Triple Launch – Anton's Story
We made it to Canyon Lake in one piece and launched about noon. The weather was nice, partly cloudy and mild temperatures. The water is a beautiful blue and reasonably clear.
Hannah really enjoyed the Sea Pup and managed to dump it a few times. She doesn’t have a spray skirt yet so she had to exit each time. Travis even gave it a paddle and except for one trip a bit too far out he enjoyed himself.
The Sea Tour paddled nice. There isn’t a lot of initial stability (at least for my inexperience) but it’s got some secondary stability. I managed to lay back and sit back up a few times. Need to watch a couple more DVDs before I try rolling all the way over. I still need a lot of work on bracing and turning but it’s a fun workout.
Here’s a pic to tide you over till I can write more.
Heather
12 Apr, 2009
Hello, My name is Heather.
I am a single mom of my daughter Lilly.
We built Tom Yost’s Sea Flea together in 2007 and now we are back to build the Sea Pup.
I am in this adventure myself with no one to help me so I am looking around for a little help.
I am needing help withe the conversion from Tom’s offsets converted to something I can understand. Preferebly in inches?
Would you by chance still have the plans from when you built the SeaPup?
I would be quite tickled to hear from you!
Thank you for your time.
Happy Paddling!
Warm Smiles, ~Heather and daughter Lilly
anton
12 Apr, 2009
Check your email heather, I sent you a lot of info.
Hope it wasn’t too overwhelming.
tony olsen
12 Apr, 2009
Hi Heather!
Good to see the interest and a mother daughter build. Both Anton and I used the Yost offsets from the internet. Tom uses decimal feet, so .5 would be 6 inches. 0.745 = 8 15/16″ Another great spot to keep a watch on is the Kayak Forum, (link to the right..) when there, click on kayak building. Tom Yost frequents that forum quite often and you can probably get some info direct from him. You will see all kinds of building going on there. I told Anton about your post, so you may hear from him too. Here’s a guy that built one, http://pawistik.blogspot.com/2008/03/another-kayak-to-build-sea-flea.html
Good luck!.. write back if you get stuck, or need a few words of encouragement!
Tony
Heather
13 Apr, 2009
Received your email, thanks!
I have built a Sea Flea in ‘07 and she’s outgrown it now.. back to build a bigger kayak and a spare for friends to go along if needed.
I love building the kayaks… I am totally hooked!!!
I’ll be looking forward to building many more to come!
Thanks for the encouragement… and yes, I may just be back if I “get stuck”..
Warm Smiles, ~Heather