Sea Kayak Repair: my attempt to fix my carbon fibre kayak
On one disasterous day trip along the coast four calamities hit me. First a helpful collegue pulled my kayak up a gravelly beach, the gravel jammed my skeg and in attempting to release it, the skeg broke. Seondly, my beautiful, red and white, carbon fibre, Norse Idun Sea Kayak inadvertently made contact with a rock which resulted in a fracture and leak. On capsizing and rocks getting in the way of my poor attempt at a roll, I discovered that thirdly, my dry suit was no longer dry. Finally my "waterproof" VHF radio packed up, the charging point cover had undone and water had entered, killing the device. Its replacement travels in a waterproof pouch, although some people recommend taping the chargong cover instead. On the bright side, one of my fellow kayakers gained some rescue practice. This post describes my attempt to repair the hole in my boat. My poor fractured kayak. View of gel coat on outside of hull. The blue stuff at the top is a soft plastic release film ready to b...