More storage space in the back end of a Skeg version I believe. .the scudder stuff uses up some space. There is a chap on you tube who reviewed a Scorpio mk2.

https://youtu.be/Uf5pnxAoYk8

I’d like to know how that cockpit mod was achieved.

Not familiar with Werner’s as I paddle with Celtic paddles but could you very lightly sand the inside of the female shaft half? Eg wrap fine grade wet and dry around a dowel and use it to smooth off or remove a tiny bit of material.

Hi Folks Is there a level (that i can relate to the online level data) at which its generally too low to paddle the Wye between Glasbury and Bycross ? ..considering a trip there june/july, ..don't want to spend most of it dragging a canoe over shallow gravels ! online level data: https://www.gaugema...

I’m outta here..

P&H. Capella in grey 450 quid, Somerset. See Facebook canoes and kayaks for sale group.

They are open to offers (its an old one but in very good condition) try before you buy.

Note the square Capella hatches are notorious for degrading rubber but replacements can be sourced if they do perish.

Just realised the bolero isn’t bulkheaded like a Charleston, but it’d be easy to fit your own using an appropriate foam and sikaflex.

It’s a good deal, here’s the older dagger version.. costing more and used! https://www.gumtree.com/p/boats-kayaks- ... 1328475110

You may be able to get adjustable neoprene necks like those used on peak drysuits; You can have them loose for ventillation and comfort, or pull the strap tighter for a good seal when it’s needed. The main downside I’ve found with neoprene is if you’re doing lots of rolling then eventually the neopr...

Reed ? (Chillcheater)
You’ll need to speak to them to have the drop seat added.

If you’re only doing flat water you might get away with a bulkeaded touring kayak such as a bolero, it’s not too slow, it’s easy to turn Skeg up, goes straight Skeg down. It won’t like the rough stuff as well as a proper sea kayak.. Later development lead to the dagger stratos, which is a Jack of al...

What’s your budget and what paddling do you want to do? If it’s coastal play you are probably looking for a different boat to something for distances and crossings. People will recommend boats they paddle but that doesn’t mean they will suit you in either fit, or handling characteristics. If you don...

You can put a 17ft sea kayak on a small car, use j bars or uprights and lash bow and stern to your front and rear tow points. You don’t need a shorter boat because your car is short.

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4b/f1/40/4bf1 ... 2f8927.jpg

Ravenglass seaquest
19 may. Cumbria
Navigation challenge
See Copeland canoe club website for registrations soon.

St David’s sea and surf symposium
18-20 may. Wales
http://www.dragonactivityguides.co.uk/s ... posium.php

Duff link.

I’m no plastics expert but I think older plastic kayaks are a different type of plastic to newer kayaks, which are supposed to be more uv stable and less likely to go brittle or fade.,I’m guessing the old plastics are not so suited for grinding up and remoulding in to new kayaks,.,but if they were a...

Repairable ?

Looks like it’s spent a very long time damp.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-Blue-K ... _Auction=1

Who are the people in the south west making kayaks out of beach collected plastic? (BBC news article didn’t say)

What kayaks can you get that are made of recycled plastic?

Can we encourage manufacturers of canoes and kayaks to use more recycled plastic?

Glass is class but plastic is fantastic. I don’t worry about dings in a plastic sea kayak, or dropping it off my roof rack, or scapey beach launches, general clumsiness, accidentally reversing onto it, rescue practice etc etc. Bottom line for me is I just wanted to have fun, I think with a composite...

Black Isle sea kayak symposium
Cromarty. Scotland
http://www.bisks.co.uk/

Paddle Orkney symposium
3 4 August
http://www.paddleorkney.org/

Seven kingdoms symposium, Isle of Man
21 22 sep
https://m.facebook.com/IOMKayakSymposium

South west paddlefest. Edgcumb Cornwall
1 2 june
Multiple disciplines. Tickets from feb onwards
http://www.southwestpaddlefest.com/

Ladies Seas the day
September 14 15 Anglesey
https://www.ladiesseastheday.co.uk/

Moray Firth sea kayak challenge, 20 July
http://www.morayfirthseakayakchallenge.com/

Mid west sea kayaking symposium. Tayvallach, Argyll Scotland 22 23 June https://www.midwestsymposium.co.uk/

Jersey sea kayak symposium. May bank Holliday weekend
http://jerseycanoeclub.co.uk/symposium-2016
Also on Facebook

Anglesey sea kayak symposium 4-10 may https://www.angleseyseakayaksymposium.co.uk/ Women’s sea kayak festival. Devon 17-19 Aug http://womensseakayakfestivaldevon.co.uk/news/festival-2017/ Essential women’s sea kayak coaching weekend 7-9 June. Anglesey http://www.kayakessentials.co.uk/essential-women...

Personally I don’t care for throwing myself over waterfalls especially not in a 17ft sea kayak., but each to their own. I’d paddle off upstream, take out my kidnapper with a couple of rocket flares, get out somewhere, radio the police on my vhf, have my kidnapper arrested and go sea kayaking with so...

Please can we get a running list going of all the 2019 events and symposiums?

I think there’s one on eBay at the moment

I was flat water paddling today with someone in a glass valley avocet, I was in a 14ft Charleston tourer (predecessor to the stratos, but has less rocker than a stratos) as my 17ft sea kayak is off the water at the moment. The tourer felt fat, slow and boring, compared to my usual sea kayak, and I w...