[Don Froese]

Hi Quirine. How short is your paddle?

We are both using 220cm paddles with the Telkwas, and that seems to work well.  As Katya said it’s probably more a issue of getting used to paddling the wider boat though.

 

Regarding repairs, I just use standard fiberglass and epoxy resin on Kevlar, which seems to work fine. For emergencies I use this waterproof gorilla tape. It’s amazing stuff and even sticks under water but is almost impossible to remove.

 

Emergency Kayak repair tape