Paddle Trip

If anyone is interested in joining the planning of a paddle trip from Watertown SD to Brookings SD, please leave a comment. I can facilitate a meeting in Watertown.

Launch follow up

It floats!
Ok, so the pictures were taken on a couple of different days. The first attempt at launching was a little rough to deal with the 20mph winds and a new, narrow multi-chine boat.

The boat is 13.5' long, about 22" wide and weighs roughly 35 pounds. We still need to attach some D-rings for fitting and some rub rails to protect the duct tape. Otherwise you will see it at the SDKC!

Launching

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye!  

On the Good Day of St Patty, This 17^th Day of March, Noonish or so. On the shores of Lake Pelican, we will launch upon its maiden voyage the kayak of Mr. Brandon Foote. Made in its entirety of pieces of wood and duct tape, we are counting on a dry run to establish its seaworthiness.

The launch point is located on the north shore of said Lake Pelican roughly three miles south of highway 212 on 450^th avenue. You would be welcome to bring your own boat to offer encouragement on a beautiful day or rescue if things don’t go so well. The engagement shouldn’t take but an hour or so, if we haven’t sunk her by then the chances of her staying afloat be pretty good.

See you then!

Spring Fever

Ok, paddle fans, it looks like spring is getting closer every day. with the forecast in the 50's this weekend I am sorely tempted to launch the new kayak to see if the duct tape holds...

Lake Kampeska, looking at the rock pile.

The Fleet

only 81 days remaining until the SDKC and there is a good 4 inches of snow on the ground and the lakes are still frozen over. we have been working on a skin on frame kayak for B-man and its about finished. for the skin we decided to go nontraditional and use about 4 rolls of duct tape.
And of course my strip built Great Auk is patiently waiting in the rafters of the garage for me to polish it up with a couple of coats of varnish.

100 days

Only 100 days untill the South Dakota Kayak Challange.... ok fatboy, time to get in shape (round is not the shape i need)

pool sessions

here is a re-post of the SDKC

"East River South Dakota racers, if you need to do a bit of pool training, we've got sessions set at Sioux Falls YWCA on Feb. 12, Feb. 19 and March 4."