Recent content by nootka

How likely are whales to ....turn you in a kayak? Fairly likely if the whale is lonely.

https://www.tricitynews.com/highlights/feds-move-to-phase-out-open-net-salmon-farms-in-bc-5508619

Vinegar will sometimes dissolve salt deposits.

Three hundred seventy-six juvenile pink and chum salmon were caught at 8 sites in the Discovery Islands on May 20 and 21, 2022. 88% of these fish had zero sea lice, average infection was .16 lice/fish. This is a profound decline in sea lice infection on young wild salmon since 2020 when 94% of...

I believe Uli is not an excessive roller (yet) so probably does not shift hand position much. Is paddle cedar or other softwood? In which case wouldn't a hardwood dowel of 3/4" or 1" packed in epoxy, combined with a fiberglass/epoxy sheath on the outside give a strong enough repair?

“What we see relating to science and DFO and the aquaculture industry is not incompetence, not scientific illiteracy, but deliberately dishonest efforts to block science, keep a minister in the dark and advantage the industry,” she said...

https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comment-phase-out-fish-farms-for-wild-salmon-survival-5320263 https://davidsuzuki.org/action/support-open-net-pen-fish-farm-phase-out/

Doug Taylor suggested Sikaflex 291 when I installed a compass on my Romany. https://www.marineoutfitters.ca/index.cfm?category=10060%7C10063&product=43431561&code=033886005272

He posted to FB April 19th https://www.facebook.com/groups/142242633243052/posts/863481501119158/ I agree that failing to communicate with a customer is unacceptable, for any small business.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-federal-salmon-study-that-found-viruses-at-fish-farms-released-10/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/14/infected-farmed-wild-salmon-canada-virus-report Searches of CBC & CTV found no reference to this news.

a small mat from Cdn Tire or dollar store or I sit on a tailgate

The Ocean Cockpit on the Tahe Greenland kayak makes it harder to lay on the back deck. IMHO the regular cockpit is better for the difficult layback rolls. This may not matter so much if someone is young & very flexible.