winter kayaking question?

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im going to ocean kayak in the winter for the first time, my question is when im done kayaking  how do i wash the salt water off the kayak without it freezing, when im done kayaking i like to spray it with the hose to get the salt water off, but wont the water from the hose quickly freeze onto the kayak during the winter ? how do i prevent this

Bob K · Accepted Answer

Marine mammal skin covered kayaks were scraped carefully with snow to remove stuff adhering lightly to it or also scraped or lightly pounded with a bone or wooden flat edge snow knife .
The skin covering was flexible and contained some oils.

I suppose you could borrow some wax from your old cross country wood skis supply box and lightly wax exterior of kayak to possibly help with ice formation/removal. Or use a couple coats of polish on kayak's exterior. Like Johnson's paste wax.

I think talking with the good people at outfits like REI in Anchorage, Alaska would be a good starting place as would be stores, USPO's, museums, native corporations in  western and northern Alaska.

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