I had a spare 24 hours and had to get into the outdoors. I thought I’d try the Lake District as there was a rumbling on the Song of the Paddle message board that there were Islands worth exploring on Derwent Water. I wanted to to a little testing out in case the youngsters couldContinue reading “Derwent Water – Sept 2020”
Category Archives: boats
Lock Ken
I wanted to see how it might work to go on a camping trip with everything I needed on the boat with me – an expedition if you will with food and shelter and all that. I had a bit of time at the end of August 2020 and decided to navigate Loch Ken inContinue reading “Lock Ken”
Llyn Padarn
Headed to Wales for a few days intending to get some boating done. We brought a SUP for the boys and my sailing canoe. Found it was easy to get out on the lake if parking next to the playground – a couple of useful slipways (marked in red) and I always got parking atContinue reading “Llyn Padarn”
Sailing Canoe – Viola 14
I wanted a canoe that could do all things – and it’s certainly very fun to sail. See Michael Storer’s site for the design. 🙂 I decided to use an old Topper dinghy rig to save some time and hassle, which has worked pretty well. https://www.storerboatplans.com/ Sailing Canoe + link to Google Album https://photos.app.goo.gl/CdiAfxEoEeKyCGTf9
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