Howdy - I've had my ~1980 Klepper double for about a year now, been lurking on the list for a few months. We only got out 3 or 4 times last summer, but hope to do better this time around. I live outside of Anchorage, Alaska, so the season won't start (for me, anyway) for a few months yet. (Our first trip in the boat, and the instigation for buying it, started the first week of June last year, to Wood-Tikchik State Park, and the ice on the lakes was *just* breaking up.) We've also been out for a few days from Homer, in Ketchemak Bay, and we shlepped the bags down to St. John for Thanksgiving. The warm water certainly was nice, but the scenery (above the waves) is a lot better up here! Needless to say, I've got no roll whatsoever. Ralph D. is right though; we kept up just fine with people in hardshells, and made better headway through the 2-3 foot whitecaps on the windy Tikchik lakes. It also holds an unbelievable amount of stuff. Anyway, I'm hoping to make at least a couple 1-2 week trips this summer; in Prince William Sound, and a float down some river. (Foldables shine here, as you can fly them in to the bush in any little ole plane.) Now to strap the skis back on. (And no, 20 below is NOT too cold to get out.) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 08 1999 - 10:24:37 PST
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