Hello again, well I have finished all the restoration on the Seaking now and I’m sure you will agree she’s looking pretty darn good now. Maybe now is the time for you all to get out ya creek boats and make me an offer for her.

She has had all the seams redone, I have prepared all the surface and after speaking with some very nice man at a local yacht chandalery, I was advised to use some new super gucci paint on her that is designed for painting over prepared gelcoat. I have put on brand new rigging rope and bungee cord and to finish off I have put brand new hatch rings and covers. The original hatches were, to be honest, looking a bit shabby so I treated the craft to the new ones from kayaksandpaddles.co.uk in Plymouth. I can highly recommend them as their service was fantastic and very reasonable prices. I ordered the hatches at 4pm and they arrived by 1pm the following day all for £5 cheaper than anywhere else. The foam is fitted temporarily for the seat, I have done a temp fit as it will make it easier for whoever takes the kayak on to shape it for their own backside, there is plenty of foam there so you should be able to get it plenty comfy.

To top it all the kayak floats like a dream, I took it out on Lake Ullswater the other day and had a tremendous time with it, I’m almost tempted to keep the craft and try and get a creek boat elsewhere but I suppose that would defeat the purpose of this venture I set out to do. What I will say is that if I don’t get a swap in, lets say 30 days from now then maybe I will use the boat for other means.