Sea Kayaks: There is No Such Thing as Secondary Stability

On October 21, 2018May 2, 2019 By Brian DayIn Skills, ToolsLeave a comment

Surfing the breakwater at the Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium. P&H Capella 163.

Tippy kayaks are tippy. Stable kayaks are stable. Seriously.
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How to Put on a Kayak Hatch Cover

On June 6, 2018January 30, 2019 By Brian DayIn SkillsLeave a comment

A couple weeks ago I helped somebody put a rubber hatch cover on a Perception kayak and remembered that we did this video a few years back when I worked for Pyranha. Good technique for any tight fitting oval kayak hatch.

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Pic River Beatdown

On June 4, 2018January 30, 2019 By Brian DayIn Life, OutdoorsLeave a comment

Untitled-3 — Surf always looks smaller from the beach.

The other day I was flipping through old photos and came across a picture of my friend Dana standing on the beach with a couple of Nordkapps, watching the surf. The beach is at the mouth of the Pic River on the Canadian shore of Lake Superior. The surf had just given me an epic beatdown.

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Rock Island Rendezvous

On May 20, 2018January 30, 2019 By Brian DayIn Life, OutdoorsLeave a comment

rock_island_wisconsin — Thordarson’s boathouse and ferry pier, Rock Island State Park, WI. By David Langhorst [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons

It’s 11:15 PM on a Friday night when we pull up to the ferry landing at Northport in Door County. Mark and I begin to unload sea kayaks and gear for a weekend tour from my Honda Civic. The weather is cool–what you would expect from the first weekend of October–and the wind is moving the tips of trees above our heads. Continue reading →

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Tag: Sea Kayaking

Sea Kayaks: There is No Such Thing as Secondary Stability

How to Put on a Kayak Hatch Cover

Pic River Beatdown

Rock Island Rendezvous