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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013  
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And you can cover some distance in two hours, I did 6.5 miles and mostly let the tide and wind take me in one direction (just sat in the Kayak drifting up the estuary looking at the wildlife, boats etc and paddled back properly against the wind and tide on my return - it was very quiet no one around  ). I think you could easily do 6mph in my hefty barge even 
Going to take a rod out with me next time, the fish were jumping around all over the place & there are BASS  |
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25th Aug 2011 8:20am |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4736 
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Zag wrote "I did 6.5 miles ."
Out in the series 11 again Zag?  1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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25th Aug 2011 10:47am |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013
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Well it was just as much work as the Series and just as wet  Must put the blimmen door seals on some time, not that they help much  Have to say i'm getting pretty tired of driving the Series everyday now I felt the comfort and ease of the TDCi, whistle: Keeps my baby out of the rain and the mileage low though  |
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25th Aug 2011 5:16pm |
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| Lorryman100 Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Here Posts: 2686 |
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/shark-takes-kayak...51916.html |
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27th Sep 2011 9:06pm |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013
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He's gonner need a bigger boat
Tope shark, caught off the coast in Devon, pulled him 1/2 a mile Nice find Bri....
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28th Sep 2011 6:34am |
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| Lorryman100 Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Here Posts: 2686 |
The thing that amused me Chris was that it was a tiddler and it only pulled him for a half mile. Folks have been catching larger species from kayaks for years and have been towed further without it making the news. If he thought that was fun.......wait till he hooks a 300lb, 8ft Porbeagle shark (which looks like a baby Great White.) Then after a mile or two it realizes it has something attached to it and swims back to you to have a wee look. A 8ft plus shark swimming past whilst eye balling you in a kayak about 6 inches from the water is a little scary the first couple of times it happens
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28th Sep 2011 10:20am |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013
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That's it I'm selling the kayak  I wet me knickers when I was snorkling in Cornwall as a kid and saw a basking shark Doesn't help knowing they are harmless, a 30' monster is a 30' monster when your 12....teeth or no teeth... |
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28th Sep 2011 11:40am |
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| Paul_1978 Member Since: 08 Nov 2009 Location: South Yorkshire Posts: 384  
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Sold all my kayaks after a swim down the river inn in austria, grade 5, nearly drowned on a big corner of grief on the Tosens section, the first picture below shows it.
Done loads of Kayaking all over the UK and Europe, really miss is, but I lost my bottle! Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated |
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28th Sep 2011 12:16pm |
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| Lorryman100 Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Here Posts: 2686 |
So you wouldn't fancy this kind of fishing then............... |
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28th Sep 2011 1:54pm |
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| Lorryman100 Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Here Posts: 2686 |
This pic was taken from the September 2005 issue of Africa Geographic.
Click image to enlarge I wonder how long it took him to wash the brown stuff out of the kayak? And did he set a new world speed record in paddling back to shore? |
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28th Sep 2011 2:07pm |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013
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Superb shot
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28th Sep 2011 3:20pm |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665 
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Plockton a couple of weeks ago...
A superb paddle with the Mrs. Lots of seals and an Otter to watch. Plockton is a great launch spot. Sheltered, 2 slips, one has a hose at the top (and parking and toilets) so you can wash off the salt after. Lots of wildlife. Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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3rd Oct 2011 11:30am |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013
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That looks idyllic
Great pic... |
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3rd Oct 2011 11:58am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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I must of missed this post
Plockton now on my 'UK places to go list' |
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1st Nov 2011 4:25pm |
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