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Cheers Chas, ta for that; I think that you have probably answered the biggie with that response.
Jules
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Hi all
I've done the trip to Lundy (see above post link to UKRiversGuideBook).
Its a serious undertaking and a long 20NM ferry glide aiming to Wales but ending up at Lundy (going sideways), if you paddle directly for Lundy you will miss it by a few miles and the tide will take you down towards Ireland. Also between Lundy and Devon is a shipping channel - the tankers are huge and fast and don't stop.
I'd be more than happy to give advice if anyone feels they need it chas couchman at hotmail dot com (no gaps).
Have fun.
Hi Chas,
I think that if we decide to make the trip your experience would be invaluable and therefore thanks for your kind offer.
As I recall you undertook your trip on a Spring Tide in May; did you chose to go on a Spring or was it that other conditions or time dicated this? With the presence of the Shipping Channel, I guess the trip would be a 'no go' if there were any likelihood of fog. With the exception of the tide races to north and south of Lundy, is the trip very lumpy anywhere else on route?
Was it really heavy going and do you think that it is a sensible prospect with sleek sit on tops?
The campsite only accommodates 40 as I understand it, is that difficult to arrange or could you suddenly decide on a friday afternoon that the conditions looked as though they would be OK and confirm your Saturday Night Pitch then?
What sort of arrangements did you have with the Coastguard?
This is not meant to be 'The Spanish Inquisition' and I apologise if it appears that way...it just looked like a potentially fun challenge and I am interested in how you undertook it !
Regards
Jules
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..... an easy flight for a Pelican too ?!*?
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The trip sounds feasible. The Scupper would probably do it but I think I'd feel more comfortable if it had a rudder. I've found it hard work keeping the Scupper on course when there is a strong cross wind and on a trip like that there is a good chance the wind will pick up (as experienced by the paddlers in that report).
Hi Simon,
Yes, that does seem like very sound thinking; we do seem to waste a load of energy by not having rudders and becoming exhausted part way between the mainland and Lundy wouldn't be good (at all).
Moonyaker
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Hi again Paul,
You can glean a good deal from these two links
http://www.ukseakayakguidebook.co.uk/lundy...uring_guide.htm
http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum/v...pic.php?t=14162
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A lot will depend on the paddler. The P13s will certainly be able to do the overnighter and some will be able to do the round trip. Is there a Pub on Lundy?
Yep, and they apparently even have their own beer.
Just remembered that Ilfracombe is now a popular Porgie Port so perhaps it might be possible to pick a couple up on the way for the barbie......
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Hi Paul.
As I recall the Sea Kayakers split at Lundy with a few going straight back and the others staying overnight and taking The Ferry back the following day. I think that some of those who had stayed overnight were intent on paddling back the following day but the weather turned and they ended up taking the ferry. I was thinking along the lines of overnighting on Lundy and either paddling back or taking the ferry depending upon weather conditions.
Do you think that on this basis P13's would be capable of the trip or would this be a Kaskazi cum Scupper Pro only affair?
Jules
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Hi again Rob,
The P13 is the most popular Yak because it is probably the best compromise in terms of price, capacity and paddling efficiency and I do not think that you could go too far wrong if this was your choice. But, as Karl K has said our priorities vary and certainly best bet is to try before you buy and get to a meet to do this. You may want to have a go in a Scupper Pro too as I think that would fit you.
Moonyaker
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How tall and heavy are you Rob?
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After reading the attached links and being somewhat bored I started thinking about whether it might be feasible to paddle to Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel in a sit on top kayak.
Here's Lundy....
and details of a group of Sea Kayakers trip to the island....
http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum/v...pic.php?t=14162
and some guidance on how to make the trip....
http://www.ukseakayakguidebook.co.uk/lundy...uring_guide.htm
I doubt that this would be much of a fishing trip as I think that the fishing is restricted around the island and I think that you might be a little knackered by the time you got there but as an adventure might be worthy of further thought (unless confined to the 'complete madness category' that is).
Anyway.........it's a bit quiet on this channel at the moment and please forgive me my thoughts whilst I suck and puff on my metaphorical pipe and peer into the smoke haze that envelopes me....
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So what do you think? Mmmmmadness' or 'Mmmaybe possible'?
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Hi Bill
Yes I can see that fins would be a boon when performing a re-entry; food for thought!
Moonyaker
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Hi Bill,
I seem to recall that in one post a year ago or so, someone observed in a photo that you had a pair of flippers on board for emergency usage. I thought that this was a good piece of lateral thinking but cannot recall seeing it mentioned again; do you still carry them on outings and if so how have you got them readied? I keep thinking when Lydls have their diving week that I will pick up a pair for these purposes but have not quite figured out how to connect them in readiness for the moment when they might be needed.
Moonyaker
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http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q139/Mo...ker/th_Hulk.jpg
Well done GB...................not angry....just......................
Moonyaker
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Two flounders and a flounderer; good on you Paul; on all three counts.
Less Chums and more Chum and I think you'll have your Mullet in a few months too.
All the best
Moonyaker
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Thanks Guys, great shots and an entertaining read, well done.
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Oh and yes it is of upmost importance that you get the right colour too. It's no good getting a black and grey suit if you have a fair complexion as that would just look totally wrong. Try the suit on in front of a full length mirror to check the colour balance and dont forget to get a matching hat, gloves and handbag. Accesories are totally in this year
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I came across these photos which were taken last summer on the above holiday. I had forgotten that I had taken them and they really should have been posted at the time. Anyway, they are a good reminder that the sun does shine and the sea can be calm and I thought that perhaps some might like a glimpse of things over there (whilst it is wet, windy and generally miserable). I have not posted photos before so hope that this will work. The guy in the shots is John Quinlan and the town in the background (where visible) is Waterville and the bay is Ballinskelligs and these rocks are out in the middle of the bay.
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I don't think anyone is really being ungrateful here Bill but there has been a big problem on this forum for several weeks now and you must agree. it has been a pain.
I doubt that anyone really wants to establish a new colony elsewhere on a permanent basis. From the silence of the moderators on this issue; perhaps they are having problems with hakkers again and do not want to disclose the success of these attacks.
Hakkers, fax scammers, Internet Banking Fraudsters and the relatives of Ex-Nigerian Ministers, what lovely folk they are......
Ah well........'where's that candle and that pile of old Sea Anglers Gone?'
'PING!'....................
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I guess this is all about people, places, faces, feelings, moods and memories and just getting you back to where it felt the best.
So; for me the following take me back to times of innocence, irresponsibility and bad behaviour that did not offend.
1. Human League: Reproduction
2. Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
3. Bob Marley: Babylon By Bus
4. Specials: Specials
5. Kate Bush: Hounds of Love
Moonyaker
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I think that the logic behind the success of a flounder spoon is that the flash of the spoon looks like a fish feeding and induces others to do the same and take the bait.
You can probably witness the behaviour behind the logic in dentists waiting rooms and any tropical or indoor fish tanks.
Now, we all get bombarded wth free CD Roms that are very flashy and it struck me over the course of the last couple of weeks that perhaps a CD Rom could be used as a bigger version of the flounder spoon and that if connected to the line, the abundance of otherwise useless CD's could be put to some good use.
If it was agreed that CD Roms could be used as a major fish attractor this may enable me to take some of my wife's less enjoyable CD's for a swim too....
I have this feeling that CD Roms can be modified for good piscatorial exploitation and wondered whether anyone has any further thoughs or experiences in this regard.
Moonyaker
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When we have been camping with the Yak(s) I thought about using one of those 'personal' alarms rigged up such that if anyone tried to more the yak that it pulled the cable out of the alarm and it went off.
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I was just a bit concerned as to how he knew what colour his daughters vibrator was but I guess, what that the hell if it catches fish..........
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Hi Stu,
I've been thinking for some time, (but of course done nothing about it), that it would be a good idea to store my yaks, (even though they are undercover in a garage (with windows)) in a canvass tube or sack or similar that would protect them from Sunlight.
I have recently picked up a couple of Gortex Bivvy Bags off E-Bay and if joined together I suspect that they would make the ideal Yak Sleeping Bag, but £50 plus to create such a thing seems a bit excessive to me at this stage but perhaps more importantly, I cannot contemplate canibalising these pristine Bags for such a purpose.
Perhaps a canvass tube/sack/bag and a couple of trestles (tressles?) or saw horses per Yak to suspend them from might solve your dilemma. Simon Everett came up with a great idea I thought which was using old seat belts salvaged from a scrap yard to suspend his yaks from and it would seem to make sense to employ this idea in some way.
Whilst I have thought that there is a market for bags to put your yaks in for some while I have not gone looking for such a thing and not seen them advertised but it may be that such things exist alread.
I am indirectly involved in the building trade and Pirelli do a product called Pre-lasti which is a rubber flat roofing product about 2mm thick with welded seams and that would certainly do the job (they give a 20 year guarentee when it is used to surface a roof and thus is very UV resilient). I may well have a word with the guy who has the local franchise and see what a 16ft x 6ft section welded to form a tube/sack would cost.
I suspect that the solution to your problem will come from looking at things laterally and that someone on this forum will come up with a brilliant bit of this.
I will think on on this one; as I am sure will you and others.
Moonyaker
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For those wanting to fish the Kimmeridge to Lulworth Coast; this website gives info on when the range walks and Tyneham are open. If the range walks are open the Range Warden will not give you any grief and you wont get shelled, (or Cockleshelled).
http://www.twinning.org.uk/range_walks.htm
Moonyaker
Help needed on fitting a Ram ball mount
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Hi Gareth
I would recommend that you get hold of some Sikkaflex. They do it in white which would match the gel coat. If you are not familiar with this stuff, it is cold cure straight out of the tube and sets like a hard rubber and bonds incredibly and will not crack off like an epoxy resin would.
You normally have to cut the stuff off with a sharp knife to remove it so removing the rod holder from the cup holder would be a laboursome task if you ever wanted to do this. I think that you could use sikkaflex for bonding all sorts of mountings onto the surface of The Pelican to avoid having to drill it which always creates a weak point from whence cracks to the gel coat spread out).
Hope this helps
Moonyaker