RWright
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Greetings WebSleuths!
Anyone want to go for a paddle in The Pacific Ocean using the kayak Vincent Viafore did?
With-Out The Drain-Age Plug Screwed In?
Below is a video where I did another test.
Fun kayak, stable, paddles good.
Water conditions this day:
Sunny, warm weather, 60° water temp, calm winds, small to non-existant surf.
After some 20 minutes of paddling, dealing with small waves, conversing with a couple of novice surfers, I sank. I was glad that I got closer to shore. You might say I was a bit surprised...
[video=youtube;EbLXAAOlkE4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbLXAAOlkE4[/video]
Check it out on a computer if possible, as it was how I'm learning to edit with and it will show you what's happening better. From the 13 minute onward, uh-oh...
In this video test,
for the 1st time I am wearing a diving weight belt, with an extra 14 lbs of weight added.
My approximate weight was about 192 lbs. I betcha Viafore, a bigger dude, weighed more than that, so his stern, and that open drain-age hole, would have consistently been lower in the water. Some water did get into the kayak as I dealt with paddling into, over, and thru the little waves, as I am sure would have happened to Viafore, for he would have dealt with strong winds creating many, many many wind driven white-capped choppy Hudson River waves splashing about. And over his stern. 10 to 15 minutes of this?
He too would have sank.
See ya,
RW
Anyone want to go for a paddle in The Pacific Ocean using the kayak Vincent Viafore did?
With-Out The Drain-Age Plug Screwed In?
Below is a video where I did another test.
Fun kayak, stable, paddles good.
Water conditions this day:
Sunny, warm weather, 60° water temp, calm winds, small to non-existant surf.
After some 20 minutes of paddling, dealing with small waves, conversing with a couple of novice surfers, I sank. I was glad that I got closer to shore. You might say I was a bit surprised...
[video=youtube;EbLXAAOlkE4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbLXAAOlkE4[/video]
Check it out on a computer if possible, as it was how I'm learning to edit with and it will show you what's happening better. From the 13 minute onward, uh-oh...
In this video test,
for the 1st time I am wearing a diving weight belt, with an extra 14 lbs of weight added.
My approximate weight was about 192 lbs. I betcha Viafore, a bigger dude, weighed more than that, so his stern, and that open drain-age hole, would have consistently been lower in the water. Some water did get into the kayak as I dealt with paddling into, over, and thru the little waves, as I am sure would have happened to Viafore, for he would have dealt with strong winds creating many, many many wind driven white-capped choppy Hudson River waves splashing about. And over his stern. 10 to 15 minutes of this?
He too would have sank.
See ya,
RW