system (pedal operated steering system) with a skeg (drop down blade that help prevent weather cocking and aids tracking). I cannot think of a sensible alternative to having a working skeg in certain conditions... a bit like having a drop down keel on a sailing boat.

Rog.

Unfortunately, the conditions where the skeg is most likely to get jammed are also the same conditions that make a floating launch the most difficult. Usually this is with breaking waves which means I tend to end up with a cockpit half full of water (which I can pump out but it is still not ideal) o...

No, not a new character from Poldark. Just wondering if anyone has bright ideas to solve this which may help me needlessly experimenting with options. I often kayak alone which means that when launching from a beach I have to try to keep the skeg from getting stuck in with sand and small stones. I a...

Mmm! doesn't look like the best choice of things to do. Wouldn't have been any better coming back in afterwards.

Rog.

I initially hesitated proffering an answer on this subject as I think it is a tricky one however the two previous comments are probably spot on. Taking kids out anywhere on the sea can be fraught with problems and as there would be three children and only two adults it dictates extra care. Certainly...

Friend has red Dagger Cortina 16.5 sea kayak

Think you may be getting confused with a Ford Cortina...I suspect the boat you may mean is the Dagger Cortez !

Rog.