Krazy Kayaks

Hi
Today i thought i would see if i could fit all the kit in the boat( see below).

After packing I am delighted to say it all fits with some room to spare, so i can take even more stuff!
Now if the boat floats thats another thing.

In physics, buoyancy is the upward force on an object produced by the surrounding fluid (i.e., a liquid or a gas) in which it is fully or partially immersed, due to the pressure difference of the fluid between the top and bottom of the object. The net upward buoyancy force is equal to the magnitude of the weight of fluid displaced by the body. This force enables the object to float or at least to seem lighter. Buoyancy is important for many vehicles such as boats, ships, balloons, and airships, and plays a role in diverse natural phenomena such as sedimentation.

Got that?

Finally can i thank Ish who is a top bloke in all that he does, who i work with, for producing a set of wheels which you may say don't look much but then i gave him a budget of nil and paid him the sum of one cup of tea.
This is the mark two set after the first set weighed slightly more than the boat, after he mis-understood the brief. I said no cost, he thought i said wrought iron embossed.


Dave x

With a strong north wind, freezing temperatures, add a mix of sun, rain, snow and hail and it was the back drop to the most serious training run so far in which i managed to blast through the 20 mile mark.
Could i have gone on for 30 which is to be our daily target? Yes, if time had permitted I feel confident that i could have done that. Could i repeat it day after day is another question.
The Sheffield canal was the scene for this epic struggle as i made 4 trips from the basin to the first Tinsley lock.
3 miles distance were being hit in under a hour which again is our target speed
Do canals have waves? It was that windy at times that waves with white horses were forming , or was it i had swallowed too much canal water blown up off the boat bow and was hallucinating?

Got to go I have just seen a unicorn ridden by Lord Lucan sat on the bird table.


Dave

The river was a bit more lively today as the rain had improved the levels so had a nice tip down it finishing off with dropping down a weir which was in stopper mode (Grab your boat and keep you there as the water recycles at the bottom). So much so that the instructors set up rescue lines with live bait ( a man with a rope ready to dive in and pull you out the other side) and placed a canoeist along the bottom of the weir to paddle in and support you.
I managed to slide down the weir and battle out the other side but a couple of our group needed live bait rescue.
I have learnt that there are smiling and frowning weirs, one is better walked round.

Problems and joy.

My paddling partner has had some great news, he has got promotion, well done Adam!

However because of the training needs of this job we are now scrabbling around for a date to go, which could be july, august or in the next 8 weeks. Talk about focus your mind!, as i scuttled off to buy the rest of my gear, and think of how many paddling days between now and 8 weeks time.


Dave

With all this canoe training going on it could be easy to forget the base station which will monitor our progress and up date the worlds media.
So to over come this we have invested heavily in the latest tracking systems ( see picture below).
This will be able to track our progress across the country and pin point to 50 square miles and nearly a full day as to where we are!


Dave

Hi All!


Dave and I were chuffed to bits this week to learn that the Edith Murphy Foundation has pledged a donation of £500 to our cause!

In 1992, Edith Murphy set up the Edith Murphy Foundation which has since given away more than £3 million mainly to medical and animal causes. A good friend of mine, Chris Blakesley, is involved with the foundation and mentioned our Kayak challenge at a recent trust meeting which resulted in the donation.

I would like to say huge thanks to the Foundation for the donation and also to Chris for championing our cause, Dave and I really appreciate it.

We're only a whisker away now from the £2000 mark!!

Adam

Many thanks to Caths friend Marie who, whilst on her footy trip to Fulham, scouted out our launch site.
Here are a few pictures.