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Never thought about fishing line, good call. Ill be sure to try that if and when I need to replace the skeg cord. to be fair, the superglue idea was a bit ropey, worked for me that time but id defo advise against using it unless it is a last resort.

@@jmckayaking7734 First try out of new slider on Saturday in fairly challenging conditions around Portland Bill! the new slider gave much needed control! i have also fitted the mini hatch which I think you have too. Ive not managed to fully tighten the hatch rim having put both rubber O rings above and below. I wonder if this is correct. Thought it might be better with Soudaflex on lower union and O ring above. Wonder how you did yours? ATB HUgh

@@hughmarsden1987 if I remember correctly I put the soudaflex on the bottom and the rubber gasket/o ring on the top side. My hatch is solid. I tightened up the locking ring as tight as I could. It’s not going anywhere.

Glad it helped. The whole point of filming this process was to aid others as i couldnt find much on line to help me. Most of this was trial and error but it paid off for me. One year on and the skeg slider still works perfectly.

Yeh i went over the decals with some kind of waterproof model paint, (black). I also used fine art style paint brushes to apply the paint. they turned out pretty good. I ended up getting more involved with the restoration than the filming so the footage for this kinda fell by the way side im afraid.

@@jmckayaking7734 I was afraid of that. 😂

Thanks for the reply!

In This video i'm using an older kayak, Venture Easky 15. If i'm not mistaken they no longer make this model anymore. My mate is using a P&H Delphin, which is a really good kayak. I have since upgraded to a P&H Leo as my main kayak and use the Easky 15 as my backup kayak.

It is if you think about it but to us its not much different from the forth around Inchcolm and Oxcars lighthouse etc. I do like being out in the kayak.

It is popular with fishermen, especially people kayak fishing, so there most be plenty of fish life around it, and it does smell.

We set out from Kidston park in Helensburgh on Rhu road lower, basically right on the sea front heading towards Rhu marina. Its actually next to the marina. Took us under 4 hours. Bear in mind that we were in no rush and kayaking at a leisurely pace. We also stopped off at Kilcreggan to have a lunch break, which was around 30-40 mins. so at a rush pace you could do it in under 3 hours. If you wanted to just visit the sugar boat Then you could be out & back at Helensburgh in about an hour & a half easy.

@@jmckayaking7734 brilliant detail, many thanks. Keep up the great videos. Cheers 👏👍😀

Glad it was helpful

Hi James, No the roads were not icy just a wee dusting of snow which was gone by the time I got off the water. Iv got the mitchellin cross climate 2 all season tyres on the car which give me a bit of security but that road is challenging at best. Its a nice wee loch and another off the tick list.

Yeh Arklet is roughly about the same size as chon. I was only on the water for about an hour and a half not much paddling if you like to cover a good distance. Always fancied exploring Arklet so I had a wee solo day so thought why not.

Yeh Im really liking the Leo, its a great kayak. I will say that mine is the MV version and is a brill day boat, but for packing up with camping gear you'd struggle to get a lot in it. You would really need to pack the essentials. Would do for 1 or 2 nights away but anything longer then id suggest a kayak with more storage.

If you have the recess already moulded into the kayak then it should work. You might need to think on your feet and make some improvised minor adjustments as I had to do but other than that I find that the skeg slider upgrade is a game changer.

@@jmckayaking7734 yes I checked my boat when I got home it has the resess bit in it so I'll order the kit, looking forward to it thanks for the video mate 👍

I really hope it works out mate. I kinda took a leap of faith when doing mine as iv never done this before. All had for reference was avideo i found on here from P&H from a few year back. also id recomend using sudoflex to set the skeg box in the recess as thats what P&H use on their boats. @@fergus..

The video I used as reference was actually on the P&H web page when selecting the skeg slider kit there is a link to a video. id suggest watching that. its on a link but its on vemo not here on TH-cam.

@@jmckayaking7734 good man thank you I'll be sure to watch it

It was a great relaxing paddle Jan. Hammock & coffee stop was brill. I think our surroundings added to it all. I enjoyed editing this video cos most of the audio was just us laughing at daft stuff,

Yeh its a great loch to kayak on. Iv only kayaked there twice so far. I do find parking difficult at loch voil but I do hope to visit there again soon.

Sometimes the weather being off point can make the day more interesting. Would be awfly boring if it was sunny and flat calm every time. We need to inject some excitement into the mix from time to time.👍👍

If your planning a trip to Lomond next year then let us know if you fancy an outing? Ill show you some cool spots.👍

Honestly, we couldn't have asked for better conditions. It was as close to perfect as we could have hoped for. Beautiful area to explore.

Always a good outing on the forth.

Yeh it was mirror flat, sometime I like the water to have a bit of motion to it though. Mirror flat looks nice but not much fun.

I was back Here at the weekend where we kayaked the whole of loch voil this time and up into loch doine and up the river larig. Video is in the works. parking can be difficult as there is only a few spots on the loch voil road some large passing places etc, but there are 2 or 3 spot where you can park up, mostly towards the upper end of the loch. Plenty of wild camping spots though. id say your spoiled for choice.

@@jmckayaking7734 great mate thanks!! I’ll tune into your video try learn what I can about the location 👍 thanks again

@@jmckayaking7734 got upto the voil yesterday with the canoe done a loop of that & the doin. Camped on a nice wee site on the south side! Was perfect weather too! Will definitely be back 👌

As much as I enjoy fishing I prefer touring around and exploring in the kayak mate.

Yeh iv found the boat owners at the marina are rather unwelcoming. there's one guy in particular.

@@jmckayaking7734 they watch like a hawk ..

😜😜👍

Lol

I’ll bet. Hopefully it won’t be too long before he’s back out with us.

Your welcome to join us anytime man.