Ricardo and I caught up with legendary traditional kayaking enthusiast Warren Williamson at the 2010 Deception Pass Dash. Warren talks a little about the West Greenland style plywood stitch and glue kayak he designed and constructed. Don't miss the on-water clips I took during the race taken using a stern-mounted camera on my kayak, after the interview.
This year I paddled my Shooting Star cedar-strip baidarka instead of the Epic 18X Ultra I paddled the last two years. I wanted to find out how it would perform. I finished the 6 nm race in 69:08 min, compared to 62:47 min last year with the Epic 18X Ultra. Conditions were the same: flat water and calm winds. I thought that was surprisingly good, given that I hadn't been training nearly as much as the year before and I was in a 16 ft boat. So I think I can say that the boat is pretty fast for its length.
Thanks to Ricardo for taking the pics.
How did Warren Williamson do? Did his stitch and glue kayak hold up well and earn him a place at the finish?
Posted by: Doreen Murgatroyd | January 05, 2011 at 01:31 PM