Wednesday, March 29, 2017 (Kavat, Sjösättning), 0 comments
Hej Björn!
Jag vill tacka dig för att ha inspirerat mig till att bygga denna kajak Kavat och även för dina fina råd under resans gång. Det blev ingen färg till slut bara fernissa och jag är super nöjd. Den blev lite tyngre än vad jag räknat med ca 21 kg men så har jag också lekt med lite kolfiber i sittbrunnen plus skott i den och lite orutin med epoxin. Så nästa bygge hoppas jag kunna få ner vikten vad det nu blir för kajak:-))
Tusen tack Björn, nu är det bara paddeln kvar sen ut och köra:-))
Med vänlig hälsning Jens
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Sunday, March 5, 2017 (England, Frej), 6 comments
Just before the weekend, we (Mikkel Molin from Struer and me) took a quick trip to Exeter in Devon to introduce Struer Frej. Behind the initiative was Jeff Allen (Sea Kayaking Cornwall), who on a teaching trip to Nautopp in Sweden got to try the kayak, and found a potential candidate for his next expedition (northern Norway).
Together with AS Watersport in Exeter, he arranged an event, where at first Jeff talked about his earlier expeditions, circumnavigating Japan, South Georgia and Ireland and paddling expeditions in Norway, Sweden, Alaska, Scotland etc.
After Jeff, I took over the stage and presented the thoughts and the design process behind and the development of Frej. Some 60 paddlers were present and it was half past eleven before all question were answered and we could head back to the hotel.
After a very good discussion with Jeff over breakfast the morning after, we could fly back home to Denmark and Sweden with hopes for a good start for Frej in England.
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