Whew, like a few others the rudders thread began to give me a headache. I use mine sometimes, I really don't give it much thought. nuff said. I was supposed to meet up for a short "get acquainted" paddle on Saturday morning with a couple of folks that I had recently met . I showed up at the appointed location right on time and in a steady rain. But no little Toyota pickup truck with two kayaks...hmm..went to get a latte' and back to more waiting in the rain - they never showed after a 45 minute wait in the rain. Strange, because rain is so typical around here that it doesn't ordinarily hamper outdoor activities. I tried calling them at home, but there wasn't any answer. Not willing to let a perfectly good rainy day go to waste I drove out the road (our *only* road) to a little cove well protected from the steady southeast wind. Loaded up the kayak rather quickly and was out on the water in a few minutes. Paddling up the quiet cove in a gentle rain the mountains in the distance were obscured, but I was treated to the pleasure of watching a sea otter for about 15 minutes - diving periodically for mussels and pounding away at them on the surface. Very cool! While I was just sitting there sculling, watching the otter (and reflecting on the idea of Julio's solid paddle float), I was treated to the long, eerily beautiful howls of a wolf in the distance for about 5 minutes. Moments like these are why I paddle! I paddled a couple of miles and went out into a larger, less protected bay where the waves were whitecapped chop, but felt a little uncomfortable in my Seaward Ascente - I finally have concluded that it has too much volume for me (150lbs) to paddle it comfortably when it's not loaded at least for an overnight - might have to skip on down to Canada for some Ballast Rocks. A quick return of a couple of miles (and innumerable bald eagle sightings) and I was back at the car clambering out of the drysuit. A short paddle, but very enjoyable. Dave David Seng / david_at_wainet.com Wostmann & Associates / phone - 907.586.6167 223 Seward St. / fax - 907.586.2996 Juneau, Alaska 99801 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
David Seng wrote:<snip> I might have to skip down to Canada for some ballast roccks...> I paddle a local designed "Seabear" a high volume boat which is hard to control when empty in strong winds.I always carry 4 empty 3 liter fruit juice bottles.If the weather changes I fill these with water and stow them in the forward bulkhead.The 12 kg's make the boat much more contollable.When the wind drops they are easy to empty. Regards Eddie Kia Ora. > > Seng / david_at_wainet.com > Wostmann & Associates / phone - 907.586.6167 > 223 Seward St. / fax - 907.586.2996 > Juneau, Alaska 99801 > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, A.H.J.(Eddie)van den Hurk wrote: >> >>David Seng wrote:<snip> I might have to skip down to Canada for some >>ballast roccks...> >> >>I paddle a local designed "Seabear" a high volume boat which is hard to >>control when empty in strong winds.I always carry 4 empty >>3 liter fruit juice bottles.If the weather changes I fill these with >>water and stow them in the forward bulkhead.The 12 kg's make the boat >>much more contollable.When the wind drops they are easy to empty. >>Regards Eddie >>Kia Ora. thanks for a great tip!!! mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr [Colorado Paddlers' Resource] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmskc [Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc [Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page] http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark [personal] -- Fortune: I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. -- Mae West --- Yield to Temptation ... it may not pass your way again. -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love" *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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