http://www.kayakquixotica.com Tilting At Waves Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:09:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/27/cant-take-a-punch/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/27/cant-take-a-punch/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:39:17 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9093 Remember the bad old days when kayaks used to weigh a ton? Isn’t it wonderful how they are so light and easy to carry these days?  Bah, humbug!  When I decided to my “100 Miles To Winter” paddle for the Devil’s Lake State Park Centennial, I decided to do it in my old, heavy, 1996 [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/27/cant-take-a-punch/feed/ 12 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/07/28/back-support/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/07/28/back-support/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:18:15 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=6439 Over the last couple days I took a bit of time to fashion out a new back support for my the Romany I’ve been working on recently. You may remember I was just about ready to give it away.  Well, after repairing a hole & going after all the weird grey gelcoat patches, and now [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/07/28/back-support/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/06/30/fixin-the-ark/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/06/30/fixin-the-ark/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:30:40 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=6225 Today my workload is a bit heavy, not least of which is that I need to commit to a kayak to take to the Door County Sea Kayak Symposium coming up in about a week. As usual, the level heads of friends, well-wishers, readers & psychologists have convinced me that doing some repairs on my old NDK kayaks is probably a better choice (and more valuable) than selling them off for something new, and maybe not so tough. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/06/30/fixin-the-ark/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/05/25/refurbishment/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/05/25/refurbishment/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 11:23:42 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=5956 Now, as much as I love my Rockpool Alaw Bach, it’s not a kayak I would use for a smash & crash weekend. So with my ACA coaching re-certification coming up this weekend, I’ve been spending time bringing my old warhorse back to life.  Yeah, the old NDK Explorer has more gel coat cracks than [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/05/25/refurbishment/feed/ 5 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/04/03/dairyland-boatwerks-dealing-with-oxidization/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/04/03/dairyland-boatwerks-dealing-with-oxidization/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:54:18 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=5864 I've paddled long enough that I've faced this little job before. Depending on the level of oxidization you may be able to hand polish it out, sometimes you need to sand. This was the case with my warhorse. After I cut all the deck lines and bungies off I went about wet-sanding the deck, first with a medium fine paper, then very fine. In the picture above you can see a pretty distinct line between where I had worked the deck (left side) and where it was still oxidized (right).]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/04/03/dairyland-boatwerks-dealing-with-oxidization/feed/ 2