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Flatwater and Touring / Touring Distances

« on: February 24, 2013, 03:33:22 PM »

Inspired by Celeste's UltraMarathon post in General Category, can anyone share some experience with long-distance or expedition SUP paddling? 

I have a plan to do a 18 km trip to a lodge and return the next day. 

Assuming warmish conditions, what your experience with practical daily distance or time duration on a
1) Lightly provisioned SUP?  Rider, session clothing, water, lunch & snacks, phone, maybe spare paddle.
2) Self contained expedition? All of the above and more for overnight, sleeping bag, tent, stove, lights, shore gear, guessing 40 lbs more than situation 1.

Maybe include age, fitness level and ability level.

Given the race course and time limit on Celeste's Ultramarathon of about ~100km or about 33km a day, maybe my sights are set too low.  There is a 38 km one way trip i would consider too.  But that is more open water and therefor scarier. 

I'm 51, 6/10 for fitness, as for ability - 35 years on small boats, 3 on SUP, 0 SUS.  I do a 10 km course in 2.5 hours.  I think I can do the 18 km in an easy 6 hours with some breaks.  Thoughts?

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Flatwater and Touring / Flatwater Web Cams

« on: November 15, 2012, 10:47:27 AM »

A quick search of the Zone turned up allota surf cams.

What are your favourite flatwater cams?

Here are two I check. 

Jericho Beach area of Vancouver

http://www.jerichowind.com/

Deep Cove area of North Vancouver

http://www.deepcovekayak.com/webcam/

Days like right now I would be frozen with indecision about where to go....

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British Columbia / Use it or Lose it - Anyone here?

« on: October 23, 2012, 10:58:01 PM »

Roll Call!

Home port?

Me - Deep Cove or Ambleside

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Random / Should I Buy It?

« on: October 11, 2012, 10:45:01 PM »

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/bnc/spo/3320807253.html

Someone please post the picture and caption.  My brain exploded when I saw it so I'm too busy cleaning up the pieces.

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The Shape Shack / Anyone used cornstarch foam for a blank?

« on: June 23, 2012, 11:30:40 AM »

willi's thread about dcell led me to wonder if a hollow board could be built around a temporary foam core. 

I despair the waste in shaping non-recyclable EPS, and apart from emergency flotation its ongoing function is pretty much nil.  The hollow wood and composite boards are evidence of that. 

Could one shape a giant cornstarch blank then laminate on top then inject water to disappear the foam? 

This is a method where I can understand a layup schedule using additional coring like Dcell (Carbon inside surface, Dcell middle, Kevlar/Sglass outside).

Call this the Cheezie method? (http://www.cheezies.com/static.htm) Paint it orange?