I went kayaking with Kurt Maurer yesterday, always a fun and learning experience.
I’ve been trying to get my roll down and to build a bit more confidence. While playing in the shallows, working on the hip snap, Kurt said “that hip snap was pretty weak” so I did another and promptly went all the [...]

Sorry about being so late on this trip report, but I have been paddling and working other projects.
On August 12th, seven of us set out from Sea Wolf park for a 12 to 13 mile circumnavigation of Pelican Island. Of the 7 kayaks, 3 were strip built wood kayaks and of the 7 paddles [...]

Well, the trip to Iowa is about over.  We are in St Louis right now and will be flying out in the morning at 9:30.  It will sure be good to get back home and mow the lawn…  yeah right..  Looking forward to kayaking with Kurt again and getting the boat wet.
I saw quite a [...]

Yeah, I know it’s about time I did it. Anyway, here’s what I have done so far:
1.) bungee on the front end with a bead to hold the paddle.
2.) 4 bungees just ahead of the cockpit to hold lord knows what
3.) hip and knee pads in the cockpit
Still to go is bungees behind the [...]

I finally got a chance to get together with Tony his wooden Sea Ranger, and what a day it was! Besides just a particularly pleasant day of paddling, I got to play with the hot new boat, and then see one of the most amazing and gratifying things I’ve ever witnessed.
We unloaded [...]

Hi all, I went out with Kurt today and got a bit of expert instruction on rolling. We paddled all over the canals at Jamaica Beach on Galveston Island TX. Weather was a bit hot but we had some water and could cool down a bit by dipping ourselves. After a [...]

Here’s another picture of the boat, sitting alone in the water. Anton took the shot and I cropped the people out of it with The GIMP image editor. I think Kurt Maurer and I will be going out later this week and just may have to bring a photographer along for the occasion. [...]

Anton and I took the kayaks out again today, mostly for me to work on a roll. The conditions had changed quite a bit from Friday, a lot of boat traffic and higher winds. There was also a ‘whole whack’ (as they say in Canada) of people there. Chop and wakes in [...]

Here’s a picture of the Sea Ranger on top of the car, ready for the road trip and triple launching at Canyon Lake NW of New Braunfels TX on Friday.  We will be taking a bunch of pictures on this one.  Just hope we have a bit of decent weather.
Take care all..
Tony

Well, by the end of the day the kayak will be sea (lake) worthy. Had to take a break to write a post and put some new pictures up. I got the gasket material in the hatch covers and all is looking good. The front hatch still needs bungees applied and the [...]