I would recommend the Anker one, but sadly it seems like they don't make it any more. I'll been looking after the ones we have carefully...

I'd be interested in the map case, if it is still available.

That website doesn't exist any more, I assume this is the same document ?

http://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science ... 44-251.pdf

Stay clear of the touch screen ones, not good to use with wet hands. I have a Garmin eTrex 30x, which is waterproof enough for kayaking use that I put it in my deck hatch without any extra waterproofing. Battery life is excellent and the mapping on it is reasonably usable despite the small screen. I...

The link works fine for me (on Chrome on the desktop).

5 minutes with the airgun and it's silky smooth. Maybe this highlights the real issue... None of my three Werners (I returned the first two after repeated jams) have had a button that would be described as "silky smooth" even when it doesn't have sand jammed in it. In all three of them the toleranc...

You’d also need to check it was sand and not a bit of non silicon oxide based grit ;)

I've tried air pressure air when I had some sand/grit jammed in there, it hasn't worked for me. The only way I've managed to clear it is to work the button back and forth (using the handle of a table knife to push it up inside the ferrule) and then the end of a tea spoon to push it back down. Someti...

Sadly mine doesn't "start to feel a bit sticky", the button just jams the instant a bit of sand gets to the wrong spot (it doesn't feel sticky before it jams). Usually when I'm on the water or have just come off the water. You don't need a compressor to push high pressure air through it, the ferrule...

I have a big head, always struggle to find a helmet that fits. I had Wrsi that just fitted, now have a Shuck that actually fits me and is really comfy. I no longer dread putting my helmet on.

I've not paddled any of these rudder equipped boats myself, but another obvious similar option would be the Tiderace Pace 17 (16cm longer than the Taran) or maybe the Pace Action.

https://www.tideraceseakayaks.com/kayak ... e-17-tour/
https://www.tideraceseakayaks.com/kayak ... ce-action/

I can give some more lucid details in a week, not exactly thinking straight after doing my core coach training over the weekend and then frantically packing this evening for my sea kayak leader training on the other side of the country.

I didn’t have time to puzzle over it too long, I’m off for my sea kayak leader training tomorrow. So for now I’ve just done a quick fix of slapping a couple of runs of CSM along the crack. That seems to have firmed things up a bit, there is still a bit of flex but seems to within the rim itself and ...

I did have the boat on the side, I got plenty of of brush strokes in the flowcoat :( The advice may not have used the word "tacky", I was probably overstating it ;) When I get time I'll have a play with some scrap fiberglass to see if I can get any better at it. It looks like I might have my third f...

I've seen some advice since, which I wish I'd known about before: - start out with brushing the flow coat on horizontally - let it go off a bit and get tacky - now brush some on vertically - let that go tacky - now brush some on horizontally again Supposedly reduces the deep brush marks issue, makes...

My attempts at gel/flow coating the repair are best described as "functional"... https://www.dropbox.com/s/yc9u0ewc5zsk5xn/1%20copy%204.jpg?dl=1 All a bit of a mess. I did some other gel coat repairs at the same time, those are pretty much invisible because they were small and the holes I was fillin...

Exactly like that, that is designed for the same ranges that marine VHF uses. At a 45cm length it is centred on 166.5 MHz. The problems are: - it won't fit many handheld marine VHFs - it won't be waterproof - it won't help if you don't have line of sight to the whoever you are trying to talk to I gu...

Both those boats have very big cockpits, the Old Town especially so. You aren't going to get good contact with your knees/thighs, which limits the amount of control you'll have over the boat and make them less stable than they otherwise be. I think boats like that are aimed at people who are convinc...

No, the Tiderace logo is a sticker. Curiously, printed in ink that dissolves in isopropyl alcohol...

I've sanded it back as much as I dare, I can tell that I'm now cutting into the woven cloth layer, so there are only two layers of CSM and one of cloth across the repair. The repair is still a fraction of millimeter proud of the surrounding hull, the hull really must be very thin here. I'm really wi...

Well, I'm pleased to say that the acetate didn't stick to the resin.

It ain't pretty, but nothing a lot of sanding and some gel coat won't fix ;)

And thanks for all the advice everyone.

It all seems so manageable until the resin hits the glass... The deed is done now, getting it layed up and in place was more of a hassle than I expected. As someone pointed out further up the thread, getting glass round the corner onto the keel was the tricky part. I'd taped some acetate to the othe...

I wasn't suggesting that the CSM was superior to the original construction... Just that the single layer is already stronger than the state this bit of hull had got into after being damaged and left to delaminate. I do own a router, but I can't see me being able to sensibly use it as described, I'll...

A couple of other potential benefits of PLBs over inReach/Spot: - they use a lower frequency at 406 MHz, which probably gives them higher penetration of stuff in the way of the signal than the much high frequencies uses by the others - they have higher power transmitters (from what I can see with so...

Though it has to be said, the single piece of CSM is already more rigid than this bit of hull was when I first discovered the problem...

My remaining concern is that even after a single layer of CSM, it already seems like it proud of the surrounding hull. I’m beginning to think it is a bit of CSM I should have been trying to get the other side of the hole rather than the foam ! Oh well, I guess if the worst comes to the worst I can g...

Great, I was hoping to sneak in a layer of woven.

I'm using the CSM designed for use with epoxy, not the stuff that needs polyester resin.

Patches (I only used the CSM one in the end)


First layer