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Post by Clinton Cool on Nov 22, 2018 21:05:11 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 . This is starting to get technical! My paddle is straight, if that makes sense. It does have an option to make it offset, different holes that you click a thingie into but seeing as I've been doing this for 3 years now, don't really see the point in thinking about changing. The paddle does have a convex (or concave, depending on which way you look at it) rubber bit that stops drips running down the paddle. As for Eskimo rolls erm well mine is a sit on top type. One of those wide ones designed for fishing that won't go more than 3 1/2 mph regardless of how hard you paddle. The upside of this is that they are stable and once you get used to getting on and off the thing you have pretty well zero chance of falling in. I get the odd person yelling at me that I should be wearing a life jacket I desist from yelling back that it's my business but that's what it is, my business, I don't like wearing life jackets. If I fall in I may die of hypothermia, but I won't drown. 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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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 21:25:47 GMT
I don't wear lifejackets. I hate when people tell me I should. What business of theirs is it? I don't put them on the kids either..
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Post by Clinton Cool on Nov 22, 2018 22:46:54 GMT
I don't wear lifejackets. I hate when people tell me I should. What business of theirs is it? I don't put them on the kids either.. The gets me thinking of Asia where there are families of 4 on scooters with only the rider wearing a helmet and it's all within the law This country has gone so risk averse it's sucked the life out of people.
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Post by JohnV on Nov 23, 2018 7:11:37 GMT
I've never tried making one ..... I just buy them at Iceland ........ If you make your own how do you stop the icecream melting when you wrap the sponge round it
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Post by Jim on Nov 23, 2018 7:15:58 GMT
I've never tried making one ..... I just buy them at Iceland ........ If you make your own how do you stop the icecream melting when you wrap the sponge round it Thank you John! At least somebody is paying attention. The apprentice missed the opportunity.
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Post by patty on Nov 23, 2018 12:12:49 GMT
I've never tried making one ..... I just buy them at Iceland ........ If you make your own how do you stop the icecream melting when you wrap the sponge round it Just wait here a minute.... By Eskimo roll do u mean Arctic Roll?.... and what in that case about Baked Alaska?...my mum used to make them... Proving I may have read some of the thread
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Post by JohnV on Nov 23, 2018 13:48:21 GMT
I've never tried making one ..... I just buy them at Iceland ........ If you make your own how do you stop the icecream melting when you wrap the sponge round it Just wait here a minute.... By Eskimo roll do u mean Arctic Roll?.... and what in that case about Baked Alaska?...my mum used to make them... Proving I may have read some of the thread truth is inconsequential when humour is concerned
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Post by peterboat on Nov 23, 2018 14:20:17 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. I used to be a ACU instructor my method of not getting my hands cold is dont go paddling in the winter!! Its strange but its years since I have paddled, and yet when I had a go earlier this year, I could still plata or screw my way out of trouble, clearly the force is strong within me, that and I hate getting out of boats
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 23, 2018 14:45:37 GMT
I've never tried making one ..... I just buy them at Iceland ........ If you make your own how do you stop the icecream melting when you wrap the bacon round it
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Post by Clinton Cool on Nov 23, 2018 16:17:39 GMT
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. I used to be a ACU instructor my method of not getting my hands cold is dont go paddling in the winter!! Its strange but its years since I have paddled, and yet when I had a go earlier this year, I could still plata or screw my way out of trouble, clearly the force is strong within me, that and I hate getting out of boats What the hell's an ACU instructor? Problem is I'm more or less addicted to exercise. Walking just doesn't cut it and I can't stand gyms with their horrendous music and pricks flexing their muscles in front of mirrors. I don't feel safe cycling. Kayaking though, low impact, an hour and a half a day burns up plenty of calories and gets you in pretty decent shape. My hands bloody hurt sometimes though!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2018 16:42:36 GMT
I think its like a BCU instructor but a higher level
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2018 16:44:11 GMT
I was going to ask what the Auto Cycle Union was doing with canoes but @someboater seems to have cleared the confusion up
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2018 16:52:17 GMT
I used to be a ACU instructor my method of not getting my hands cold is dont go paddling in the winter!! Its strange but its years since I have paddled, and yet when I had a go earlier this year, I could still plata or screw my way out of trouble, clearly the force is strong within me, that and I hate getting out of boats What the hell's an ACU instructor? Problem is I'm more or less addicted to exercise. Walking just doesn't cut it and I can't stand gyms with their horrendous music and pricks flexing their muscles in front of mirrors. I don't feel safe cycling. Kayaking though, low impact, an hour and a half a day burns up plenty of calories and gets you in pretty decent shape. My hands bloody hurt sometimes though! @someboater has the correct solution for sore hands and the search for motive power By the by, I've been to the Advanced Performance running emporium in Peterborough today, Mrs Gazza has spent as much on running shoes and accessories as I have on fairly good cars with long MOTs (£160) she did point out if I'm allowed matching sticky rubber on the cars (Not the £160 jobs ) she can have a decent pair of running shoes. It blows a hole in the 'I go running because it doesn't cost much money' Running club subs, event entry fees, ridiculous protein snacks and drinks, petrol in the car etc etc... It does mean she's abandoned her gym membership, she has similar views to you on the worth of attending a gym. I can't see the fascination myself, Daimler and his peers invented the infernal combustion engine so we didn't have to walk, run, cycle, swim or row our way to our destination.
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Post by patty on Nov 23, 2018 18:28:46 GMT
ok this is another one of those confused.com threads ..we r so lucky not to have t'other side mods and moaners to put downers on the originality that runs through here
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2018 18:42:32 GMT
going back to the original theme "winter is coming" I had a drive up to the yot earlier which is near maidenhead on the Thames currently. en route I went with my friend to our man in Staines upon Thames to get some of their wood briquettes. Its a Serbian run window maker who have opted to use a briquetting machine to knock the sawdust down into burnable lumps rather than landfill them. £2 for about 20kg in a sack. I've used them before but this was the first time I had put them in the miniature french stove on the yot.
They are amazing. The flame is blue. Almost like an oil heater and the heat output is very impressive.
Only problem is you have to store them completely dry or they turn into inedible porridge.
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