Launch day for the Endeavours

Lisa in BC · Post by **Lisa in BC** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:29 am

Here is a couple of Endeavors I build over the last few years. Sadly it's time to revarnish but it will have to wait until next year when it warms up.

How about a larger image? Glen.

mtpocket · Post by **mtpocket** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:38 pm

Sweet!

Now, get them off those rocks. :frightened

Charger1966 · Post by **Charger1966** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:06 pm

Wow Lisa they look great. I hope they handle as well as they look. Good luck getting them wet.
Lance "Charger"

pawistik · Post by **pawistik** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:30 am

mtpocket wrote:Now, get them off those rocks. :frightened

As one who built his kayak to be used, not just looked at, I am hoping that you are mostly joking. What do you think happens when I go north where there is granite, granite, and more granite? Lisa's beach in BC looks pretty soft in that photo, by comparison.

The kayaks look great!

Cheers,
Bryan

KenC · Post by **KenC** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:45 pm

pawistik wrote:As one who built his kayak to be used, not just looked at, I am hoping that you are mostly joking.

I thought the same thing ... along the northeast "coast" of Georgian Bay, everything is exposed granite, sand beaches are few and far between ... there are also a lot of barely submerged rocks, some of them quite angular ... normally you can see them well enough to avoid them, by the change of colour in the water, but when the wind whips up and visibility gets poor, and the driving rain is pounding the lake surface, and getting in your eyes, you can't see them so well anymore ... :shocked

I have some ugly scratches on my hull from getting hung up on a couple such rocks last year ... paddled right up onto them, then had to back-paddle to extract myself ... its an odd feeling being precariously balanced on some solid object you can't see, 200m from the nearest land ... I don't normally make a practice of going out in such conditions, but this squall snuck up on me ... haven't found the time to refinish just yet ... maybe this winter.