tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35673276431017369222024-02-01T21:45:07.372-05:00Saabi`s daily newsI know what I am in the wilderness.
I know where I am and why.
I want to see the aligators,snakes the birds before they and I disappear.
I want to see places that have remained virtually unchanged for thousands of years.
I want to see and experience things few if any have seen or experienced.saabihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328657320659887085noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567327643101736922.post-1641798042913629902015-09-22T15:31:00.000-04:002015-10-16T16:05:33.724-04:00Lake Powell tripkayak & camp on lake Powell Arizona/Utah<br />
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<tr><td><i>Name:</i></td><td>USS North Carolina (BB-55)</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Location:</i></td><td>west bank of Cape Fear River, Wilmington, North Carolina</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Owner:</i></td><td>State of North Carolina</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Condition:</i></td><td>Excellent, unaltered</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign="top"><i>Displacement:</i></td><td>36,600 tons standard / 44,800 tons full load</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Length:</i></td><td>728 feet</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Width:</i></td><td>108 feet</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><i>Machinery:</i></td><td>4 sets, General Electric Turbines, 8 Babcock & Wilcox Boilers</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Fuel Oil Capacity:</i></td><td>7,167 tons</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Maximum Speed:</i></td><td>28 knots</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><i>Armament:</i></td><td>9 16-inch/45 caliber Mark 6 guns; 20 5-inch/38 caliber Mark 12 guns; Various combinations of 40 mm and 20 mm antiaircraft guns.</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Crew:</i></td><td>2,300 wartime</td></tr>
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<tr><td><i>Builder:</i></td><td>Brooklyn Navy Yard</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Launched:</i></td><td>June 13, 1940</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Commissioned:</i></td><td>April 9, 1941</td></tr>
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<br /><b>Description</b></div>
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USS <u>North Carolina</u> (BB-55) was built, by the New York Naval Shipyard and was launched on June 13, 1940. When commissioned on April 9, 1941, she was considered the most powerful warship afloat in any navy. Since USS <u>North Carolina</u> was the first modern American battleship constructed in two decades she was built using the latest in shipbuilding technology. Constrained to 35,000 tons standard displacement by the Washington and London Naval Treaties, to a beam of less than 110 feet by the locks of the Panama Canal, and to 38-foot draft to enable the ship to use as many anchorages and navy yards as possible, she was a challenge to the designers of day. [<a href="http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/butowsky1/northcarolina.htm#1">1</a>]</div>
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To save weight, USS <u>North Carolina</u> was built using the new technique of welded construction. Her machinery arrangement is unusual in that there are four main spaces, each with two boilers and one steam turbine connected to one of the four propeller's shafts. This arrangement served to reduce the number of openings in watertight bulkheads and conserve space to be protected by armor.</div>
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The initial design called for a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in three quadrupled turrets. Because it became apparent that new foreign construction was favoring larger caliber guns, <u>North Carolina's</u> main battery was changed to 16-inch guns after construction had started.</div>
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The long sweeping flush deck of <u>North Carolina</u> and her streamlined structure made her far more graceful than earlier battleships. Her large tower forward, tall uncluttered stacks, and clean superstructure and hull were a sharp break from the elaborate bridgework, heavy tripod masts, and casemated secondary batteries which characterized her predecessors.</div>
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The LaFollette Law of 1926 governing living accommodations on American merchant ships was voluntarily applied to the design of <u>North Carolina</u>. This contributed to a large volumed superstructure and complex forced ventilation system. She was the first major combatant ship without portholes in the hull.</div>
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USS <u>North Carolina</u> is in excellent condition and retains all of her World War II integrity. The ship is essentially unaltered since she was "mothballed" in the New York Naval Shipyard in 1947. A fully restored OS2U Kingfisher plane, comparable to the three Kingfishers originally placed aboard the ship, is located aft.</div>
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<b>Role of the Battleship in World War II</b></div>
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The first modern battleship had its inception with the launching of HMS<u>Dreadnought</u> by Great Britain in 1906. HMS <u>Dreadnought</u> was the world's first all-big-gun, fast, heavily armoured capital ship and her launching made all the major ships in all other navies obsolete. The design features of HMS<u>Dreadnought</u> were rapidly copied by other navies and by 1914 the modern big gun heavily armoured battleship dominated naval warfare.</div>
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Battleships fought their first and only decisive action of World War I in the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. Although the British fleet won the day and forced the Germans to retire to the safety of their ports the German design and construction of battleships was shown to be superior. After the Battle of Jutland, the Germans never again risked their battleships in open conflict with the His Majesty's fleet but turned instead to unrestricted submarine warfare.</div>
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After the end of World War I the battleship continued to dominate naval strategy. In an effort to reduce the expenditures required to fund new battleships the United States, Britain, France, Japan and Italy agreed to a moratorium on new battleship construction in 1922 at the Washington Naval Conference. As a result of this agreement, new American battleships in construction were broken up and scrapped. No new battleships were built until 1936 when USS <u>North Carolina</u> was authorized by the Congress.</div>
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During these years the nature of naval power was changing as a result of the perfection of the airplane and the introduction of a new capital ship utilizing this new weapon--the aircraft carrier. Supporters of air power argued that the battleship as the principal capital ship of the navy was obsolete be cause of the long reach of naval aircraft. This view was strengthened early in World War II when the British carried out a carrier strike on the Italian battle fleet at Taranto on November 11, 1940. Subsequent Japanese carrier strikes on the American battlefleet at Pearl Harbor and airstrikes from land based aircraft on the British ships HMS <u>Prince of Wales</u> and HMS <u>Repulse</u> confirmed the new order of naval strategy.</div>
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While the rise of the aircraft carrier forever altered naval strategy, it did not totally eclipse the importance of the battleship. In both the Atlantic and the Pacific, old American battleships carried out extensive bombardments on enemy held shores while new generations of fast American battleships escorted aircraft carriers and provided them with a dense thicket of antiaircraft fire when necessary.</div>
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Both old and new American battleships saw heavy service during the war, providing cover for other ships and eventually bombarding the Japanese home islands in 1945. When the war in the Pacific ended on September 2, 1945, the surrender of the Japanese was signed on board the battleship USS <u>Missouri</u>anchored in Tokyo Harbor. Although replaced by the aircraft carrier as the principal capital ship of the Navy the battleship saw important and useful service during World War II and contributed to the eventual American victory.</div>
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USS <u>North Carolina</u> represents American battleships that fought against Japan in World War II for the following reasons:</div>
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USS <u>North Carolina</u> was the first modern American battleship built after World War I. She was the class leader for a new generation of American battleships and set a standard for new shipbuilding technology that combined high speeds with powerful armament and formidable protection.</div>
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As the first modern American battleship to enter the war against Japan, USS <u>North Carolina</u> symbolized the determination of the American people to win the war and the growing industrial might that would make the eventual victory possible.</div>
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On July 11, 1942, USS <u>North Carolina</u> entered Pearl Harbor to provide her support in the war against Japan. Her entrance into Pearl Harbor moved all those who saw her to cheer including Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, commanding officer in the Pacific, who wrote:</div>
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I well remember the great thrill when she arrived in Pearl Harbor during the early stages of the war -- at a time when our strength and fortunes were at low ebb. She was the first of the great new battleships to join the Pacific Fleet, and her mere presence in a task force was enough to keep morale at a peak. Before the warts end she had built for herself a magnificent record of accomplishment. [<a href="http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/butowsky1/northcarolina.htm#2">2</a>]</div>
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During the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in August 1942, USS <u>North Carolina</u> was assigned to escort the carriers USS <u>Enterprise</u> and USS<u>Saratoga</u>. Her superior performance during this action proved the concept of the fast battle ship providing antiaircraft coverage for the carrier. Her antiaircraft fire was so intense that USS <u>Enterprise</u> signaled her in alarm, "Are you afire?" This action established the primary role of the fast battleship throughout World War II as the protector of the aircraft carrier.</div>
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Beginning in August 1942 USS <u>North Carolina</u> continually saw service in the war against Japan until the surrender in 1945. USS <u>North Carolina</u>has the best war record for any surviving American battleship for the war in the Pacific. USS <u>North Carolina</u> received 15 battle stars for her World War II service.</div>
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USS <u>North Carolina</u> is in excellent condition and retains all of her World War II integrity.</div>
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In the early 1700's, Norfleets Millpond was built on Bennetts Creek to provide a means of processing and marketing regional produce. Gristmills, a sawmill, a farm supply store and other enterprises made the area the center of trade in Gates County. Thus, the pond became known as Merchants Millpond.
Shortly before World War II, operations around the millpond came to a halt and millers sold the land to developers. In the 1960's, A. B. Coleman of Moyock, NC, purchased the property and later donated 919 acres, including the millpond, to the state. Coleman, a canoeist and lover of nature, thought the area too beautiful for development. His generous donation led to the establishment of Merchants Millpond Sate Park in 1973. In the same year, the Nature Conservancy contributed an additional 925 acres of woodlands to the park that now encompasses more than 3,246 acres.
Merchants Millpond State Park, one of North Carolina's rarest ecological communities, is a unique mingling of coastal pond and southern swamp forest. A wide variety of plant and animal life offer an excellent natural experience. Towering bald cypress with massive trunks, tupelo gum trees draped in luxuriant Spanish moss, and Resurrection ferns dominate the 760 acre millpond. At its upper end lies Lassiter Swamp, an ecological wonderland containing remnants of an ancient bald cypress swamp, and the eerie "enchanted forest" of tupelo gum whose trunks and branches have been distorted into fantastic shapes by mistletoe.
LOCATION
The park is located in northeastern North Carolina near the community of Gatesville. It may be reached from US Hwy 158, NC Hwy 32 and NC Hwy 37. It is approximately 30 miles from the cities of Ahoskie, Elizabeth City, and Edenton, NC, and from Suffolk, VA.
CAMPING
A variety of settings offer camping experiences for groups large and small. Some may prefer the conveniences of drive-to sites, while those who like to rough it will relish the canoe and backpack camping areas. A modest fee is charged for all types of camping. Facilities may be limited in winter months.
CANOEING
Escape the hectic pace of life and find sanctuary in a canoe. Drift idly along the smooth, dark surface of the millpond and savor the many sights and sounds that come alive in the stillness of the forest. journey into remote and undisturbed Lassiter Swamp, a place that embodies the spirit of adventure.
FISHING
Cast your line from the bank or journey into the millpond to fish in a pastoral setting. Small fishing craft (with trolling motors only) may be launched at the boat ramp. Largemouth bass, bluegill, chain pickerel and black crappie are just waiting to bite the hook. The Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) manages the fisheries of the millpond. All boating and fishing regulations of the WRC apply. Early-rising fishermen will appreciate the convenience of a campsite exclusively for the use of anglers with small boats. Located near the walk-in group sites, this campsite offers fishermen the opportunity to launch boats from a nearby area in the early hours before the park opens. Facilities include a fire circle, pit toilets and a small washhouse with cold showers. Sites are available on a first-come basis.
PICNICKING - A. B. Coleman Picnic Area
The shade of large trees offers a place to picnic within view of the millpond. Located on Millpond Road, the picnic area has 28 tables and grills. Drinking water and restrooms are nearby. Picnic sites are available on a first-come basis, free of charge. There is a picnic shelter that can be reserved.
HIKING
Views of the "enchanted forest" and Lassiter Swamp await those who travel the park on foot. Ten miles of trails offer a place to stretch out muscles left still by hours spent crouched in "canoe-position." Caution, Merchants Millpond is heavily infested with ticks during warm weather months. Insect repellent may help prevent a tick bite and the possibility of disease.
BIRDING
Over 200 species of birds have been recorded in the park, ranging from graceful egrets to turkeys and owls. Spring and fall bring migrations of swamp warblers, most notably throngs or parulas, prothonotaries and yellow-throated warblers. In winter, a variety of waterfowl stop by on their journey south. Lucky visitors may catch a glimpse of the beautiful hooded merganser, a small fish-eating duck whose males flaunt a magnificent black-bordered white crest. Pileated woodpeckers, barred owls, and red-shouldered hawks also enjoy the swamplands.
NATURE STUDY
A variety of reptiles, amphibians, and mammals such as beaver, mink and river otter make their homes here. Other activities include hiking, photography, picnicking and nature study. Interpretive programs on the park's cultural and natural history are conducted throughout the year. Contact the park office to schedule an exploration for your group or class.
For further information, contact:
Merchants Millpond State Park
71 US Highway 158 East
Gatesville NC 27938saabihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328657320659887085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567327643101736922.post-42583099134878286622013-03-01T20:19:00.000-05:002013-03-31T20:23:21.501-04:00Fun on SUP.
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saabihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328657320659887085noreply@blogger.com0Carrot Island, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA34.7062732 -76.6363172999999739.1842386999999981 -117.94491129999997 60.2283077 -35.327723299999974tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567327643101736922.post-61962944110639902072012-06-26T00:29:00.001-04:002012-06-26T02:09:01.974-04:00building a skin on frame kayak<br />
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We finally made it a priority and started building a Skin on frame 'Baidarka' kayak.<br />
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'Building a kayak means more than you first imagine.This journey of creation will reflect your present and your future. When you bring a boat to life in the traditional fashion, you create stories just as the first kayakers did.
Making your own kayak, You get a boat you can be proud of, a kayak you will love, and the knowledge and confidence to build one on your own.'<br />
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Baidarka is the Russian name used for Aleutian style sea kayak. The ancient Unangan name is Iqyax. The word has its origins from early Russian settlers in Alaska.
A prominent feature of a baidarka is its forked bow (bifurcated bow). Very lightweight and maneuverable, it was made out of seal skin sewed only by Aleut women, over a frame made strictly of drift wood (since no trees grow in the Aleutian Islands), bone and sinew.<br />
It was treated as a living being by Aleut men (<b> it was taboo for a women to handle them)</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;">Tom Yost </span><a "="" href="http://yostwerks.com/DesignsMenuWood.html" style="background-color: black;" target="_blank">http://yostwerks.com</a><br />
has an excellent website with kayak designs and great information on building skin on frame kayaks
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We did choose the relatively new Roldarka design from the website , but Tamas altered cross section #3 and #4 ( raising both 1") to gain more freeboard.<br />
<a href="http://yostwerks.com/Roldarka.html" target="_blank">the roldarka</a>
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<a href="http://yostwerks.com/RoldarkaLCOffsets.html" target="_blank">the roldarka offset</a><br />
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Than we took the first step and went to the local lumber store to look for <b>Western Red Cedar and Marine grade plywood
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We knew that we need to build the<b> strongback first.</b> This will support the frame during assembly.<br />
We made a 16` long strongback.... bolted six 8` 2x4 together and two 8` 1x6 deckplate screwed on the top<br />
<a href="http://yostwerks.com/SBStrongbackA.html" target="_blank">the strongback</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;">first we secured cross section #1 and #8 to the stations than</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> attached the gunwales to the cross sections held in position with shock cords and electric cable tie. After is an easy task to slide the remaining cross sections and stringers into place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"While the origins of the unique Aleut craft,<b> the baidarka</b>, are lost in the mists of time, it was the Russian explorers and traders in the early 1600ās who called the boat by the name we use now ā ābaidarkaā, or ālittle boatā. Russian and then European explorers who visited this part of the world observed and recorded the little boats and how they were used by the Aleuts and other coastal peoples. The Russians, in particular, recognized the extraordinary seaworthiness of the craft, and used it extensively in their harsh exploitation of the native peoples and the fur trade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The baidarka was the sea-going equivalent of a sports car ā fast, maneuverable, and admirably suited to hunting in rough conditions. The umiak, in contrast, was the equivalent of a dump truck or utility pickup truck ā capacious, much slower, but suited to carrying a great many people or tons of cargo (though smaller versions were used for whale hunting).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">native baidarkas were built of driftwood gathered along the beaches, and covered with sealskin or sea lion skins. The Aleuts, as did many of the other native peoples, designed and made specialized garments that covered the paddler and attached to the baidarka, helping to make man and boat into one sea creature, and thus helping to ensure their survival in one of the roughest seas in the world. (Such clothes, and the equipment used by the hunter in the baidarka, are another fascinating field of study).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aleut baidarkas are generally classified by their number of āholesā, or cockpits ā one, two or three holers. It wasnāt unusual, the explorers tell us, to find children riding in the bigger baidarkas under the skin covering and between the cockpits. The smaller boats generally ran from 16 to 19 feet long, and were often about 20 inches wide at their widest point.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>These craft were also noteworthy for their bifid, or bifurcated bow, which is useful both to extend the length of the craft (thus making it faster for a given human horsepower) and to provide just enough built-in flotation to help the bow rise to the seas</b>. Although the bifid bow was not unique to the Aleuts, they did develop their own specialized design suited to the waters in which they lived and hunted"</span><br />
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<b>The Coaming </b><b style="background-color: black;"><a href="http://yostwerks.com/SBCoamingA.html" target="_blank">coaming</a></b><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">The 2 coamings was cut from 1/2"</span><span style="background-color: black;">marine grade</span><span style="background-color: black;"> plywood. </span><br />
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trying to smooth the coamings before gluing the two together .......... was a mistake ;-)))<br />
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<b><u>The Skinning:</u></b><br />
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the best online resource for the skinning process is Corey Freedman's <a href="http://www.skinboats.org/skinboats/Skin_Boat_School.html">skin boat school</a> website<br />
we ordered the <a href="http://shop.skinboats.com/950-Twill-Ballistic-Nylon-950-Twill-Jrbal.htm">nylon</a> and the <a href="http://shop.skinboats.com/2-Part-Urethane-Coating-for-Kayak-Skin-goop1.htm">goop</a> <span style="background-color: black;">from Corey's </span><span style="background-color: black;"> </span><a href="http://shop.skinboats.com/" style="background-color: black;">spirit line store</a> ( quick and friendly service)<br />
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we watched this videos before and during our skinning process..<br />
<a href="http://www.skinboats.org/skinboats/sewing_your_baidarka.html">Corey's instructions</a><br />
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tools what we used for skinning:<br />
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sewing needles from CVC pharmacy<br />
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Unwaxed floss<br />
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hot cutter<br />
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helping the needle trough the skin<br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;"> 2 clamps to secure the fabric to the frame</span>
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we made the nylon wet for better stretching<br />
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used a hot-cutter to cut the skin<br />
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<b><u>Dye and Shrinking</u></b> <a href="http://www.skinboats.org/skinboats/skin_shrinking_and_dying.html">dye and shrinking</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"> this is my purple dye</span><br />
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and here is my purple kayak<br />
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for shrinking we used a new iron from WalMart.. It coast us 7$<br />
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it was taboo for a women to handle them!!! :-)))saabihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328657320659887085noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567327643101736922.post-60223651326208607662012-04-06T22:11:00.002-04:002012-04-06T22:22:14.362-04:00Zipline...
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We worked hard last summer 2011 to help to overcome my fears. I read every article online about fear of water amongst kayakers and I practiced every day from 9 pm-11 pm in our pool.
Hope to overcome my fear began with this article:
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<i>Fear & The Wet Exit
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Until I found this <a href="http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2005/03/31/fear-the-wet-exit/" target="_blank">article</a>, I did not know that even experienced kayakers are afraid sometimes and have to struggle with fear as I did.<br />
I did more and more research <a href="http://swimming.about.com/od/sportpsychology/a/aquaphobia.htm"></a>
and while in the pool and in the bathtub I worked hard to just keep my head underwater.
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At one point I realized that I am amazingly buoyant (because of my big ass).<br />
I understood I will not sink, even without Personal Flotation Device. This realization gave me the confidence to try to dive underwater and hold my breath longer and longer. Then we used different training strategies todive under water or to pick up something from the bottom of the pool.
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Few friend of ours are into Greenland paddling with skin on frame kayaks and "skinny sticks".Ones upon our monthly meeting someone talked about <a href="http://www.dubside.net/qajaasaarneq.cfm" target="_blank">Dubside</a> and Greenland ropes. I found it very challenging and we bought a set of ropes and began to work on the Greenland rope skills. I dry rolled on the ropes day and night.
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My body was bruised blue and yellow. I looked like Iād been in a car accident.
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In December we went to the Optimist pool with a plan: I wanted to learn to roll underwater without a kayak first. We had lots of fun, fun, fun for the first month. We celebrated all the little steps toward success. At one point I could flip backwards and forwards.
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Then we took a paddle and holding it vertical I used it to hold myself upside down, like a pool pole-dancer.
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I watched <b>Laura B,Bill B and Craig S </b>practicing in the pool to roll and at home I watched rolling videos 24/7. I made practice plans -- told Tamas how I wanted him to help me . . .how I wanted him to hold me, to help me do a balance brace. After that everything became very easy.
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I always knew that I was good in bracing and balancing. I have been working on the flexibility for years. I have a routine exercise that I do each time in the pool, before I touch my boat ā it helps me to relax and focus. Now I have rolled all the kayaks in the pool, even the wild water kayaks. But my favorite thing is sculling and bracing. I try to do a new roll or learn a new skill every week. I am teaching Tamas too.
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He can do all the rolls but he is just not as flexible as I am. He is great though, and without him, I never could have learned to roll so easily.
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<b>THE WHY</b>
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I think the main reason I learned to roll is because of our sick cat. Not able to travel we needed something to work on to keep our sanity. I also had lots of inspiring experiences during the last four years. The first one happened on our first Lumber River <a href="http://saabi1966.blogspot.com/2008/09/lumber-river-sc-082308.html" target="_blank">trip</a>. Dawn Stewart, a woman in her late 50s, paddled with us. She can do 1200 miles in a solo kayak She completed the WaterTribe race around Florida in 2006,2009,2012.
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Then next year we followed <a href="http://qajaqunderground.com/freyas-blog/" target="_blank">Freyas</a> circumnavigating Australia and now she is around South America
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ā<b>very cool stuff</b>.
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Then I realized that in the meetup group, lots of paddlers who are around 60 are doing super cool things on the water. <b>GT, Dave, and CW</b> are inspirational. But the Greenland wind hit me when I first sat in <b>Dan Perry's</b> F1 skin-on-frame . It was love with the first paddle!
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Right after we rewarded ourselves by having our beautiful unfinished <b>Bill Bremer</b> <a href="http://www.lumpypaddles.com/" target="_blank">lumpypaddles</a> customized, burning native Indian motifs and oiling the paddles to finish them.
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Then I read lots of history about Inuits and watched tons of <b>Christopher Crowhurst's</b> <a href="http://qajaqrolls.com/" target="_blank">qajaqrolls.</a> online.
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And the rest you know from the older blog posts......just having fun under water...:-)))saabihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328657320659887085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567327643101736922.post-12808390058850694672012-03-24T20:31:00.004-04:002012-03-24T20:37:06.700-04:00greenland handroll..
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