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Today was the maiden voyage for the first of three Kahola's we are building. 45 degrees, windy and still ice on parts of the river, but I could not wait any longer!
Little scared at first, but quickley gained confedence and strayed out and across the river, the Kaholo 14 is very stable even in the waves.
Now its time to finish up the other two kits.
More pictures and our build blog at FoxSup.com
2 replies:
RE: Maiden Voyage Kaholo 14
This is what happens when an adult suddenly enters water which is colder than your clothing and acclimatisation can handle:
Phase 1 - the first three minutes. Cold shock.
Phase 2 - the next thirty minutes. Swimming failure.
Phase 3 - after thirty minutes or more. Hypothermia.
Phase 4 - post-rescue collapse. Casualties with hypothermia often collapse and sometimes die while being retrieved, during re-warming or within a few hours afterwards. See Treating A Hypothermic Kayaker.
RE: Maiden Voyage Kaholo 14
» Submitted by Ready, Michael - Mon, 2/20/12 » 8:03 PM
Brave man!! Hard to tell but I hope you were at least wearing a wetsuit top. 45 degrees water is cold. Looks great!! Congrats.
Classy getting the deck plate finger holes to line up bow-to-stern.
Michael