Category: Repairs

Backband Replacement – Gemini SP

Published 04/01/2024 by kayakcowgirl

The Gemini SP is one of my favorite boats to paddle. It’s not fast, but it’s playful and very stable in rough conditions. Mine is…

Published 08/19/2022 by kayakcowgirl

I recently took some beginners from my club, the Inwood Canoe Club in Manhattan, to Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. This was probably the biggest…

Published 08/22/2021 by kayakcowgirl

I’m happy yo say that the fiberglass seat repair is pretty well done. Aside from cleaning it up to look pretty, I think it’s as…

Published 11/22/2020 by kayakcowgirl

This post will be very short – I only took one picture, and it came down to sand, scrape, sand, burr, and sand. Here’s the…

Published 10/14/2020 by kayakcowgirl

I got a good deal on a boat recently: a Valley Pintail, fiberglass, red on white layup, great shape cosmetics-wise. This is a classic Valley…

Published 11/08/2019 by kayakcowgirl

. . .when we pulled over for gas near New Haven, we spotted a bit of a leak.