By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Short.
Compared to the Red Herring (a Feathercraft Heron kayak, 17′ 7″ long, on the right in the photo below), the Baby Vulcan (a Feathercraft K-Light kayak, on the left) is absurdly short for a sea kayak—only 12′ 10″.
It must have looked ridiculous when I paddled it, as I did for years.
But Johna finds it to be a fun boat around town
and quite capable of crossing the seas…
Posted in Kayaking, Photography
Tagged Feathercraft, K-Light, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2013, Sea Kayak, Short, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
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