old kayak-what to do?

[Carla!]

We have this old fiberclass kayak lying in my garage for the last few(many) years and my mum was getting on to do something about it.

So I was wondering if anyone has any ideas what I could do with it. I dont know what condition its in or whether it floats (doesn't look too bad at a quick glance but i will give it closer inspection tomorrow to find out).

So what can I do with it? Do people buy this kind of thing or use it for parts? (Can you use fiberglass for parts?) Or is it of any use fixing it up (even though I can't see anyone in my family using it that much) Or would UCD benefit if I donated it to the boathouse.

Thanks
Carla

[Matt Flood]

What type of Kayak is it??? If it's a racer of any sort it may be worth keeping in the club for varsities....

[Bill C]

I it's glass fibre it's fixable (up to a certain point where there's more hole than boat).

[Eoghan]

I imagine any fibre glass boat will be faster than the majority of the clubs boats - so if you're looking for a new home the club would be happy to take it (we'd have to check it has a chance of being repaired).

Otherwise there is always the option of taking a hammer to it and, as you said, sell it in parts  (don't do this option.. )

[Bill C]

Flower pot.

[Carla!]

I had a look at it there. It has a few cracks on the bottom, a few that have been mended and some that haven't, but they are hairline looking cracks that dont look too difficult to fix I think I dont really know about this though. I dont know if they came out in the photo. Its quite a long boat too.



 

[Kerry Gold]

firstly: it's cool looking

secondly: fill it with class stuf, jam a mirror in the to act as a spar-deck, ...and finally through off clif.

  perfect happy fun time

[Matt Flood]

It kinda looks like a gola 'sprint' or a kemakraft 'sprite'.... A racing boat anyway..
They are quite straightforward to paddle and would be great for people who want to compete in composite classes at varsities and the like.

[Eoghan]

sounds like we'd like it if its being thrown out...matt sounds like he knows what he's talking about.. 

[kmck]

To be honest it looks older than either of those designs, I'd have to look at it to be sure. Test it by filling it with water and look for the leaks.  Still it's a fibre glass boat and the hull looks in good nick for something living in a garden.

[Carla!]

It has about 3 cracks or so, I don't know if they go the whole way through they are just like hairline ones anyway.

To be honest it looks older than either of those designs, I'd have to look at it to be sure. Test it by filling it with water and look for the leaks.  Still it's a fibre glass boat and the hull looks in good nick for something living in a garden.

it was in a garage not a garden!

Well if its of no use then its cool. Is there anyway of selling it for someone to cut it up and use it for parts in that case?

[Nuala]

You could try filling with water and seeing how cracked the hull is. If it's in anyway reasonable stick it up on Irishfreestyle and ask for maybe 100/150 euro ono, you never know you might get a bit of money out of it (be honest if there's cracks and include photos in the post).

If there's no interest in buying it you can give it to the club then. If people are interested/there's time after the exams (so maybe in 3 weeks or so) we were thinking of doing a boat hull fixing day and we could try to make something out of it.

[Fuzzy]

Well if its of no use then its cool.

I believe Eoghan said

sounds like we'd like it if its being thrown out

I think the club will take it off your hands if you can't find a more profitable option.

for someone to cut it up and use it for parts in that case?

I don't think that how fibreglass works.

[Carla!]

Asked my rents what they thought and they said if its any use to the club than they can have it. I won't be around much longer, should be heading up to bundoran next week, SO me and my dad were thinking of dropping the boat into the boathouse tomorrow morning (provided the locks have yet to be changed?) if that is alright with comittee. Yous can take a look at it when you do a boat fixing day before college and see what yous think about fixing it up for using in racing. And if its really of no use for anything it can be dumped.