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by Aaron M
Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:57 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: it happens
Replies: 14
Views: 5912

Deja vu?

That sound exactly like my past 2 flips. You can't actually call them swims because its too shallow to get your legs off the bottom. On the Lackawaxan in Pennsylvania, and the Deerfield in Mass, both times were the same type of flip, eddying out fast in deep enough water, totally unexpecting a rock,...
by Aaron M
Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:59 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Contact cement in cold weather?
Replies: 25
Views: 17790

I don't have a heat gun, so thats out of the question for now. We do have a small space heater laying around somewhere, along with plenty of cardboard boxes. I'll think about that idea, but I'm not in any major hurry, so I'll probably just wait for a warm day. Thanks for all the input. Good to know ...
by Aaron M
Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:56 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Contact cement in cold weather?
Replies: 25
Views: 17790

bit complicated

Meanwhile having taped a sheet plastic covering over your canoe with a hair dryer duct taped or clamped to a thwart so it does not directly shoot right on the hull, get it nice and warm Sounds like I could get it to work, but everything would probably fall off a million times until I got the setup ...
by Aaron M
Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:49 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Contact cement in cold weather?
Replies: 25
Views: 17790

Nothing

I got a 3 oz. bottle from KayakOutfitting. The only labels on the bottle say how explosive and poisonous it is.
by Aaron M
Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:50 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Contact cement in cold weather?
Replies: 25
Views: 17790

I think I'll have some trouble bringing the 14' whitesell inside. It'll take me until next summer to rearrange everything in the house. Thanks for the input though. I think I'll just wait until the next freakishly warm day, gonna guess...March 12? Yeah, March 12 sounds like a decent guess. The duck ...
by Aaron M
Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:53 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Contact cement in cold weather?
Replies: 25
Views: 17790

Thanks. Guess I'll be working with duct tape for a while still.
by Aaron M
Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:47 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Contact cement in cold weather?
Replies: 25
Views: 17790

Contact cement in cold weather?

Is it bad to apply it when it's about 30 degrees F?
Or does temperature not affect contact cement?
It's my first time using it so i don't want it to go the way of my 3M 5200 tube.

also-does contact cement work well on plastic boats like the spanish fly?
by Aaron M
Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:39 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Question - what do open boaters wear on their feet.
Replies: 31
Views: 13396

works pretty well.

I wear normal socks, then polyester/synthetic wool socks, then drysuit booties, then nrs attack shoes. As long as it's above 37 degrees my feet stay fine. Under that and they get pretty numb. My dad has muk-luks which are waterproof as long as water doesn't get in over the top. He says they work gre...
by Aaron M
Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:46 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: ok... let's do something different for a change this weekend
Replies: 26
Views: 10447

I bet they have subconcious canoeing references in Star Wars

Image
I only cropped the picture. The colors and lighting are natural.
I just found that secret button on my pole. :P
by Aaron M
Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:12 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Just wondering
Replies: 1
Views: 1475

Just wondering

Why do decked wildwater boats have that volume bulge in the back?
I assume it has some purpose for performance, but how does it help?
by Aaron M
Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:51 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Horrors! Bubble street comic is about kayaking
Replies: 3
Views: 2028

Ah

I haven't seen many of those comics. The character page explains it though.
Thanks.
by Aaron M
Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:57 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Horrors! Bubble street comic is about kayaking
Replies: 3
Views: 2028

You can only see

You can only see 1 blade, so maybe it's a c1?
by Aaron M
Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:04 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Perception saddle for temp. conversion??
Replies: 8
Views: 5350

Are you talking about the one with the thigh braces and thwart mounts? From what i've seen in c1's, it looks like it would be too tall, both seat wise and overall. The seat is about 8" high and the thwart mounts are about 12-14". I doubt it would even fit unless you cut down the tractor seat, and th...
by Aaron M
Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:12 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: twintex hulls and carbon paddle shafts
Replies: 19
Views: 10335

another use of duct tape

My dad and I have AB edge paddles. My shaft had worn through 1 layer of the black. It didn't get all the way to the core though. I just keep applying a new layer of duct tape. It never gets too thick since the tape is also getting worn down. It really takes a beating now on the aluminum gunwales on ...
by Aaron M
Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:52 am
Forum: C Videos
Topic: Here's another c-boat video...
Replies: 11
Views: 11900

I was watching that video way before I got on cboats. Now I know who made it.

Oh yeah, nice how the one kayak in the whole video gets worked at the bottom of oceana.