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Mac50L

We have a training weekend each year at Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury. Been doing it for about 25 years. All free except camp fees unless you drive over each day from Christchurch. One of our paddlers came up to me a couple of years ago and she said, "You said 'Think aggressive' last year ...

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Surf, your enemy so if sideways on to it, hit it over the head, violently, aggressively. In this way you have control and you can now lean on the paddle and lean into the wave. You should now be simply sliding sideways, a bit of forward movement and land on the beach right way up. Never lean towards...

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At what point in Overkill to spend on paddles? Price per gain etc? $25 if using Tung oil when boiled linseed oil is just as good or better for the finish and is cheaper. Yes, made from a western red cedar plank built up a laminated to get the required thickness and with kwila tips for protection. O...

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This is my last question for those who know, can you get 16v 3A fuses? Or ? And I won't hold you responsible for the fish finder, as it says it can handle: Voltage range: 10 V to 28 V input voltage. The fuse it comes with, is 3A fast blow, is it 12 V? or should I get a 4, 5, 6 A one? A fuse's volta...

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:rofl: :) even when I was slim rugby playing and handsome young man, I was always, 90 Kg plus. I put that down to my Viking bloodlines , dense bones :) I refused to play rugby, always played football. Stand sideways and you wouldn't see me. Scottish origin? Part of this is to minimise environmental...

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Just to point it out? make you unhappy? with me at 70 kg and my kayak about 18 kg, I'm not much worried about weight - sorry (well maybe not

Used batteries and using until totally dud is at least one way of getting the maximum out of them before land-fill - or re-recycling.

Mac50L

the problem with a charger that is connected across the battery is that individual cells can be forced over their maximum critical voltage though the voltage across the whole pack might be OK. This is why a "proper" Li charge is so complicated. Despite this they can be relatively cheap. Note "relati...

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Usually with Lithium batteries the charger is critical. It certainly is with LiPo batteries and each cell is monitored while charging and each cell topped off so that the maximum voltage never exceeds the critical voltage (4.2 volts). https://learn.adafruit.com/li-ion-and-lipoly-batteries/voltages L...

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If you don't get a licence or do the course, this will give you some hints as to procedures - https://canterburyseakayak.wordpress.com/documents/ Mayday and PanPan Call Format https://canterburyseakayak.wordpress.com/mayday-and-panpan-call-format/ The most important thing to do, having removed your ...

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Works like you see in this video https://youtu.be/KBUgAhClwDs So he puts it on the front rack and then has to slide the kayak forward on the racks. If he put the extender on the back rack the kayak would be loaded where it needed to be. As the car is shorter than the kayak he would still be clear o...

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We spent 9 days down at Port Pegasus a few years ago. 2-1/2 kayakers and 11-1/2(?) divers plus one cook. We were delivered by catamaran with 3 kayaks and all the diving gear. The time was between winter and spring, a slot of reasonably good weather. We certainly got in 5 good days of paddling and ex...

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If all else fails, rig pull-up and pull-down lines. The pull-down line, pulled down, should hook into a bit of bungy so when you hit something the blade comes up over it and then drops back down.

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Clamps - good to see you are making them. Cutting - a handsaw or tenon saw (the short one with a stiffener along the top edge). Rotate the pipe as you cut. At he Shed we have a full range of power tools. Unless it is a long cut (plywood panel or some such) I'll pick up a handsaw. Maybe it comes from...

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Where do find such a nice weighing machine?? :beer: Banggood https://www.banggood.com/DANIU-Electronic-Pocket-Mini-Digital-Gold-Jewelry-Weighing-Scale-Balance-0_01-200g500g-p-1157246.html?rmmds=search&ID=529046&cur_warehouse=CN AliExpress https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Urijk-Mini-Digital-Scale-Hig...

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A few things about the laminated paddle. It saves wasting half the timber you buy if using a 2x4 chunk. This also means less work shaping things. You can put the laminates back in the opposite direction and get a stiffer, stronger paddle. A bit like plywood except in this case all of the grain is go...

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Because KASK doesn't really exist any more, use this link for the GP making, same article, a website that works -
https://canterburyseakayak.wordpress.co ... -your-own/

It's on my personal website too, if needed.

Mac50L

There used to be a New Zealand website that had a range of DIY items plus Safety Items and other useful bits. It is no longer useful and the Safety Items it has are only half stories and loop you back to their Home page - useless. However, all is not lost, the Canterbury Sea Kayak Network's site has...

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I scored rhinorack side loader http://www.rhinorack.co.nz/products/roof/roof-trays/xtrays/rhino-universal-side-loader_rusl recently from trademe for a really good deal. Does more of your kayak stick out in front or the behind the rack? Usually more ahead of the rack so logically you'd fit the side ...

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What about writing a Check-list on the hull somewhere?
Bungs
Rods
Bait
Paddles
etc. etc.

Mac50L

The site wouldn't accept your pictures as they were too big by the look of it.

Running Linux, there's a very good FREE programme for resizing.

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