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bulldog1935 · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:42 am Post subject: wood kayak maiden voyage

Since the beginning of April, been following Lou's progress on a Bedard F1430 SOT kit
Of course he wanted the boat, but he also wanted a home-bound project at the time.

Yesterday, Daisy made her maiden voyage

And a second monument, Lou's friend and my new friend Whitt made his first kayak voyage in his new PA14.
Lou and Whitt go way back with their connection at Bike World in Alamo Heights.
We met up at Boerne City Lake.
It's the first thing up high in the hill country, basically a 400-acre no-motors swamp cooler - the deep lake always makes a cool breeze.
With nothing between it and San Juan, PR, it always matches the coastal wind, and can be challenging.

I was in my Kestrel, and trying out new shoes - Chaco Torrent Pro - I really like these for freshwater kayaking.

The plan was to fish, but Lou was so excited he ran off without his rod. So we just paddled.
And Whitt sailed a bit

We paddled all the way to the flagstone at the top of the creek arm - headwaters of Cibolo.

Then all the way back to the gravel beach at the park

From the beach, Lou and I paddled to the dam, and back to the launch, while Whitt sailed a broad reach back and forth for the same distance.
We rounded it out for a nice 5-mi morning paddle.
Success for all, and Whitt got a nice baptism when he fell in getting out.
Fun for all, and Lou has his next two wooden boat projects lining up - a different kayak for him - this one goes to his wife Susie - and helping a neighbor build a 16' sailboat kit.

bulldog1935 · Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2020 7:33 am Post subject:

Back out Wed, this time at first light - none of us caught a fish, though saw one in the skinny flagstone at the top.
It was odd, I only saw one rise at a distance - never seen topwater totally dead at first light on any water body.
Did get a nice photo of Daisy.

Second time in at the ramp, the wood boat was a chick magnet.
We were coming in, and the women going out flipped over it, taking photos with their phones.

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12840

Great looking kayak! Thanks for the report.
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Willee · Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:44 am Post subject:

Kudos to Lou!
What a great project and look at the craftsmanship.
Any Yaker would be proud to fish off that Yak.
Good Job Lou ya did good!
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bulldog1935 · Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:13 am Post subject:

he vacillates on rigging it though, so he doesn't.
One day he wants it to be a salt fishing kayak, the next, a stick of Queen Anne furniture...

...editing this post after our recent Estes trip, where Lou and I hauled his old, PE, and well-rigged Emotion fisherman.
Lou decided the wooden boat is not going to be a salt fishing boat after all, though he's talking about bringing it to Arroyo in November for some daytime exploring in the natural Arroyo.