Re: [Paddlewise] Pt Townsend Symp. Report

Sandy:
This is my first post and we also went to Fort Worden on Saturday. My daughter
and I went intending to a class by Andree Hurley, but got there to late for the
class. So we decided just to take the beach pass for demoing the boats. We had a
great time! The town was gorgous, the weather was perfect and the water Ice
Cold. It was well worth the trip and we will definitly be there next year. We
also got to meet Derek Hutchinson, loved his accent.
Sheri.

Karen Hancock wrote:

> For Sandy, who is wondering if it's worth making the trip to Fort Worden
> next year...
>
> We got to the beach early Friday morning to look at and try out a few boats
> before the weekend crowd arrived.
>
> I liked:
> 1. Eddyline's rudderless Merlin (the Modulus prototype was one sexy boat!)
> (Modulus is a new technology that, as I understood it, bonds carbon fiber to
> a thin layer of fiberglass providing the advantages of both materials with
> light weight and reasonable cost. Eddyline didn't have any printed material
> on it to hand out, so if anyone knows anything about this stuff, please pipe
> in here because this stuff looks awesome!)
> 2. Seaward's Ascente (I haven't seen these boats before and love the rudder
> system Seaward has developed.)
> 3. Swift's paddles... must be the prettiest things around.
>
> I didn't wear that yellow ribbon with a "P" the Paddlewisers were supposed
> to wear, but Hank Hays was able to find me anyway.   ;-)    He only had to
> approach four strange women wearing the "beach only" wristband before he got
> to me! I got to see the Lightning paddles he brought for Nigel Foster....
> make one in hot pink for me, Hank??
>
> The day was gorgeous; clouds burned off by noon. Not too many people to get
> a chance to paddle any boat I wanted. The only thing missing was some
> Mariner Kayaks.
>
> Left the symposium about 3pm intending to stop in Seattle at Mariners shop
> but got lost on the road to Bainbridge, ended up in Bremerton with 2 hours
> before the ferry would get us to Seattle, so we had to bag that side trip
> and head back to Portland. Guess I'll have to make a special trip to try out
> those Mariners....
>
> Someone else will have to report on the rest of they symposium activities.
> Karen
>
> Karen Hancock
> Tigard, OR
> magpi_at_transport.com
>
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