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Post by Jim on Nov 22, 2018 10:25:04 GMT
Ah, OK, so now the fail is competing in the "one snowflake is a whiteout blizzard" stakes with the express. You'll have the soft southern members running scared and hoarding tins of beans. Good snow remains, bad snow quits btw. What's this about the oily finns ripping off and upsetting children, "Come and see Santa in Lapland, play in the snow" "What snow can I have a refund" "No, see God about that". Red hot mooring pins are the order of the day.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Nov 22, 2018 16:44:38 GMT
Bit nippy going out in the kayak these days. Body is ok after a while but my hands are bloody freezing. Any tips for suitable gloves? I've tried builders (crap) neoprene (crap) woollen (crap). Ideally they should be thin with a decent grip.
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Post by Andyberg on Nov 22, 2018 16:50:19 GMT
Bit nippy going out in the kayak these days. Body is ok after a while but my hands are bloody freezing. Any tips for suitable gloves? I've tried builders (crap) neoprene (crap) woollen (crap). Ideally they should be thin with a decent grip. A pair of these could be right up your street...waterproof and additional grip for your oar! Win win in my eyes!😉
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Post by kris on Nov 22, 2018 17:17:57 GMT
Bit nippy going out in the kayak these days. Body is ok after a while but my hands are bloody freezing. Any tips for suitable gloves? I've tried builders (crap) neoprene (crap) woollen (crap). Ideally they should be thin with a decent grip. A pair of these could be right up your street...waterproof and additional grip for your oar! Win win in my eyes!😉 I don't think I want to know what they are actually made for.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 17:26:24 GMT
Depends what type of kayaking. I do relaxed kayaking most days but I have a long paddle and bits of rope tied round the shaft near the blades to stop drips running down to my hands . So I don't get wet hands.
When I was a kid kayaking I used to wear hand protectors which slid over the paddle shaft. Not gloves as such just insulated hand covers a bit like they use on mopeds.
Your kayaking might be more aggressive and involve more splashing so these solutions may not be appropriate.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Nov 22, 2018 18:33:57 GMT
Not aggressive and splashy, more of the mini marathon type. It's not water on my hands that makes them cold it's the wind, even when it's calm I develop my own wind, if that makes sense. I'd rather not wear gloves really but once it gets below around 4 degrees it gets painful. I'm wondering if there's something in the cycling world that might do the job.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 18:38:19 GMT
Mitts are far better if you don't need the dexterity.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 18:51:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 18:55:34 GMT
No sooner do I feed the fish some antifreeze I’ve got to move moorings - keeping a flood proof spot warm for mouse ready for his return to the Nene next year.
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 22, 2018 19:35:43 GMT
Bit nippy going out in the kayak these days. What - in India? Tch.. where's Global Warming when you need it, eh?
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 22, 2018 19:36:38 GMT
I'm wondering if there's something in the cycling world that might do the job. A bicycle instead of a kayak?
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Post by Jim on Nov 22, 2018 20:09:43 GMT
Bit nippy going out in the kayak these days. Body is ok after a while but my hands are bloody freezing. Any tips for suitable gloves? I've tried builders (crap) neoprene (crap) woollen (crap). Ideally they should be thin with a decent grip. A pair of these could be right up your street...waterproof and additional grip for your whore! Win win in my eyes!😉 Corrected!
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Post by Jim on Nov 22, 2018 20:13:46 GMT
Well, they are set at 90° so that the upper blade in the air is feathered as it travels forward through the air. Decent paddles have drip rings pre installed. How's your Eskimo roll?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 20:13:47 GMT
I thought they were washing up gloves so you don't drop the plates and chip the enamel on the sink.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 20:18:14 GMT
Well, they are set at 90° so that the upper blade in the air is feathered as it travels forward through the air. Decent paddles have drip rings pre installed. How's your Eskimo roll? yes I know about the 90 degree paddle thing and the reason but I seem to think some competitive paddlers don't do that. I tied bits of rope instead of drip rings. Years ago I remember stretching the rings over the blades to get them onto the shaft. When I was a teenager I did a lot of kayaking but due to a couple of nasty incidents I learned to prefer the less sporty type of paddling. I never learnt to do an Eskimo roll . One incident was capsizing in a kayak with a spray deck which took too long to come off (closest I've been to drowning) the other was (deliberately) slipping off the back deck of my narrow boat in a low volume squirt boat with a plug (therefore completely waterproof) and landing at wrong angle causing nasty back problems. So now I just paddle about in a relaxed manner and if it all gets too much I turn on the electric motor And no spray deck or skirt. I don't mind drowning but I want to be detached from the boat first.
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