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Pull up a chair, it’s a long one… I was asked about the effectiveness of the rudder during/countering a bongo slide while riding the River Dee Bore: “Does the rudder have any effect to help escape the bongo?” Well, no, not really. Let me try to explain. The Rudder As the boat moves forward the …
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Time for yet another run on the Dee Bore, this time low river levels made the ride a little trickier than usual. This is the stern-cam view, so though you don’t see much of the wave you do get a bit more of a feel for how it is in the boat. Come for a …
Time for another run of the Dee Bore, this time taking the Rockpool Taran 16 for a spin. My first time on the Dee in the T16. While I’ve had my bum in the T18 for a few thousand hours now, my T16 experience is measured more in the hundreds. So it was time to …
The UK has a number of rivers that form tidal bores. From a kayaking point of view many of these are surfable – to a varying extent. While some provide a dynamic, boisterous challenge, others are little more than a tick-in-the-box for the ‘bore-spotter’. For a bore to form we need a wide, flat estuary …
Another run of the Dee Bore, this time on a 10.1 m tide.
Surfing the Dee Bore – 16 min edited clip