A New Year for Frenchman's Bay Kayak Works

A new year. An almost blank page. We need only rid ourselves of the unfortunate encumbrance of our lease at Frenchman's Bay Marina and all will be clear-sailing.
No longer are we burdened by the bureaucratic encumbrance of the S.E.B.
The English Branch of the I.D.B.F. have written indicating thier receipt of our trial paddle and registration fee. We are still waiting for a response from the Austrailians. We begin the year with orders for canoe paddles and a Kayak. We are engaged for a Workshop on Skin-on-Frame Kayak design at Lee Valley Tools in April. I look forewrd to taking the latest hull design (White Deer) across the lake as soon as we get a good North-West wind in May.
On behalf of Frenchman's Bay Kayak Works I would like to thank all the wonderful people who we dealt with in the last Year: Lee Valley Tools, Harborfront, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Amoka Wind Sports, Red Leaf Schools,
Paddlesports.net, Fanshaw Lake Dragonboat Festival, Pickering Powerhouse Toasmsters and Ajax Pichering Tostmasters clubs and the Region of Durham website. You are a good bunch of Kabloonas.
Now, putting in off the ice...

Kabogganing

Kabogganing.
Kayaking downhill in the snow. It is very different from kayaking on molten water.
With Kabogganing the water stays where it is. It doesn't suddenly gush up in a towering roller or drop away in a sudden sink-hole. What you see is what you get (see diagram). Kabogganing can involve trees, which are not so much of a problem on the lake. If you have a prissy plastic kayak this might scare you off. The up side of Kabogganing is that you can pretty-well break the sound barrier on a straight run. I recommend the forbidden toboggan run at twin rivers. They have a well established Ambulance access.

North Wind

A strong North Wind is making for cold air on the Lake today. Thanks to a hearty meal of baked beans the kayak is cosy and warm inside and riding high in the water. The waves are perfect for kayak-surfing. I run in at wave-speed. That feels really fast but I don't know how fast it is. I suppose I should figure that out. I suppose if I measure the distance between wave crests then put out a bouy and time the difference between crests that should give me the speed of the waves.I know it must be much faster than I can paddle. I'll need someone to hold the other end of the tape measure to measure the waves.