surfski novice

I transport my ski on a standard size 4-door coupe which is roughly 16 feet long but the ski is 21.5 ft long. Technically it must be hanging over 6 feet behind my vehicle to require a safety flag; however, I choose to place a flag on the end to avoid accidental damage. The ski is white so joggers, bicyclists, cars, etc may not see it and cause damage. Standard kayak transport flags won't do because they all tie off some attachment point on the end. Many skis do not have any attachment points past the rudder. Shopping for a tail flag took hours of research. First of all what do I call it, "surfski transport flag", "kayak flag"etc? The correct name is "surfski rudder flag". Unbelievably, it seems that only a few places in the world make rudder flags designed to fit the unique shape of a surfski. Here are my top choices: 1) ocean paddle sports makes a great orange flag with black netting that securely attaches with a tail sock and adjustable parachute cor

Surfski Repair (Step by step guide) While standing on a floating dock and removing the boat from the water one evening, my grip slipped and it fell on a dock tie.  The impact placed a small indent in the ski.  I knew I was in trouble because I knew nothing about boat repair.  I immediately called my friend & surfski training partner Brent.  He offered to help each evening after work to repair the surfski.  I quickly realized that my seemingly bad situation had afforded me a great opportunity to learn from someone who has extensive experience in professional auto body repair and had repaired surfskis before.  If this ever happened again in the future, I would have the experience behind me to fix it myself.  In repairing the ski we wanted to create a solid repair that didn't add unnecessary weight, was easy on the budget and made the ski look like it did originally.  Below are the steps we took to repair it: 1.  Create cardboard cut out of the hull curve so that as we re

Every year Pasco County hosts a kayak race called the Salt Springs Classic.  The race runs from Warner Boyce Park to Sims Park.  The route is 6 miles starting in the park, heads out into the gulf, runs a short distance down the coast to Durney Key where it runs up the Cotee River finishing at Sims Park. http://www.saltspringsalliance.com/events/2011_salt_springs_classic/main.htm Steve Hunter in Epic v10L Performance Steve, Kasey and Brent   Brent Postma in his Epic v12  Cory & Nick in Tandem, Kasey in Surfski  Kasey Salt Springs Alliance races have great prizes... wood burn paddles to collect NEW COMING in 2013...Durney Key Classic island offshore obstacle race.