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 (fortunately this was the result of it not being zipped up fully so no repairs were required). Finally my "waterproof" VHF radio packed up, the charging point cover had undone and water had entered, killing the device. Its replacement now travels in a waterproof pouch, although some people recommend taping the charging 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 o...