"This is Sea Kayak L.O.R.A.H."
It's an Island Kayaks Expedition, designed by the company in Skye and manufactured in Sri Lanka. I bought the boat off a mate second hand which is how I justify having a boat that is made so far away. It's a really nice boat with high volume so it's good for expeditions, and also quite flat bottomed so turns pretty easily.
I was recently reading an article about naming boats on the UKRGB about naming boats, and I thought naming the boat would be good for two reasons: it would give it some identity and character, and it would give me something to say to the coastguard if ever I have to speak to them over the VHF.
So I decided my boat is female and is called L.O.R.A.H. (Life of Respect and Hope) - pronounced as Laura. Here she is...
Not the best photo I know, it's actually just a still from video. I'll take a better one this weekend, and then also one with all the kit on, just before I leave.
I'm going to use this page as an update on things that happen to the boat.
February - Fibre glass reinforcing of dodgy bits
April - Fibre glassing keel line and fitting solar panel pictures
(see May blog for writing about solar panel and keel line)
Keel line stuff...
Solar panel stuff...
The finished product....
If you have any ideas for things that we could do on the website, or if you would like to know more about the expeditions, or if you would like to get involved then please get in touch, or if you want to get in touch for any other reason please e-mail info@sustainableexpeditions.org
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