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Re: Coping with Winter
By:Les Cheeseman
Date: 12/5/2010, 4:43 am
In Response To: Re: Coping with Winter (ancient kayaker)

: Cough, splutter ...

: We're just getting into the hard water season here ...

: I did experiment with an axe on a stick a few years ago and also
: thought about a studded paddle. However, once the ice is too
: thick to push through that's pretty much that.

: Riding the boat up on the ice and using weight to break through may
: work for an ice breaker but a kayak doesn't seem to be able to
: hack it. Once the bow was parked up on the ice, I began to
: realise how easy it was to compromise the boat's stability; for
: a while there it was starting to look like a maturing experience

Doesn't sound like it would do too much good to a varnish finish. (Even less to a SOF!!!)
Les C
: ...

Messages In This Thread

Strip: skin into strip Nikumi
Clayton Plunkett -- 12/4/2010, 3:15 pm
Re: Strip: skin into strip Nikumi *PIC*
Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 12/6/2010, 5:49 am
Re: Strip: skin into strip Nikumi *PIC*
Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 12/6/2010, 5:57 am
Re: Strip: skin into strip Nikumi
Mike Bielski -- 12/6/2010, 9:55 am
Re: Strip: skin into strip Nikumi
Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 12/6/2010, 12:56 pm
Re: Strip: skin into strip Nikumi
Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2010, 8:58 am
Coping with Winter
Allan -- 12/4/2010, 5:15 pm
Re: Coping with Winter
ancient kayaker -- 12/5/2010, 12:07 am
Re: Coping with Winter
Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2010, 2:03 am
Re: Coping with Winter
Les Cheeseman -- 12/5/2010, 4:43 am
Re: Coping with Winter
ancient kayaker -- 12/6/2010, 12:08 am
Pics or it never happened :) *NM*
Dave Gentry -- 12/4/2010, 4:51 pm
Re: Pics or it never happened :) *PIC*
Clayton Plunkett -- 12/4/2010, 9:41 pm
Re: Pics or it never happened :)
Palle Dam -- 12/5/2010, 11:15 am
Re: Pics or it never happened :)
Clayton Plunkett -- 12/5/2010, 5:33 pm
Re: Pics or it never happened :) *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 12/5/2010, 10:38 am
Re: Pics or it never happened :)
Clayton Plunkett -- 12/5/2010, 5:45 pm
Re: Pics or it never happened :)
Dave Gentry -- 12/5/2010, 1:01 am
Re: Pics or it never happened :)
Bill Hamm -- 12/5/2010, 12:17 am
Re: Strip: skin into strip Nikumi
Bill Hamm -- 12/4/2010, 4:02 pm