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Articles by Stuart Yendle

I am a natural explorer at heart and find myself at home in the outdoors. I bought my very first sea kayak, A Venture Easky 15lv, in 2009 and have made the sea my life ever since. I currently own two boats both by Tahe Marine. My Revel I mainly use for extended expeditions because of the extra volume, and a Greenland T my main day boat. I am also in the process of building a cedar strip wooden kayak...but that may be a while. I reside in South Wales a stones throw from the Vale of Glamorgan coastline where I do a lot of my paddling. The beautiful Pembrokeshire coast is only a short drive where you will also find me most weekends.

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Building your own sea kayak part 3: cockpit, sealing & fibreglassing

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In the third instalment of the building your own sea kayak series, after a long break in the build over the winter the materials have arrived for the next stage of the process. The Petrel’s cockpit is recessed to give it a lower profile, which makes Eskimo rolls easier.  The forms are temporally glued to the

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