We are a sea tribe who paddle long boats in rough water conditions in the northwest of Spain.

Our playground is the chaotic frontier among the mighty Atlantic ocean and the ancient Galician coast, where it was said, in the ancient times, that the world ended and the maps showed terrifying creatures……

Rockgardens, ocean surfing, currents, cliffs, big swells, uninhabited islands, gale force storms………… Once you have been paddling between dragons, is not possible to paddle like a human again .

It is a one way trip.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Gear

In this post called "GEAR", we are going to speak about the equipment we use in our rides.
The first ones are going to be the: 

Flotation Devices







What happend when you break your boat surfing far from your landing place?,  or....


what to do when you crash the boat rockgardening at night in a uninhabited island?


Well, we use duck tape and diferent types and sizes of flotation bags.




Before going for rockgardening or surfing betwen rocks, we inflate all this bags so if the watertight areas of the boat are broken  in the ride, the amount of water you board is much less. The kayak will be still maneuverable and doesn´t go with the deities of the depths forever and ever......


We prefer several small  bags instead of one big one.  They can be adapted easly and there is no problem if one of them is punctured with the fibers.


A paddle float inflatable can be a good flotation device too but...


we like so much the small and very cheap bags to carry wine that you can see in the picture below. 



Full of them, your boat will be...... 


unsinkable !!!




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