iirc chains are Law in BC from october -? ,they must be carried. one set i think.
lol …i was stopped once at the scale at Golden BC ,on the 1st of october one yr heading east home …dot guy standing just off the scale asking if you had chains if he didnt see them up…told him they were in my jockey box still in the bag …lucky he didnt ask to see them cough,cough. 
dont think there is a chain law in western,central Canada except for BC.
jimmy
taffytrucker:
New version of the Titanic??
Thankfully not! I sold my last kayak about this time last year when I was on the verge of jacking in and going back to England. I subsequently changed my mind and stayed in Canada, but sans kayak so splashed out on a better one this time after using my girlfriends spare one last summer.
A photo of myself having just completed a most enjoyable afternoon down the Meduxnekeag River, without hitting an iceberg or capsizing. Just as well as the water was bloody cold but in another few weeks it’ll be too low on that particular river to kayak down.
Mike there’s nothing in the regs about ice smashers, but I had a couple of links come loose on a pair so I got the ones on the rear as replacements, my thinking is every bit of extra grip I can get is a good thing.
I would want stabilisers on that kayak:grin:
BC is the only place in Canada with a requirement to carry chains. It’s enforced from Oct 1 to Apr 30 and that photo was taken on Apr 29:shock:
You have to, by law, chain four tyres and doing the outer four is easier than messing around with a set of doubles on the rear axle, plus if a chain does come loose there’s less chance of mangling a brake chamber or hose or an airbag with the chain on the outer tyre
Hi All.Thanks for replies.I was just curious as i remember in the early days when the brits were famous for not even having 1 chain and still bumbling through winters all over,and then driving up here where you almost have to have a separate trailer full of chains.
Nice kayak.I bought i a few summers ago,it’s fun as the river is 25mtr in front of my house.It’s quite relaxing and good exercise.Mike
hutpik:
Hi All.Thanks for replies.I was just curious as i remember in the early days when the brits were famous for not even having 1 chain and still bumbling through winters all over,and then driving up here where you almost have to have a separate trailer full of chains.
Nice kayak.I bought i a few summers ago,it’s fun as the river is 25mtr in front of my house.It’s quite relaxing and good exercise.Mike
When I used to do regular Swiss work before coming to Canada, I’d often pass those lovely sign posts when you got off of the motorway that suggested that snow chains were mandatory, yet being a British truck, no such thing had ever graced my good vehicle and mention of said equipment to the boss would have resulted in all sorts of coughing and spluttering, and how I was wrong and he was right because his trucks had been going there since the mid 80s etc.
Aren’t winter tyres mandatory in Germany between certain dates too? I was always told so but we just ran with the same standard summer tyres on all year round and one of my regular runs outside of the Swiss work was to Bitterfeld in the former East Germany.
The kayak performed well yesterday, though the sunburn I now have on my left leg is bloody awful!
robinhood_1984:
The kayak performed well yesterday, though the sunburn I now have on my left leg is bloody awful!
You need a spray deck, it keeps water and sunshine out of the cockpit. If you can try some carbon fibre/kevlar paddles you’ll want to buy a set. Lendal Powermasters are very nice. Not cheap but much nicer than aluminium paddle shafts as they are so lightweight and stiff. They aren’t cold either when you paddle on cold water. I used to race flat water marathons. One of my sons was UK champion in marathon K1, previously he was a member of both the UK junior Olympic Racing Squad, and the UK junior Marathon Squad. He also won gold in the Gudena long distance race in Denmark, and was half of the second fastest junior K2 crew ever in the Devizes to Westminster canoe race. He is now living in Canada but no longer canoeing. I know a bit about canoeing on flat water, your kayak is intended for use on flat water as you will fall out of it if you tip it over (even if you wear a spray deck).
Big Jon’s dad:
You need a spray deck, it keeps water and sunshine out of the cockpit. If you can try some carbon fibre/kevlar paddles you’ll want to buy a set. Lendal Powermasters are very nice. Not cheap but much nicer than aluminium paddle shafts as they are so lightweight and stiff. They aren’t cold either when you paddle on cold water. I used to race flat water marathons. One of my sons was UK champion in marathon K1, previously he was a member of both the UK junior Olympic Racing Squad, and the UK junior Marathon Squad. He also won gold in the Gudena long distance race in Denmark, and was half of the second fastest junior K2 crew ever in the Devizes to Westminster canoe race. He is now living in Canada but no longer canoeing. I know a bit about canoeing on flat water, your kayak is intended for use on flat water as you will fall out of it if you tip it over (even if you wear a spray deck).
I think I will get a spray sheet for it. Most of the rivers around here are either flat or with just a bit of white water, rocks, very small rapids etc so nothing it cant cope with. I’m looking forward to trying it out again when there isn’t such a strong head wind but its good exercise if nothing else.