A sit on top is considered self bailing, so no skirt needed. The paddler sits above the waterline, and there are holes through to the underside of the boat.
thevoyagekayaking
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It's not particularly common, but mostly because beginners tend to be out on sit on top boats. Although there was a fatality in Wellington Harbour a few years ago, on Christmas eve, where the paddler had a sit in boat with no spray skirt.
It's also good information for a sea kayak with bulkheads, you won't flood the boat completely, but it will be less stable.
They would pick a new one every sailing, if that's the case.
It's also possible belching white smoke is the default state of affairs when they first start up, it had more or less stopped not long after I took this.
As per title, does anyone know what they're up to?
Ouch. How many units do you have in service?
The weather forecast that Inreach offers is also excellent, hopefully there will be a way to replicate that over cell service.
We'll find out, I guess.
There is something funny about him just bypassing them, to be honest.
Steering it wasn't the issue, it was how to actually take control from the autopilot.
Except it was a different failure mode to what they were concerned about.
Third incident, this is the second major fuck up in recent time.
And I was on the boat for the first one.
The title is actually pretty close, it sounds like nobody knew how the helm system worked, nobody had been trained, and people were frantically pressing buttons trying to get control back.
Also, the vessel was doing freight only crossings and taking the long way across the strait via outer Queen Charlotte sound, because Kiwirail didn't trust the boat, in particular the transmission.
I'm sailing across the strait Saturday, wish me luck!
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The amount of new townhouses in lower Hutt is incredible, most notably along Cambridge terrace. Hundreds of them just along one road.
I believe there's a lot being built along the river as well.