Hello all! With the upcoming long weekend (at least for those of us in the US, sorry everyone else), what kayaking plans do YOU have? Post some fun and exciting trip plans/expectations. -Patrick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Patrick Maun wrote: > > With the upcoming long weekend (at least for those of us in the US, > sorry everyone else), what kayaking plans do YOU have? > Post some fun and exciting trip plans/expectations. > I'm not sure this qualifies, cause I've gotta work Monday but... we're going to paddle the Tallulah Gorge in sea kayaks. Well, no, not that Tallulah Gorge, a little downstream. We'll be on Lake Yonah, which is the lake below Lake Tugaloo, which is formed by the Tallulah and the Chatooga Rivers. It is a gorge, or at least was until GA Power flooded it. The lake is about 4 miles long and very narrow. And since the banks are pretty much vertical, I'm sure it's very deep. Probably also chilly, around 55-60F (Deep guffaws heard from the West and North, shivers from BD). Some friends are having a picnic at their cabin, which is inaccessible except by boat. They're going to run a powerboat shuttle for the other guests, but we're going to paddle in from the boat ramp. Should be about 2 miles give or take a furlong. Everyone is bring a dish for a potluck. We're going to make muffelettas, because they'll fit in the hatches well ;) Steve -- Test Scoring & Reporting Services Sometimes, you never can University of Georgia always tell what you Athens, GA 30602-5593 least expect the most. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
>Hello all! > >With the upcoming long weekend (at least for those of us in the US, >sorry everyone else), what kayaking plans do YOU have? > >Post some fun and exciting trip plans/expectations. Here in Canada, the holiday was this past weekend: Victoria Day. On a three day trip, I paddled up and back a large (twenty mile long) local lake, Pitt Lake, which is also alleged to be the only tidal fresh water lake in the world. (The tidal effect comes from its connection to the sea, not from its own size.) Fabulous views of snow-capped covered mountains and your eyes could follow the fall line down to magnificent alpine waterfalls. Interesting reminder of the differences in behaviour between fresh and salt water: an outflow breeze that would have only rippled salt water stirred up cats-paws and moderate swellets on the fresh. Saw Ospreys, Merganser, and a seal that had commuted from the sea. Once I was safely off the water, it was also vastly entertaining to watch the holiday power boat and jet ski crowd, who don't care what they're doing, mix it up with the canoe rental crowd, who don't know what they're doing. It's a wonder the body count isn't higher! Cheers, Philip N49°16' W123°08' ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 5/26/99 4:07:11 PM EDT, pmaun_at_bitstream.net writes: << With the upcoming long weekend (at least for those of us in the US, sorry everyone else), what kayaking plans do YOU have? >> Just some early Sunday morning plans to practice self and assisted rescues with a group of friends, and then a quick paddle up the river and back, before the motorboaters and jetskiers take over. I'll spend the rest of the day at the Tiki Hut on the beach with younger male relatives visiting from out of town who want to look at babes in thong bikinis. Oh well, at least they'll pick up my bar tab and dinner that night, so you can be sure it will be premium drinks and steak & lobster for me! Everyone have fun and be safe. Sandy "Don't tell what you do at the beach." *************************************************************************** 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'll spend the rest of the day at the Tiki Hut > on the beach with younger male relatives visiting from > out of town who want to look at babes in thong bikinis. Where did you say this place was at? 8^) Woody *************************************************************************** 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 02:42 PM 5/26/99 -0500, you wrote: >Hello all! > >With the upcoming long weekend (at least for those of us in the US, >sorry everyone else), what kayaking plans do YOU have? > >Post some fun and exciting trip plans/expectations. > Heading up for a couple days at the West Michigan Coastal Kayak Symposium. Have to head back Sunday, thought; the local Legion would have me up against a wall if I wasn't there for the Memorial Day parade. Anyway, hope to pick up a few pointers, find a couple of oddball pieces, and try out a couple of boats. Any other midwestern Paddlewisers planning on being there? -- Wes *************************************************************************** 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'll be getting together with some friends for a four day trip through the San Juan's. We'll launch from Anacortes on the mainland and paddle about 12 miles to Doe Bay near Pt, Lawrence on Orcas Island on Friday afternoon (leave work in Seattle at 1pm). On Saturday we'll paddle around Orcas on the south side over to Jones Island (about 15 miles). Sunday will be a paddle around the North end over to Patos and on to Cypress (depending on weather) with a return to Anacortes on Monday. I hope the weathers not too rough as my paddling muscles are a bit weak for the mileage this year. It should be a good trip (we were originally planning to go to the Gulf Islands up in British Columbia but had a potential paddler with visa problems, so that meant stay in the US) and heck, I might even remember how to paddle efficiently again by the time I finish. Happy Paddling -Saul Saul Kinderis saul_at_isomedia,com My new web page is at: http://www.isomedia.com/homes/saul (425)402-3426 POB 2221, Bothell, WA, 98041 *************************************************************************** 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 plan to go tandem canoe camping on the Eel River from Alder Point with my canoe club (POST from Oakland, California). I'm just looking forward to being outdoors, in the water, under the trees, and away from the city. BijiliE *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Patrick Maun wrote: > With the upcoming long weekend (at least for those of us in the US, > sorry everyone else), what kayaking plans do YOU have? A bunch of us (some sea kayakers, some canoers, some in small skiffs) plan to congregate at a campsite on Long Island, Willapa Bay, WA. All have done volunteer work on the island, which is on the USFWS Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, a huge refuge sheltering mainly migratory waterfowl. Because of demands on Refuge personnel, we volunters are now the de facto body which maintains and keeps up with the needs of the five primitive campgrounds on the island. The Feds only supply gas for chainsaws and weed eaters, toilet paper for the potties, and the "apparatus" for pumping poop. This trip is mainly recreational, in reward for the eight or so days each of us spends each year bushing out trails, picking up trash, and *pumping poop* from the pit toilets on the island. Even so, I expect there will be some brush control and trash pickery amongst the barbecued chicken, potables, and tomfoolery. Mellow and relaxed time is anticipated. Others interested in volunteering on the Refuge should contact me. So far, only locals have participated. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
This is a terrible, mean spirited thread! I have to supervise a roofing crew putting a new roof on the house all weekend and paint a couple of the outside walls. Oh, poor, poor, pitiful me. I suppose ya'all are gonna wanna write a bunch of gruesome trip reports too. Oh, boo, hoo. Well, I'll get even with all of you in coming months. Wait and see. Happy paddling and happy weekend! Clyde Sisler - Wishing I was wasting away in Margaritaville http://csisler.com *************************************************************************** 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 Wed, 26 May 1999 14:42:18 -0500 Patrick Maun <pmaun_at_bitstream.net> writes: > >With the upcoming long weekend (at least for those of us in the US, >sorry everyone else), what kayaking plans do YOU have? > >Post some fun and exciting trip plans/expectations. > >-Patrick PaddleWisers ..... Memorial Day has found us heading for the Buffalo up in the Ozarks for a number of years. We leave out early Friday and get back late Monday. I park the Sea Lion and use the OT 169. Usually we set up a rustic base camp on the river and then there are different stretches to paddle/float during the days with a short shuttle. There is some nice hiking if you wish. It's that kind of slow-w-w-w "River Time" sort of weekend where everyone fights over a good tent site, steals beer from their tentmates, fights over who didn't bring enough limes and/or Jose', second-guesses any attempt at decent cooking, disparages everyone else's choice for "wine night", fights over hammock-time, spills water-food-beer, trips over guy lines, mashes a finger or two with hammer-rock-horseshoe-gunwale, gets a pretty bad sunburn .....well, just has a WONDERFUL time !! Trip report to follow ........ya'll pass a good weekend, yeah !! Seriously, do take a moment and remember what this MEMORIAL DAY is really about ...a pause to remember and honor those who did not make it back from that last patrol .........Peyton (Louisiana) USMC E-5 >************************************************************************ *** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >************************************************************************ *** ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] *************************************************************************** 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 wrote: >Hello all! > >With the upcoming long weekend (at least for those of us in the US, >sorry everyone else), what kayaking plans do YOU have? I am headed up to the Boundary Waters with a group of friends. We could only get a Sag Lake permit, so we decided to bring a couple of kayaks (no portages) in addition to the two canoes. We have a couple of beginning kayakers in the group, so this trip will give them a chance to practice their paddle strokes. Beautiful weather forecast for the midwest this weekend, hope it's great everywhere else too. -Patrick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> >Hello all! > > > >With the upcoming long weekend (at least for those of us in the US, > >sorry everyone else), what kayaking plans do YOU have? Just hanging around the Big Apple. Saturday I will do volunteer dock duty at the Downtown Boathouse's free program of kayak paddling for the public in lower Manhattan (last year we put 6,000 people on the water as part of this.) Go for a leisurely drive on Sunday and, well, for the actual Memorial Day Monday...below is my plan. have a good and safe holiday, ralph diaz ----------------------------------------------- Subject: monday memorial day paddle trip-nyc Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:23:38 -0700 From: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com To: nyckayaker_at_envirolink.org With these three-day holiday weekends it is easy to forget what they originally signified. I guess most of us see this coming weekend as the start of the summer season and getting outdoors for picnics and barbecues. And it is that. But Memorial Day is something more. I would like to return a bit to what the holiday is supposed to honor. So, I am planning a Memorial Day Paddle on Monday from the Downtown Boathouse to the Intrepid aircraft carrier museum to cast some flowers on the waters in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in our nation's wars. I hope we can get close enough as sometimes they establish a security zone around the naval war ships that are in for Fleet Week and berth there. You are welcome to join me and my wife Donna on this trip. We will start at 10 am from the Boathouse. After visiting the area of the Intrepid, we will then go on to the 79th St Boat Basin for lunch. The roundtrip distance is around 9 miles or so, i.e. 4.5 miles each way. On the way up, I will probably go slow as I tend to like to look at what is happening with the waterfront and to view unique places like the bow cut in the seawall that was put there to allow longer ships to dock without their sterns sticking out beyond the pier line. If interested, just show up, and bring flowers. ralph diaz ------------------------------------------------ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Saturday: Long drive to Detroit. Sunday: GRO Sea Kayak Lesson on Lake St. Clair. Should be fun for my wife and I and hopefully we'll learn some and refine some skills. This class is also a pre-req for their sea kayak workshop, a two day class in June that should prepare us for the BCU 3 star assesment. You never can get enough instruction and practice. :) Monday: Long drive back to KC. Mel --- There are three types of people, those who can count and those who can't. --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Share what you know. Learn what you don't. *************************************************************************** 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'll be down at Harpers Ferry this weekend. Primarily paddling the Staircase of the Shenandoah and part of the Potomac. But I'll be doing Antietam Creek as well. This was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War and it's an eerie feeling to be paddling past Burnside Bridge and hearing the sounds of a military band and rifle volleys from the visitor center for their memorial day celebration, knowing how many soldiers died there.... Incidentally, this is where Memorial Day started. Joe P. *************************************************************************** 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'll be down at Harpers Ferry this weekend. Primarily paddling the > Staircase of the Shenandoah and part of the Potomac. > But I'll be doing Antietam Creek as well. This was one of the bloodiest > battles of the Civil War and it's an eerie feeling to be paddling past > Burnside Bridge and hearing the sounds of a military band and rifle volleys > from the visitor center for their memorial day celebration, knowing how many > soldiers died there.... > Incidentally, this is where Memorial Day started. Hmmmm. There is a sign in Waterloo, NY which claims that Memorial day was started there. -- John Fereira jaf30_at_cornell.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/ ***************************************************************************
-----Original Message----- From: Patrick Maun [mailto:pmaun_at_bitstream.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 2:41 PM To: paddlewise Subject: [Paddlewise] Memorial Day Weekend Hello all! With the upcoming long weekend (at least for those of us in the US, sorry everyone else), what kayaking plans do YOU have? Post some fun and exciting trip plans/expectations. -Patrick ************************************************************************** * I was going to lead a trip to Sand Island on Lake Superior, but people who showed interest didn't call back, and the ones who signed up got sick, including my wife, so I've decided to stay home and knock plaster off the kitchen wall (not with my head!). Maybe I'll also find time to do some kayaking chores I've had to put off, such as renewing the DWR on my dry suit, relocating the watch on my dry suit, making a sling and fittings for the spare bilge pump, repairing my Teva sandals, marking more waypoints in TOPO!, scanning maps for OziExplorer, etc. Hey, maybe having to stay home isn't so bad! In truth, we are so heavily scheduled this summer that this gives us some badly needed putter time. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 Wed, 26 May 1999, Patrick Maun wrote: > With the upcoming long weekend (at least for those of us in the US, > what kayaking plans do YOU have? We're headed to Cape Cod. I intend to see if all of my winter pool session practice turned my sea kayak hand roll into something more than a "Yeeha, I can't believe I got one" event. Prior to pool sessions my success rate was 2 out of about 100 attempts. If the waves are up a little playing in the surf is also likely, as is a work out or 2 on the surf ski. 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 12:37 PM 5/27/99 EDT, you wrote: >> Incidentally, this is where Memorial Day started. > >Hmmmm. There is a sign in Waterloo, NY which claims that >Memorial day was started there. > >-- A lot of places claim it, including Hudson, MI, where I work. However, I don't think Hudson's claim is very good. -- Wes *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
One day in a coastal Maryland tidal swamp checking out humming birds/owls/mountain laurel. One day around a Chesapeake bay island with white sandy beach and brown pelicans. cu 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/ ***************************************************************************
>Hmmmm. There is a sign in Waterloo, NY which claims that >Memorial day was started there. That might have been where the movement to make it a national holiday began. I think the Sharpsburg memorial was going on for some years prior to that and was the motivation. > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> > >Hmmmm. There is a sign in Waterloo, NY which claims that > >Memorial day was started there. > > That might have been where the movement to make it a national holiday began. > I think the Sharpsburg memorial was going on for some years prior to that > and was the motivation. I haven't stopped to find out. Waterloo is about 45 miles north of here and the last couple of years I've driven through just prior to Memorial day and they've got big signs over the road which read "Waterloo - where Memorial day was born" or something like that. I had never really thought about a national holiday having a city/town as it's founder before and I wonder if nearby Seneca Falls claim to be the founder of the women's right movement has anything to do with it. OB paddling content: The Seneca-Cayuga canal and the NY barge canal both run through both Waterloo and Seneca Falls and are great places to paddle. -- John Fereira jaf30_at_cornell.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/ ***************************************************************************
Maine is calling.... Three days in the Muscongus Bay area. The water must be up to 40 by now! Hal Wilton, NH Power your boat with carbohydrates, not hydrocarbons. http://www.jlc.net/~hlevin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Going to Mount Desert Island (a 3 hour drive), camping for 3 days, kayaking as much as possible..... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Georgian Bay: Canadian coast; 2-3 days, weather permitting. *************************************************************************** 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'm leading a trip for the RMCC, on the gunnison river, escalante bridge to whitewater, colorado. 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: Nothing pains some people more than having to think. --Martin Luther King, Jr. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
A full moon paddle on the North Shore of Lake Superior. Trout fishing in a stream with no trout (according to the locals). Planting 75 White Pines. Greasing trailer bearings. Putting in a flower garden. Planting white clover. The above list is in the order of preference, not necessarily the order in which they will happen. Dana Dickson *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Buzzards Bay/Vineyard Sound: Crossing from Quissett Harbor to Lambert's Cove on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Trying out a VCP Pintail, on loan from noted Paddlewise lurker Marjorie W. First time using a skeg vs. large rudder on my Klepper and no rudder on my Huntsman. If anyone cares to join me Sunday or Monday, drop a line! Cheers, Jim *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Considering I just picked up my new (British heavy) Anas Acuta, I fully expect to spend my weekend upside-down and sideways practicing bracing, rolling, sculling, etc. I might paddle a little bit too. I start the weekend off by leading a moonlight paddle tonight on the Navesink River/Sandy Hook Bay. I guess my fingers will be very pruney by Tuesday morning. Cool. Happy Holiday everyone! Debbie Reeves Sandy Hook, NJ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Ok Chuck what are we going do this weekend? Head down to the Keys? Biscayne Bay? Everglades? Turkey Point Canals? Loxahatchee reserve? Jupiter Inlet? Peanut Island? Everglades City? Flamingo? Ocean Paddling (Water is almost warm enough..80F). cya *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Headed down to New York for the General Clinton 70 miler. If you've never been down to this event, try it. It's a lot of fun, with several races of different lengths over the three day weekend. Whether you are an elite racer or just Joe paddler like me it's really something, because after you do such a long endurance race anything else in life seems easy! -Tom *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Why am I sitting inside on a sunny Sunday on Memorial Day weekend? Because in an hour I am digressing from paddling by attending an all-women's sail on a tall ship for a wedding shower. Yesterday I did lead a "three hour tour" for Kayak Port Townsend which was very pleasant. And, ps, as for the side-to-side variation on the eskimo rescue, my arms and hands have practically been ripped off by nervous rescuers trying to place my hand on the paddle. I think all variations are good to know only because of the placement of the two boats at the time of capsize - speed is of the essence. Andree Hurley Hurley Design Communications - ICQ# 27469637 Web Sites for Specialty Businesses - http://www.viewit.com/HDC/ Kayaking - http://www.onwatersports.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
>> And, ps, as for the side-to-side variation on the eskimo rescue, my arms and hands have practically been ripped off by nervous rescuers trying to place my hand on the paddle. I think all variations are good to know only because of the placement of the two boats at the time of capsize - speed is of the essence. Andree Hurley >> Something for rescuers to remember, for sure. The first side rescue I ever did was when my wife was practicing rolls in a pool. Whenever she missed and needed a rescue, she would wave her hands in the air and I would come in for a bow rescue. One time, though, my kayak was backed into a corner when she signaled, and there wasn't room to turn. Having read about though never practiced the side rescue, I came alongside and laid my paddle across both hulls, just as in the illustration. Linda had never even heard of a side rescue, but seeing the paddle overhead, she grabbed it and rolled up anyway. Sometimes book learning does pay off. :-) Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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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