NorthWest Kayak Anglers
Kayak Fishing => Don't Ask Me How I Know => Topic started by: Captain Redbeard on August 13, 2014, 11:18:36 AM
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Don't ask me how I know!
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Ouch, that hurts to see.
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How did you manage that?
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That sux! :o
Judging by the heat generated by the friction being enough to melt the plastic around the screw holes, I'm going out on a limb here and guessing that this met pavement somewhere over 15 mph at some point.
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That sux! :o
Judging by the heat generated by the friction being enough to melt the plastic around the screw holes, I'm going out on a limb here and guessing that this met pavement somewhere over 15 mph at some point.
DING DING DING! We have a winner!
Look this is all very embarrassing but in short: I had a weld break on my trailer last Thursday night heading over to PC. The result was dragging the front of the yak for a ways while I slowed down and pulled over. I am super lucky that it happened where it did (in PC) when it did (11pm). It could have been a whole catastrophe in a different situation. Surprisingly, this is the only damage to the entire kayak.
I'm adding reinforcement to a few weak points on the trailer and will start inspecting it more regularly.
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Some years ago a local kayaker's kayak came off the top of his vehicle and got run over by a semi, which busted the kayak into smithereens. The pieces were on display at a local watersports store for a while. It was a pretty sad sight. The kayaker was actually lucky. The kayak could have gone through the windshield of a vehicle behind him and injured or killed somebody.
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Yeah, looks like you got lucky with the minimal damage.