RE: [Paddlewise] Not young, never will be

I'm 59, been kayaking over two years, and just keep getting better!
(stronger)

I load a Dagger Magellan or a sit-on-top on top of a SUV with a minimum of
trouble, but it takes some thought and maneuvering to do it. I always lay a
towel or some protection on the back of the car, walk the bow of the kayak
up and lay it on the towel, and then from the stern, lift and load.

Have only dropped the Magellan off the top of the car once <g>. It bounced
nicely - that's one good thing about a plastic boat (besides not worrying
about the oyster beds.

Susan (sitting here in hurricane alley!)


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Elaine Harmon
Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 2:07 AM
To: BaysideBob
Cc: Chuck Holst; 'Paddlewise'
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Not young, never will be


On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, BaysideBob wrote:

> How many?  52 next month here.

I'm 60 and haven't been doing it very long.

The most physically difficult part, for me, is lifting the boat
> onto the rack after returning so I lean toward kevlar and gave away the
> plastic boat.

I've been pretending I switched to K-Lights because of travel, but
actually I was scratching up the car loading the (plastic) Prism on it...

Is this the recommended outdoor activity for baby boomers ?

No! They're too young. They should be doing whitewater at this point in
their lives, and wild monkey sex. e

Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu

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