09 April 2007

A peacefull trip down "Mølleåen"

It was kind of windy today and I thought the combination of 12 m/s offshore wind, 6 degrees celcius water and paddling alone was a bad cocktail, especially since I havent done much paddling for the last 6 months.

I therefore decided to give my new paddle a spin on a small stream called Mølleåen.


This also gave me a good chance to give the small Feathercraft cart a prober test, as I had to do alot of train riding and walking with it.
I even got the chance to test its second use, which is as a boat trailer, as there are alot of "overbæringer" on this route.
I dont know the English term for this but it basically involves getting out of the kayak and carrying it past a road to the next part of the stream.

I was not impressed by the cart as it is a bit flimsy, it is not great for trolleying the bag, it is in the way if you have to carry the bag and the sligthest bump makes it fall off when when using it as boat trailer.

Still it made my life a whole lot easyer, it would have been real bad without it.


The new paddle are great, the only grief are that it is a much wetter ride and that I havent got the take-apart thing done, which makes it a hassle to bring with the kayak in trains and such.

08 April 2007

Greenland paddle done

I finally got my paddle done.

I never really liked sanding, but it was a great satisfaction sanding it down to a grit 500, seeing the grains gain depth and feeling the increasing smoothness of the surface.

When I started reparing the small scratches obtained by the rubbing of the paddle against the workshop table, I knew it was time to stop.

Tomorrow I will take it for a spin, I then need to finish it of with a minor sanding and some oil.

05 April 2007

Rolling rib for the Wisper

Feathercraft finally made a rolling rib for the wisper.

I must get my hands on one of those ...

01 April 2007

Second trip

I had a fun trip to the beach with the wisper today.

I went with a few fellow paddlers from my local greenland qajaq club and we gathered quite a bit of attention from spectators.
The ones that didnt watch the greenland qajaqs roll, watched me struggling putting my folding kayak together.

Alot of questions were asked, not only during the assembly process, but also afterwards as I was paddling, everybody would ask about weight, assembly time, price and so on.
Not only the paddlers I met on the water asked these questions, also people from the shore would shout there questions to me.

I also had the chance to try out a greenland paddle for the first time and I really enjoyed it, I have to get that paddle done.