For post number 4 in my short series talking about my experience with ME/CFS I want to describe what it’s like to actually live with the disease. Waking up in the morning it feels like I’ve been hit by a truck and haven’t slept in a week, this gets a little better mid day...
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Using this LPB kayak build to talk about chronic illness, Part 3
For the 3rd post in my short series talking about my 23 year battle with ME/CFS (see previous posts) I want to pick up where we left off and review the current science: As I said in the first post we don’t yet know exactly what causes ME/CFS but the downstream results are circulatory...
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Using this LPB kayak build to talk about chronic illness, Part 2
I was going to resume talking about the kayak build today but after some of the responses to me sharing my battle with ME/CFS on Monday (why I’m working on my hands and knees) I realized I have a unique opportunity here to give some visibility to this devastating but mostly invisible disease. So...
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Using this LPB kayak build to talk about chronic illness, Part 1
First day of kayak building on the floor was challenging. For anyone who is wondering about the point of this exercise, I suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), which is an illness with a common and a medical definition. The common understanding is someone who is really tired all the time for no apparent...
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LPB kayak build: Prep work
With yesterday’s surprise planer repair complete, I’m starting work on a kayak that I don’t build very often: my Long Pointy Boat design. A surprisingly successful marriage of the performance principles of my F1 stern with the general shaping concept of a racing kayak bow, the LPB offers increased top speed and stroke ergonomics...
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Kayaks for larger and smaller people
Whether you’re a really large person or a really small person it can be hard to find kayaks that truly fit you well. The cool thing about working in skin on frame where I can change any variable in the boat is that it’s pretty easy to adjust sizing for unique users. My F1...
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The New L.P.B.: Now Even Pointier!
As is evident in my original text, below, I was trepiditious at first about releasing the LPB. My fear was that everyone would want one, when in fact most people would be much happier with an F1. 90% of paddlers travel at less than 4.5 mph most of the time, for these people the...
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