I have a friend who owns a sailboat and is thinking of using it part time on a commercial basis as a mothership for kayakers. His idea is to sail in nearby waters with the kayaks on board. Kayakers would be able to do day paddles in several spots returning at night to the mother ship for dinner, drinks and sleep. I haven't the foggiest idea what this entails and what he should know. So I am asking the best source I can think of, fellow PaddleWisers. ---If you have had an experience with running or working on such a mothership for kayakers could you share this with me backchannel to pass on to him? ---Or if you have taken such a trip on a mothership, would you be willing to share the pluses and minuses of how it went? I am thinking of things like liability, needed amenities, what to charge, etc. I know of such motherships operating in Alaska and even seen a presentation from a tour guide for one of these but I don't recall much of what was said. I know the advantages are that you can move from place at night while the clients sleep and take them to new paddling grounds without the need to schleep paddle long distances between. This guy is thinking more, perhaps, of just going to one spot or two over a weekend picking up clients in NYC and heading out. Thanks in advance, ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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