hey there, after a year of playing in the new sport of kayaking, i loaded my solo canoe on the truck tonight - for it's first outing since last spring. sure, i'll work tomorrow but only for half a day. then it's sunshine, lazy time and lunch at a favorite get landing... fall is almost in the air in these parts. anyone else paddlin a canoe anymore? bye bye bliven *************************************************************************** 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 Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 08:50:54PM -0400, Larry Bliven wrote: > anyone else paddlin a canoe anymore? Sure, lots of us. I'm just about to sell my Cascade C-1 and switch to a slalom C-1 -- which should be a real education in edge control for me. Hopefully I won't need to roll *too* much, because it's been a while since I've practiced the C-1 roll. And not to brag too much, but my C-2 mixed partner and I are having a great racing season: we've even beaten all the men's teams each of the last two weekends. The Whup-a-Tar we're paddling is lightning-quick, even if we aren't, and each time we race we're doing less and less talking and more and more hard paddling -- our second run at every race has been faster than our first 4 out of 4 times. We haven't tried OC-2 yet, but we're thinking about it. Since both of us are decked boaters, we'll probably be quite the comedy act until we get used to the height of the boat. ;-) ---Rsk Rich Kulawiec rsk_at_gsp.org *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Larry wrote; , > >after a year of playing in the new sport of kayaking, i loaded my solo canoe >on the truck tonight - for it's first outing since last spring. sure, i'll >work tomorrow but only for half a day. then it's sunshine, lazy time and >lunch at a favorite get landing... fall is almost in the air in these parts. > >anyone else paddlin a canoe anymore? Just about every other day even if only for an hour or so. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ . *************************************************************************** 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 Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Larry Bliven wrote: > > hey there, > > after a year of playing in the new sport of kayaking, i loaded my solo canoe > on the truck tonight - for it's first outing since last spring. sure, i'll > work tomorrow but only for half a day. then it's sunshine, lazy time and > lunch at a favorite get landing... fall is almost in the air in these parts. > > anyone else paddlin a canoe anymore? > > bye bye bliven yes ;-) but not near as much either!! it's been out a few times this year, mostly camping trips!! mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: "In a world without fences, who needs 'Gates'" -- Scott McNealy "In a world without walls, who needs 'Windows'" -- Dave Livigni *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
I generally pull mine out in the winter since I switch from big water to little water. Also, for the winter camping trips, my dog comes with me and she just won't jam into the kayak hatch or straddle the back deck :-) On these trips, I paddle the canoe (with her in it) and tow the kayak out to some island. During the days, I leave her on the island (to do dog stuff), and I can paddle the kayak. Works out well for both of us. We just got back from the Adirondacks and leave in a couple of days for Squam Lake in NH. The only bad thing about using the canoe in the winter, it's really cold being fully exposed (even with thick fleece under a drysuit). Debbie Reeves Atlantic Sea Kayakers > ---------- > From: Larry Bliven[SMTP:foxhill_at_shore.intercom.net] > Sent: Monday, September 28, 1998 8:50 PM > To: apaddlewise > Subject: [Paddlewise] switch back > > hey there, > > after a year of playing in the new sport of kayaking, i loaded my solo > canoe > on the truck tonight - for it's first outing since last spring. sure, i'll > work tomorrow but only for half a day. then it's sunshine, lazy time and > lunch at a favorite get landing... fall is almost in the air in these > parts. > > anyone else paddlin a canoe anymore? > > bye bye bliven > > ************************************************************************** > * > 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 Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Larry Bliven wrote: > anyone else paddlin a canoe anymore? Oh yeah. At least every other weekend I get out for a workout in either a USCA marathon flatwater canoe or a wenonah sundowner. The sundowner is a nice boat for fair weather east coast ocean paddling. I also got a few days in exploring the marshes on Cape cod, cruisin' around with a canoe pole, letting our 2 year old wander around the canoe as we went. I got less freestyle canoeing in than I would like, but I have to borrow a boat to do that. A 17' old town tripper just doesn't cut it for traditional solo or freestyle. Probably my best paddle day of the year was exploring the Crystal River, in florida, Omering along in a borrowed canoe with an abused paddle. kirk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
I have a Dagger Reflection 16. I take it on fishing trips with friends and also take my wife paddling when we can find time. My daughter and her husband used it the last time it was out. I enjoy the canoe for tandem use. Bob -------------------------------------------------- Robert C. Perkins, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research and Planning Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC 28311 910-630-7037 rperkins_at_methodist.edu *************************************************************************** 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 the truck tonight - for it's first outing since last spring. sure, i'll >work tomorrow but only for half a day. then it's sunshine, lazy time and >lunch at a favorite get landing... fall is almost in the air in these parts. > >anyone else paddlin a canoe anymore? I've got a couple of 4 day weekends coming up in early October. I was going to go hiking up into the NH White Mountains for the fall foliage. Haven't gotten the (real) old legs in good enough shape to tackle any mountains so will probably take the little 11 canoe north to some of the lakes in eastern NH / western ME and camp on shore. Yeah, I have as many mis-adventures in the canoes as I do in the sea kayak. >From dead moose to 6 hour paddles against 20 knot winds to some really wonderful times. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 08:50 PM 9/28/98 -0400, Larry Bliven wrote: >hey there, > >after a year of playing in the new sport of kayaking, i loaded my solo canoe >on the truck tonight - for it's first outing since last spring. sure, i'll >work tomorrow but only for half a day. then it's sunshine, lazy time and >lunch at a favorite get landing... fall is almost in the air in these parts. > >anyone else paddlin a canoe anymore? > I'd like to be. I gave away my canoe when I moved west and took up kayaking. Now I'm back north and am in the market for a cheap but good canoe. I picked up an old wood canvas Kennebec that I was hoping could be fixed, but it's beyond help and will probably be burned to provide heat to boil my skinboats cockpit coaming. ;-) I found a used Old Town Columbia for $400, but I havent found anyone who can tell me if its worth the money. Probably not a great solo canoe but I thought it was light for a glass boat and would be good for fishing with the Newfy and for trips in the BWCA and beyond. Its a pretty boat. Anyone know about these? The guy told me they dont make them anymore, and I couldnt find any info about them on Old Towns website Maybe I could pick up a good new Canadian canoe too. The exchange rate is very favorable (to me). Wayne *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
---------- > > >anyone else paddlin a canoe anymore? > > i am, 2 or 3 times a month. on rivers and in the bay. sometimes with my grandson, sometimes with my wife, mostly solo. sometimes i go fishing, sometimes i just go. i have a mohawk nova 16 as well as a yard full of other boats. i love it ted *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
hey, glad to hear that you are having fun in canoes - i sure would like to make it to those camping trips! ...nothing special on my paddle today... clean air, clear sky and quiet water here in Maryland. hey 'fireball' Ted, where are you paddling and what kind of fish are you after? how old is your granson? is he catching any fish? bye bye bliven Ted wrote: > i am, 2 or 3 times a month. on rivers and in the bay. sometimes with my >grandson, sometimes with my wife, mostly solo. sometimes i go fishing, >sometimes i just go. i have a mohawk nova 16 as well as a yard full of >other boats. > i love it > ted *************************************************************************** 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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