Hi Guys, just after some of your opinions. I was out for a paddle today on my own, in good conditions when you would expect nothing could go wrong :) . Had a chat to our girls in the OC6 (training hard doing water changes for Raro). Set off across the bay for a nice hit. After ten minutes, I applied some pressure to the left rudder and then...............nothing :? . Snapped rudder cable :arrow: . Luckily, I was clos to home and as I said earlier, the conditions were good. Got some strange looks from people who had noticed I was paddling around in circles. If you've seen me paddle, you would realise that as normal.
My question: what is the best recovery technique for a snapped cable, especially if you are some distance from shore. What have you tried and what works ?
Look forward to your input, as I'm sure that it will happen to me again in less favourable circumstances.

The guy at the boating store is always talking up this device which looks ideal www.findmespot.com

The scenarios in which I imagine myself needing emergency assistance are not really compatable with a cell phone...and there are a lot of dead zones where I paddle and I have a hard enough time working the damn thing when I am driving. It is interesting that in emergency situations persons fine motor abilities are often diminished to the point where they cannot dial 9-1-1-and push send. I guess getting knocked by a jet ski or hit by the ama or something where I would have diminished abilities is where your best chance would be a one button deal.

If anyone has any comment or if there is some glairing problem with this device that I have overlooked I am all ears. It is 99$ a year for the basic service (27 cents a day) so that is not an issue and a good gift for loved ones.

Thanks.

Aloha Hawaii Paddlers,

Oct 10th @ 7:00pm on OC-16. OCHRA and the Na wahine o ke kai present the 2008 Na wahine o ke kai..Tune in and watch:)

Sunday 10-12 - 9:30am
Monday - 10-13 - 9:00pm
Tuesday - 8:30am
Wednesday - 11:30pm
Thu - 6:00pm
Friday - 1:30pm

These are Hawaii Times. For those outside Hawaii - you can watch the show if you go to www.oc16.tv/ they streamline live. You can also watch the new Ocean Paddler TV show and Hawaiian Xtreme sports.

Terry
Ocean Paddler TV

Can someone out there give me a bit of history regarding the Kaiwi Challenger OC-1? I've rebuilt and restored one of them to take with me as I drive around the world and would like to know more about this canoe. There doesn't seem to be much in the way of history about this canoe on the web, so info from anyone who knows about this canoe would be greatly appreciated.

I plan on taking this canoe with me as I drive from San Francisco, California to Sydney, Australia to raise money and awareness for the Hemophilia Foundations of Hawai'i and Northern California, as well as the Christina Noble Children's Foundation in Mongolia and Vietnam. Our route will take us through 25 countries and I'll paddle this OC-1 everywhere I can to promote the sport and spread Aloha to the world. Starting in San Francisco, we'll drive through the US and Canada to New York, where the canoe and car will be placed into a container to be shipped to Southampton in the UK. I'll paddle alongside rowers in Cambridge before driving through Europe where I plan to paddle the canoe anywhere I can. In Istanbul, I plan to paddle across the Bosporus and when I reach Azerbaijan I'll paddle in the Caspian. I'll try to paddle the OC-1 in lakes in Mongolia and Russia and Indonesia as I make my way to Australia and Sydney to paddle near the Great Opera House before shipping the car and canoe back to the start in San Francisco.
http://www.arlna.com/Kaimanu/Geo_hoahele.jpg
Thanks in advance for the information. More about my trip and the charities we're helping can be found at www.arlna.com.

Mahalo.
Fel J. Cruz
ARL NorthAm
Kaimanu OCC, San Leandro, CA

Date: Tuesday, October 7th at 4PM
Location: Ala Wai at end of University Avenue (HCKT Halau)
Who: Shelley Oates Wilding and Guy Wilding will be providing a training/technique clinic for kayaks/surfski athletes. Pat Dolan will be on hand to provide hands on demonstration. The clinic will be for ILH athletes but all are welcomed to attend this informative session.

Da kine other stuff ...Shelley is a member of Team Bradley and an accomplished paddler and kayaker at all levels of competition. Guy Wilding is a former USA Canoe Kayak Development coach and accomplished paddler and kayaker.

Website:
http://www.shelleyoateswilding.com/
http://www.hckt.org

Contact: Head Coach Robyn - Hawaii Canoe and Kayak Team: coach (at) hckt (dot) org
or hckt (at) hckt (dot) org

Aloha and Mahalo!

anyone know the design differences between the bradley striker and lightning?.. rocker, seat set-up, waterline etc. are they that different? i cant tell

Fuze,
For the sake of Outrigger Connection, their dealers, and their loyal customers, shut the FU@# up. It is painful to watch you go down like this, but you are taking the rest of us with you. All of your rants are giving us all a bad name and turning a great product into a joke.
You and I have spoken privately in the past and I have told you that you need to be very careful about how you "conduct business" on a free discussion group. There is a fine line between helping the community (and maybe getting some free publicity) and shoving marketing down their throats. You obliterated this line a long time ago. And you crossed over into the dark side when you started airing your dirty laundry on this site. For this I am afraid you can not be defended.
I have been in similar situations as you had with AukaiNYC and you had one of two choices, Contact the buyer and let him know that due to slow sales on the East coast you needed to get the boats from a West coast dealer, and there would be increased transport costs, He could choose if he wanted to get the boat or not, Or Eat the shipping, you quoted a price, now stick to it. Communication with the customer is always easier. We all make mistakes and can't keep everyone happy all the time.
Putting all history aside (anything with chines) Your rant on AukaiNYC has cost you far more than the 400.00 you think he owes you. And unfortunately it has also cost other OC Dealers like myself money as well, Any new paddler looking at this site would be hard pressed to buy any canoe with chines or a Hypr, But Damn that FU*&%$@ Pueo, It must be some boat, Nobody can say two bad words about it. And their Manufacturers and reps do a fine job staying behind that line. If history repeats itself, I know of another dealer that aired their feuds with their customers on this site. Any sign of Ian???
Fuze, If I were you I would be trying me best to figure out how you are going to survive in this Ohana, Right now you have pissed a lot of people off and I think I speak for just about everyone, that you need to chill out, Lock up the keyboard and just wait a while. In time you may receive forgiveness.
I am sorry to have brought this public. But I think it is important that buyers/paddlers know that you are on your own agenda, and do not have the best interests of Outrigger Connection, their dealers or their customers, in mind.

I noticed a grey helicopter at the start and finish of the Na Wahine - the passenger was taking still pictures - does anyone know who the photographer is and how we can contact him to buy some pictures?

In conjunction with this year's Moloka'i Hoe for a limited time, we are running an online discount special for the classic book about the history of the Moloka'i canoe race.
For info and ordering, check out the web site: www.molokaicanoerace.com

Check out msnbc, go to local news, then calif, click on san diego, then man swims for 5 hours.
It was only small 3 to 4 feet wind swell.
I'll reserve coment on the craftmenship of the canoe.