Angmagssalik class kayak Nimrod.

Current boat name

Angmagssalik class kayak Nimrod.

Boat class

7192

Function

Sports and Leisure

Type

Length (m / ft)

5.61 / 18ft 5in

Beam (m / ft)

0.46 / 1ft 6in

Present use

Store

Returned to Owner Nimrod is the canoe in which Geoff Hunter started out in 1970 on the first canoe voyage to be made round the coast of Britain. A second kayak of similar design was borrowed to complete the 2000 mile journey, Nimrod having been severely damaged half-way through the voyage. Rough seas in the Solway Firth resulted in a broken paddle. Geoff Hunter swam to a buoy, towing the kayak behind him. Although the canoeist managed to climb on to the slippery buoy and stay there through fifteen cold, uncomfortable and anxious hours until the morning tide made it possible to tackle the long, difficult swim to land, the canoe was too heavy to stay tied to the buoy in the rough sea: it broke free, drifted away and was lost for some time - along with Geoff Hunter's food and equipment! Nimrod was lent to the Maritime Museum by Geoff Hunter.