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...

Front or rear? What about the peak drysuit with leg entry. Another option if they still make it I find the adventure suit (back zip entry) very comfy, just don’t forget to do up the neck tensioner when out in the waves ! It’s a plastic zip and easier to do up than some of the very stiff dive suit st...

pop up kayak sailing mast with antenna on the top ..or an extending pole that engages into a fitting on the deck and secured by bungees.

Holding up a paddle might work, but attaching it to a paddler is perhaps a bit risky.

I’ve never seen one and so there’s probably a reason why but has anyone ever thought of increasing the range of a handheld marine vhf by having the antenna higher up? E.g a boat mounted antenna ? ( For plugging in to in an emergency) In theory it should be possible to disconnect the short whip anten...

Some years ago Brian Wilson’s excellent book blazing paddles featured on the bbc radio program Book at Bedtime. It was I believe, read in entirety by the author.

I’d really like to get hold of an audio copy of the bbc serialisation of this book.

Does anyone know if that’s possible?

If cost is the main driver and you don't mind a bit of fiddling about, you can get an excellent compass for less than £9 online here https://www.amazon.co.uk/compass-SODIAL-Marine-Compass-Navigation/dp/B011BK29E2/ref=sr_1_6?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1482412355&sr=1-6&keywords=compass+navigation After so...

Blazing paddles by Brian Wilson. Really good.

One tip re weight of the kayak You don’t have to lift the whole sea kayak onto the car in one go, if you have a side loading arm or j bars. Put kayak alongside the car about 5 feet away. Lift the bow up and across onto the j bar or side loading arm. Leave it there. Now walk to the stern and pick it ...

As a permanent index modification on a posh paddle you could sand away (key) the gloss coat resin. Build an indexing hump using car body filler. Sanded away until it’s just how you like it, then using a 30quid carbon fibre laminating kit (fishing pole repair kit from easy composites) wrap the new in...

I have a Celtic paddle it’s quite nicely indexed

Still for sale ?

They are both fine, but you may find a 15 has a bit more cockpit room than a 14. The bolero is a dagger Charleston by another name, Charleston’s pop up on eBay regularly, usually around £300. The bolero has a cheaper less comfy seat than most of “zone “ seats in the Charleston’s I’ve seen The Charle...

If you go to the nve Norway website there’s a link to live hydrological data from their telemetry stations.

Don’t expect the density of monitoring we have in the UK though. The UK has the one of the densest hydrometry networks in the world.

My suggestion is to invest in your hobby because life is too short not to. It’s personal preference but I’d suggest you Get a full drysuit with latex wrist seals and a neoprene neck for comfort. Neoprene lasts better than latex generally, and Unless you’re doing loads of rolling you will appreciate ...

Here’s a brief extract from the book “fearless” about Freya Hoffmeister paddling solo around Australia (its a good read) After dinner which she cooked inside her tent she brushed her teeth, spat the sudsy water into the crusty receptacle then peed into the pot, she placed the tight fitting lid on to...

My sf polymer 4 piece Celtic paddle blade has a rattle inside the blade, it still tightens on the shaft just fine but what’s the rattle ? Should this be a concern ? Sounds like a loose nut rolling around inside the central part of the blade or something. I messaged them through their website. no res...

I normally wash up with sea water, or if camping near a stream with stream water (washing up with stream water and washing up in a stream are importantly different). Apparently Freya Hoffmeister just pees in the empty pot, spits out her toothpaste into the pot too, and just leaves it overnight, the...