Saw a loaded single out on Clayoquot sound with a dog on the bow with its own pfd. A very strange load!!! Mike Allegretti Elphinstone Sec School mallegretti_at_sd46.bc.ca *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Happy Dog rides on the stern deck, both white water and flat. She prefers flat and wears a PFD of course. In cold water, she also dons a wet suit. In very cold conditions, she rides in the cockpit. I've considered making a sprayskirt with a velcro window so she can look out under those conditions. We just returned from another 4 days on the Missouri River in Montana. mmmmmmmmmmm, I wanna go baaaack! I will, I usually make Montana once a year, Lake Powell once a year, this year the Rio Grande (Big Bend) was a bust though--not enough water. I'll try that one again this winter... Alice P.S. Hey, Jackie, how many pups are you taking along these days? When the water gets a little rough, Happy gets antsy initially. I've thought about getting another pup but at about 30 pounds a pop, weight and balance gets interesting. How are you solving it?? P.P.S. I *think* I got a boater to take some pictures of us but haven't developed them yet. I'll e them to you off line when I get them back. I'm not sure the boater got the flick on what I wanted though he took _18_ pictures. I told him I wanted pics of the dog on the boat but I am afraid they will all be of me. I *knew* I should have worn more clothes... :-) Anyway I'll see what I get and if I have anything, I'll pass them along. It sure is beautiful country, you guys need to come along next year! > Saw a loaded single out on Clayoquot sound with a dog on the bow with its > own pfd. A very strange load!!! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> Happy Dog rides on the stern deck, both white water and flat. She prefers flat > and wears a PFD of course. In cold water, she also dons a wet suit. In very If you haven't seen the GASP "Paddling Pooches Gallery" page lately, there's a picture on there of a little dog called "Bean Dog" wearing a wetsuit. Check it out. Really cute photo. Her paddling companion is Mike Calwell, president of the Kansas Canoe Association. http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/poochgallery.html (be sure to click on the thumbnail size photo to view the larger photo) > Alice > > P.S. Hey, Jackie, how many pups are you taking along these days? Three 8-} But that's in two boats. I'll try to have pictures ready soon. > When the > water gets a little rough, Happy gets antsy initially. I've thought about > getting another pup but at about 30 pounds a pop, weight and balance gets > interesting. How are you solving it?? I let Bob paddle with two of them :-) Actually, Hallie and Mollie ride together in the same bucket... total weight is less than 30 lbs. > P.P.S. I *think* I got a boater to take some pictures of us but haven't > developed them yet. I'll e them to you off line when I get them back. Great! If anyone would like to contribute to the "Paddling Pooches Gallery" please send me your photo(s) and I'll put them up for all to enjoy :-) If you have a story to add, I can link the photo to your story. Cheers, Jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
The latest issue of, I most be getting old since I forgot the name of the newsletter, Atlantic Coast Kayaking?, just had an article about kayaking with a dog. Very funny. I read almost the whole issue from cover to cover so you would think I could remember the name of the newsletter! This was a good article for those of us who have large dogs, 80+ pounds. Kelly the K9 ain't gonna fit in a basket! 8-) I'm not so sure about this list anymore, we have gone from In Depth Boat/Ship Design arguments to how to Pee in a boat and now we have gone to the dogs! 8-) Gotta love it! Later.... Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
A few years back in the Gulf Islands I watched bemused as a plastic double landed at the beach we were camping at. Its decks were practically awash from the weight of the 12 volt batteries that powered the electric trolling motor (the female half of the couple loved kayaking but not paddling!) so that the unit looked from a distance like those "Chariot" manned torpedos used in WWII. Completing the effect was one of those water ski tow rings being towed behind, with a dog standing nochalantly in it (he had a PFD as well), obviously perfectly accustomed to traveling in this manner. Philip Torrens N49°16' W123°06' >From: mike allegretti <mallegretti_at_sd46.bc.ca> >Saw a loaded single out on Clayoquot sound with a dog on the bow with its >own pfd. A very strange load!!! >Mike Allegretti >Elphinstone Sec School >mallegretti_at_sd46.bc.ca *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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