Kayak Safety Article

[pequa1]

reminders for overall boating safety as well.

 

[MakoMatt]

Is it just my tablet, but I can’t read the article it’s all blurry?

 

[longcast]

Is it just my tablet, but I can’t read the article it’s all blurry?

Very small and blurry even on a desktop.

 

[pequa1]

any better?

 

[pequa1]

any better?

but probably not. just asking, but where do you lawnguylanders get your local news and sports ? NY Post comes too late and too shitty oriented, even the LI edition. Fortunately, since I retired 15 years ago and only did national security backgrounds in there, have no need for the shitty except to visit the zoo.

 

[MakoMatt]

any better?

 

[Pangaroo]

I'd only Kayak again if my Kayak had pontoons on each side. Just never felt comfortable fishing in one. Maybe I weighed too much and I was tall. Tippy Canoe and me and my father up on a Lake Upstate and the shock of that made me think twice about Kayaking by myself. 2 guys drowned last week out East after going out at night in a Kayak in rough water. Get the best life jacket possible - a Wearable Type 1 life Vest.

 

[pequa1]

Those two were Darwin Awards awaiting. Pontoons, lol. No wonder you wouldn't fish from one, lol. I don't kayak until the water gets to 60°, never if the wind will be up to 10. Bathing trunks, tank top and always a worn PFD. (Not a type 1, they don't fit on a kayak, those are for boaters.) I don't miss the stinkboat at all.

 

[Pangaroo]

They have Type 1's that are wearable like a regular vest. It was good having the ability to launch almost every where. Maybe if I wasn't so big I'd think different. Have you ever considered one of those folding boats ? You could pull up to a Marshy area and quickly roll that into the bay and putt along with a 3 HP. Each has it's advantages, the stinkboats are more work to get on the water and maintain. Kayaks can be launched anywhere. You can fish where others can't. I used a Kayak for 3 or 4 years. It was fine for paddling , but I never felt comfortable when I was fishing from it.

 

[pequa1]

I had a Fold-a- bote for a long time before i went to kayaking. The last two years I had it, 97 or 98, I put a 4hp mercury on it and fished the bay. Had been sneaking it on a local lake with a battery and electric but preferred a canoe for that. Slid the boat on top of the mommy van, motor and gas can inside the van. But kayak fishing is just so much easier. This time of year with water so cold i just work on my yard

 

[Sc42]

just asking, but where do you lawnguylanders get your local news and sports ?

I’m a Newsday subscriber. Read it on iPad though. I’ve got the News 12 LI chatter on in the background, but can soak up the stories I want to better in “print”

 

[pequa1]

I’m a Newsday subscriber. Read it on iPad though. I’ve got the News 12 LI chatter on in the background, but can soak up the stories I want to better in “print”

I like the sports section and local news and don’t mind the political bias (it keeps me centered.). I like the print and the fact that it comes as early as 5am so it accompanies my honey nut cheerios every day even if hunting or fishing