The Pigging Canoes & Stupid Idea

[gregorach]

To second John on this: that's not a canoe!

Also, with all due respect... With all of these stories, it's not actually the canoe / kayak at fault really, is it? Perhaps you should stick to dry land.

(Oh, and do you know this bloke, by any chance? )

 

[No Idea]

So.....

I was sitting there looking at all the stuff on Ebay that I either didnt want or couldnt afford...

And saw a leisure battery!

That was it!

The answer was simple.

I would go get some more wood and build me a canoe type thing big enough for my rear!

It would also need enough space for my XXXXXL hammock and my Hobo Stove...

Obviously, as I have nowhere to store it, I should make it in two halves...

I only had a couple of hours available each day, so it was going to be an unusual build....

As I didnt have much time, I decided I should leave the drawing of plans until after I had built it to save wasting daylight.

And I believe its important to pick just the right name for a new boat...

 

[No Idea]

Stupid Idea.

 

[Shewie]

What John said

 

[No Idea]

Hi John

Hi Gregorach

I thought that a kayak was something you sat on and a canoe was something you sat in....

Is that yellow thing a kayak?

The others I had misshaps with were the same shape but were sold as "Rapids Canoes"....

Stay on dry land?

Gladly!

Trouble is the kids love the water...

I suppose you wouldnt like to come down and take them out instead of me?

I would even collect you at the other end!

 

[No Idea]

Hi V- Ness

Lol

I thought I would like a change.

Im saving another cliff hanger on I like hammocks until somewhere around xmas, but until then, this should be fun!

 

[John Fenna]

Hi John

Hi Gregorach

I thought that a kayak was something you sat on and a canoe was something you sat in....

Is that yellow thing a kayak?

The others I had misshaps with were the same shape but were sold as "Rapids Canoes"....

Stay on dry land?

Gladly!

Trouble is the kids love the water...

I suppose you wouldnt like to come down and take them out instead of me?

I would even collect you at the other end!

Snowed in at the moment....
As a canoe level 4 coach I would be glad to take them out - I only charge £100 per day (not per person - I will take up to 6 at a time )plus expenses (20% discount for members of this site)
The yellow thing is a Kayak - canoes you can sit, kneel, stand and go for short walks in ...think native American craft not horribly mutated Eskimo craft....

 

[No Idea]

Hi Gregorach

All idiots blame their tools....er.....

lol

Love the story of the Captain Calamity!

Brilliant that he has the courage and will to keep trying.

Think he should be paying the RNLI nice big donations though.

As for me needing to be rescued...

Before I launched for the very first time, I visited the Harbour master and asked his advice on what I was intending to do.

I carefully followed his instructions.

I have also visited the RNLI Headquarters in Poole Dorset and discussed my sailing, experience, children, projects, and goals for the future, and made sure I implemented their advice too.

Only once have I needed assistance from another boat - touching wood!

That one was just passing, rather than a lifeboat.

 

[No Idea]

Hi John

Thank you for the offer.

Havent the funds at present.

Please accept my apologies for calling the Orange thing, the blue rapids thing that hit the traffic sign and the yellow thing canoes.

I claim pure ignorance as my excuse...

One question though, if the yellow thing didnt have a top on it, would it then be classed as a canoe?

 

[silvergirl]

Kayaks

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Canoes

You need a canoe for your kit, and your kids

 

[No Idea]

Thank you Silvergirl

Are flat bottomed, pointy ended, open topped boats that are 14 ft long and 30 ins wide, called canoes?

 

[No Idea]

The one with the bouncy person next to it actually looks like its a nice size boat.

 

[silvergirl]

Thank you Silvergirl

Are flat bottomed, pointy ended, open topped boats that are 14 ft long and 30 ins wide, called canoes?

Yes

Good rule of thumb, you can kneel (and stand with practice) in a canoe, you have to sit in a kayak. Hence their other name of bumboat

 

[No Idea]

Lol bumboat! hadnt heard that before!

apt.

Thank you Silvergirl

I was concerned that I had actually misnamed this thread.

 

[silvergirl]

The one with the bouncy person next to it actually looks like its a nice size boat.

That one is 16' long and just under 3' wide and its my perfect alround water transport

 

[No Idea]

Hmm...

Still a bit narrow then lol.

I didnt spend much time near the water when I was a kid, so my water balance isnt anything like as good as it could be.

 

[No Idea]

Anyhow....

I had 3 hours as the wife said she was going to take the kids out later so I could curl up in my hammock.

Only she didnt arrive, and I had promised myself.

So....

I offered one kid for taking pics, and the other for gofering for me...

 

[silvergirl]

No Idea... I am terrrified of water. Always have been, ever since I saw Jaws as a kid.
That and my Dad taught me to swim by chucking me in the deep end of a pool, and I nearly didn't make it out.

But even I can stand up in my 27" wide canoe now.

 

[No Idea]

3 hours.....

I know roughly what I want to make...

Ive found a sheet of marine ply in the hall and dragged it out.

Ive picked one end and one side to do all my measuring from.

You cant rely on timber to be square, or straight or even the right length.

If you measure 3ft from one end of an 8 ft board, you might not actually have 5 ft left, and if you needed the 5 foot...

I always do all my measuring from one end.

I make sure the kids do too.

Hmm...

Just noticed there is something wrong with that camera.

Its warped the washboard look of my stomach.

 

[No Idea]

Time to do some cutting....

This thing is really viscious.

Er....

My bench ended up a bit shorter.

The two bottom bits and that damaged lens again.