The SSI Diamond The Six Scuba Systems Boyle’s Law – As pressure increases, volume decreases P1xV1 = P2xV2 1 Bar = 14.5038 PSI10 Meters down will increase pressure 1 bar10 meters is roughly 33 feet (32.8084) Absolute Pressure includes the current air pressure at sea level plus depth pressure (rarely used) Methods to deal with…
Moore’s Park Revisited | Riverside Park Returned to Moore’s Park to investigate the upstream launch capability from the dam. It is possible albeit slightly challenging as there is no actual kayak launch (like there is downstream) and it is pretty overgrown. From there I walked the upstream route to see if there is a viable…
These are notes for time spent periodically at the boat on Thursday September 11th to Sunday September 14th. This was a weekend where Melissa was visiting and I spent the night on the boat on Thursday by myself. Then on Friday got up in the morning and went to the airport to pick her up…
Sweeney’s Landing | Cherry Hill Park After getting my hair cut, I went to Sweeney’s Landing. The only thing to say about Sweeney’s Landing is that it exists and it has a kayak launch (and a boat launch for some reason). I would be concerned about leaving a vehicle there for an extended period of…
Notes prior to deployment Used the deploy list from previous run Didn’t have the GoPro, was fine putting the Life Vest behind the seat. Had found the phone strap prior to this and was able to use that. This was handy as you can still use the phone through the waterproofing. Need to make sure…
Moore’s Park / Lansing River Trail (Willbro Beach Kayak Landing) First off, silly me for completely forgetting about Willbro Beach landing (didn’t know the name) in front of the Lansing Shuffle downtown. Which is a perfect stop on the route and is also a kayak service location. Started out in Moore’s park. The kayak access…
Jaycee Park / Island Park Investigated Jaycee Park and was testing out new hiking shoes. So there has been some upgrades to this park and is actually a really nice park. The boat launch is a little overkill as the grand river isn’t really deep enough to support most trailer-ed boats. but the Kayak launch…
Field research on this day was in support of the Kayak project. In particular investigations took place of Dietrich Park, Turner Dodge Park, Burchard Park and the space next to Olympic Broil (across the river from Dietrich Park). Dietrich Park What was discovered with Dietrich Park is that it is small and there is only…
Notes from keep from a previous outing on 8/14/25 Kayak Deploy list1. Kayak!2. Oar3. Life Vest4. Headphones5. Sunglasses w/ strap6. Towel7. Water Bottle8. Phone9. Kayak wheels10. Bike Lock11. Bike Lock key12. Waterproof case13. water pump14. Foot Pad15. Seat Cushion16. GoPro (optional) First run roughly 3600 ft (1.1km) in 18min timearound 10 min walk to launch…
The following are notes from boat work taking place on August 23rd, 2025 Sprayed down the edge and lines to the boat with the new spider repellent purchased. We will see if it has any impact Needs a wash down again but that was expected. Should expect to do some level of wash down each…