Posts by Niall
To answer your underlying idea, mounting a canoe on the roof of a regular car can easily be done safely - however you've chosen two poor examples. First photo: not safe There's no proper roof-ba...
The other answers address your question pretty well but I think you might have jumped in a bit head-first with your research and that maybe the question that you should be asking is "What's the bes...
You can get roof bars for just about any kind of vehicle*. It's the only real option for safely transporting a boat on top of a car. If you meant what type of fittings would be good to go on top ...
Kisu! A common use for old tents or especially their fly-sheets is as a survival shelter(also called a kisu). They're great for trapping heat to keep people warm for when you have to stop for a wh...
These are main things that you would do. For most flow: Paddle upstream: What you'll do most of the time when there isn't much flow. Eddy-hop: Moving between the relatively still/upstream flow...
Often when we say "Fibreglass" we're actually referring to a composite of both fibreglass and resin (usually polyester for glass, epoxy for carbon/kevlar - sometimes glass). This is important, that...
It's "foam line" (though I believe there are other names) It occurs when there are surfactants in water, which is then agitated, resulting in foam forming. This foam then tends to clump together a...
Perhaps this is too obvious an answer but there's a little thumb-screw bolt that goes through the reel from the other side and screws into the handle to keep it in place. It sounds like this was l...
Short answer: it will work fine (if it's a suitable size) if you've no other options but there are other types of kayak which better suit your needs. Specifically: this is a slalom kayak, it's a ...
The other answers here have good info but are either incomplete or disordered. Phone emergency services first either you'll need them or you cancel them a minute or two later. There are two impo...
The reasons for doing it include: not breaking your paddles (this is the main one) not breaking your face it is (was) cool it's fun The last two are why it's being done in the linked video. ...
There's a specific class of boat designed to do exactly what you want - "crossover" kayaks. Here's some examples: In general they.. are much longer than a whitewater boat but are still sho...
