Any Boaties in here?
- Thread starter tdr1nka
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Chiefwiggum
New Member
- Location
- Walton on Thames
I have a touring kayak, Perception Carolina, which I use on the Thames. Nice stable kayak but still able to zip along. I guess the waterborne equal to my SCR 2!
I have sailed in the Solent and across the Channel. I don't have my own boat but charter with a group of friends. For the past year or so, following quite a bad experience, I have stayed away from the water but I am beginning to get itchy ropes again and I will probably test the waters again in April.
red_tom
New Member
- Location
- East London
miloat said:
Aye that's the one. Very friendly place (cheap bar too
). If you fancy giving it a go, drop me a pm.
Aint Skeered
New Member
I have a mooring at Bosham(Chichester harbour) but no boat as yet.
I'm looking for a smallish cabin cruiser.
I'm looking for a smallish cabin cruiser.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I have a sit-on-top kayak
Joe24
More serious cyclist than Bonj
- Location
- Nottingham
Got 2 boats. Dagger G Force 6.1(thats 6 foot 1 
) and a Savage Skeeter which is an open boat for white water thats just over 9 foot.
In the Dagger i sit in just over 1 foot of space, not very comfy for too long, but i did used to have a ball, and a little boat inside it. Not very stable either. Not sure if i could fit in it now either.
Best thing i found in the river was a big mexican hat which was washed and used to sit down at the canoe club.
Best thing we did was go into the Marina close, and start to mess around in the boats. We turned the open boats over, got in the air gap and tried to sneek up on the people on a boat. When we emerged from under the boat, they had water pistols ready for us.
) and a Savage Skeeter which is an open boat for white water thats just over 9 foot.In the Dagger i sit in just over 1 foot of space, not very comfy for too long, but i did used to have a ball, and a little boat inside it. Not very stable either. Not sure if i could fit in it now either.
Best thing i found in the river was a big mexican hat which was washed and used to sit down at the canoe club.
Best thing we did was go into the Marina close, and start to mess around in the boats. We turned the open boats over, got in the air gap and tried to sneek up on the people on a boat. When we emerged from under the boat, they had water pistols ready for us.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Here's me in Ratty, my home built pedal powered Mouse Boat.
Mouse boats are basically punts that can be built out of a single sheet of ply, with minimum wood working skills. We built her mostly in our upstairs back bedroom, and just finished the paint and epoxy outside. Everyone should have a go at building one! The pedal mechanism was scrounged from a commercially built pedalo thing, but had a prop, not paddle wheels...
Mouse boats are basically punts that can be built out of a single sheet of ply, with minimum wood working skills. We built her mostly in our upstairs back bedroom, and just finished the paint and epoxy outside. Everyone should have a go at building one! The pedal mechanism was scrounged from a commercially built pedalo thing, but had a prop, not paddle wheels...
Have played in boats for a number of years; kayak, canadian canoe, dinghies and yachts. RYA Coastal skipper on the yachts and a variety of quals on the other boats. I met my wife on an long expedition in Canadian canoes up in the north of Canada (North West Territories).
OP
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tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
Arch said:Here's me in Ratty, my home built pedal powered Mouse Boat.
There's only one thing missing from this picture, the helmet cam!
An absolute must for catching those speeding GRP Gin Palaces on the Ouse this Summer!
Milo
Guru
- Location
- Melksham, Wilts
Ahh rowing boats remember sinking more than one in my time.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
tdr1nka said:
oh, I saw a dreadful one on Sunday. Not a gin palace really, much smaller, but with such a hugely high canopy/windscreen thing it looked completely out of proportion and either it was getting badly caught by crosswinds or the guy driving was drunk, judging by the way it weaved about. And it was leaving a terrible wash behind it, which with a flooded river already is a bit antisocial for anyone walking along the riverside path...
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
I nearly sailed off into the sunset with a Swedish Captain, but we were voyaging eastwards at the time. 
Piemaster
Guru
- Location
- UK City of Culture
Mines a bit bigger than yours........
http://www.bluestarline.org/farstad/far_strider.html
though as a professional engineer I want nothing to do with engines for pleasure and so sail a Phantom class dinghy.
http://www.bluestarline.org/farstad/far_strider.html
though as a professional engineer I want nothing to do with engines for pleasure
and so sail a Phantom class dinghy.Arch said:Here's me in Ratty, my home built pedal powered Mouse Boat.
Mouse boats are basically punts that can be built out of a single sheet of ply, with minimum wood working skills. We built her mostly in our upstairs back bedroom, and just finished the paint and epoxy outside. Everyone should have a go at building one! The pedal mechanism was scrounged from a commercially built pedalo thing, but had a prop, not paddle wheels...
Rhythm Thief
Legendary Member
- Location
- Ross on Wye
EmGee DK said:
I used to love getting one hull up in the air with both crew members out on the trapeze. That was great ... until the hull dug into the water and the whole thing went end over end.
