Re: [Paddlewise] Outrigger

On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, David W. Turner wrote:

> My wife and I have recently moved to the East Coast (NC) of the U.S.
> from Hawaii and are interested to see if one of our favorite sports has
> any teams or competitions anywhere nearby.

There are definitely East Coast teams around.  I'm on one that is based in 
Beverly Massachusetts.  You might try joining the outrigger canoe mailing
list  email to  majordomo_at_europa.com  with the following text in the body
of the message:

  subscribe outrigger

That should get you onto the mailing list.  I'm new enough to the sport to 
only know a few of the regional teams.

> We have been enjoying the rivers and intercoastal waterway in canoes and
> kayaks, but miss the power and feel of the big boats and rhythm of six
> paddlers working together as one.

It's definitely cool to be plowing along in the big boats.  This past weekend
one of our boats flipped, a move called a hoo-ee (probably misspelled.  The
two club boats were neck and neck, collided and poof then there was one.  
It's a brisk time of year, in New England, to be swimming with a 43' 400 
pound canoe.

kirk
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