Gosh well, there was no sea kayaking by the group this weekend as everything still hurts from our Walney trip. However, 4 of us did attend the excellent Cumbria Canoeists whitewater skills days on the Lune where we were tutored in the art of being a bit less useless on fresh water.
On a totally different note, our very own Kevin has chosen to use this forum to show us his (rather innovative, in my humble opinion) sea kayak towing device.
Over to him:
"I started kayaking about 4 years ago and I bought myself a very long sea kayak, no problem you might say, but I do not drive so how do I transport it to the sea? The River Wampool runs near my house so I paddled it down the stream/river to the sea one night - it took me all night and it was mightily congested with willow trees, but I made it and had a good trip on to the Solway.
I devised a pulling system for my bike based on an American system I'd seen but at a much lower budget. Basically I attach the sea kayak to the bike by tying it onto a metal bar that slots into the bike frame, then I simply pull it behind".
As you can see from the picture, the whole concept revolves around a simple 2-wheel bogey and a tow-bar fastened to the bike. Admittedly, it isn't going to win a bicycle slalom contest but as a human-powered solution to getting your boat to the sea, we think it rules.
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