outdoordan wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:49 am

I owned two Giros and have been looking for another (and the original one I owned) for years on and off. I have never seen one come up for sale. Unfortunately all my photos of it have been lost.

One currently for sale here: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2312742505462345

Bellypopper wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 04, 2018 7:46 am

Hi

Do you still have this? Where are you based?

Thanks

Still available -- I'm based near York.

PM sent.

You could use something as a former to bridge the soft section,a piece of copper or stainless tubing bent to the correct profile or even a length of flexible hose. I've had success using a length of garden hosepipe as a former. It helped greatly in making an entire replacement carbon-kevlar cockpit...

This has now been claimed - set of 45 deg. Lendal Manias, on a carbon shaft, reunited with its owner.

G.B.

As the subject says ... I'm selling my Rockpool Alaw. Looking for around 1250, which seems to be the going rate. I'm reluctant to advertise on ebay, because that seems to be a good way of meeting odd people. There's the usual minor launching scratches, but it's just been in for a gelcoat recondition...

Set of paddles found at the Pocklington canal (E. Yorks) last weekend.

We've tried all the local clubs, including ones that have had recent trips there, but nobody has come forward to claim them.

Any takers?

G.B.

A quick story from the early 90s. I used to drive a Skoda - not the modern Volkswagen clone, but the original Soviet Bloc, reject from the tractor factory, cardboard is an acceptable substitute for steel, monstrosity. Well, the kayak stayed attached to the roof bars, the roof bars stayed attached to...

The Menai Strait?

Not technically a river, but some fun moving water. Not rain-dependent either!

G.B.

I also thought this post must be a wind-up. If you're feeling off-form when you're 30, the problem is being out of practice - not your age. In terms of what your body can do / take as you get older, you may enjoy watching someone around 20 years older than yourself surfing: https://www.youtube.com/w...

I learned to paddle right 90º in 1982 - in those days the kayaking world appeared to be about 95% right 90º, 4.5% left 90º and 0.5% something else (although sprint & marathon may have had lower angles but I didn't know anyone who did that then). In about 1992 I had wrist trouble on a week long trip...

Daker wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:07 pm

Just resurrecting this in case there's anything out there - - - - - ?

Not a Taran, but an Alaw (the big one, not the Alaw Bach!)

Planning on selling mine shortly -- close enough for you?

G.B.

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Norbert - I assume the Yorkshire comment was directed at me? If so, I don't really understand the animosity. It's true that I'm currently based in Yorkshire. People who know me also know that I'm from that area & spent 11 years living around 15 minutes walk / paddle from the Strait; I was simply try...

Check the tide tables & choose your day. It needs to be at least 9.6 at Liverpool for the wave to be worthwhile.

G.B.

Don't know much about the rivers, but there's definitely surf in the area (though not Tenby itself unless conditions are spot on). Asking the question on the surf forum might get some good suggestions.

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Sugru is ridiculously expensive. I've used it, but had also some success with this stuff:

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To- ... ubstitute/

G.B.

Just_Surf wrote:If you message me your email I'll send you a bunch of photos, measurements etc...

Cheers for that - pm sent.

I'm watching this thread with interest. I'm about to start doing some fairly major repairs to the hull of an X-tec Mustang, & was considering adding a couple of fin boxes to give it the option of a quad set-up while I was there. Any tips / plans would be appreciated (I'm fairly confident working wit...

Yes - flat water quite regularly, and surf from time to time. Not much to add to the above, apart from checking beforehand that lights are completely waterproof. Lights on both yourself & the boat are a good idea. A couple of glowsticks taped to the paddle make it easy to find if necessary (& make f...

A second vote for Dominatrix as the worst boat name. My 11 year old paddles one & it's ideal for him (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fHAujqMFQE). When he first got it, he rapidly worked out that I didn't want to explain what the name meant. Of course, he decided to ask everybody else instead - gra...

Surfboats & forward finishing rolls are made for each other! If you're really attached to (say) a standard screw roll, try pushing forward into a low brace as soon as you're up.

G.B.

Got a Savage Scorpion sitting outside ... don't know whether that counts? Not for sale, anyway. Had it since they first came out & it's still my go-to boat on the rare occasions I'm not on the salty stuff.

I've met people from Leeds club out to sea along the coast there (Scarborough / Flamborough / Filey sort of area). Alternatively, there's various clubs between Leeds & the coast that do a lot of sea paddling. Feel free to pm me for more info if you're interested.

G.B.

Hi - any chance of some pics of the surfboat? A couple of friends are looking for plastic surfboats & might be interested.

Thanks, G.B.

Sorry, edessex, but I agree 100% with rainshine. Given how you describe yourself, & what these boats look like, I think they would be absolute deathtraps for you. Just from their shape, they don't look that stable either. An alternative suggestion: you seem happy to take on DIY projects, so why not ...

I do this from time to time. It's open to big boats (narrowboats / barges etc.) & the Rosie&Jim people have got plenty of guides to it (e.g. http://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/river.php?wpage=DRWT). There aren't any access problems on the water itself. The guy with the house on the island at Sutton-...

That is spectacular! So, BC Waterways Env -- is there any chance you could get someone from Yorkshire Wildife Trust and / or the RSPB to come here and discuss this proposed trail with us? I'll break with my usual internet custom & give my full name & details if that would help (assuming you do as we...

Ken - presumably this is the same RIchard Atkinson you met to discuss the restrictions Yorkshire WIldlife Trust placed on sea kayaks at Spurn Point, just down the coast? (http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88581). Did anything ever come of that? I think this is relevant because...

I guess maybe ear plugs are a good idea to stop you needing to get them drilled out, although I've never tried them I imagine I'd get annoyed at having to faff about taking them out every time I wanted to hear and putting them back in for every rapid. There are some earplugs designed to allow sound...