Re: [Paddlewise] Soft Paddlers (was Soft Water)

Hey foam-boy,

I'm a Canuk, eh! Open-Canadian Canoe is my middle name. And not only do I enter
and exit good size open water surf with my tough-enough F-glass 18 footer, I do
it without those newfangled nylon deck covers I see all the yuppies using. Know
what else? The whole fam damily does it with me. I especially delight in placing
my old lady in the bow. She sure looks cute when that big ol' wave comes over
her little head. Darn tootn' good wave deflector she is. Even the two kids get a
good laugh out of that one.

So ya big-talking foam-head, any poseur can paddle a canoe through surf, ya just
give her a good push, jump in and drive on through. Side-surfing in is even
easier. But can ya paddle yer open canoe in tidal rapids off-shore. Yup, done
that too, and with the whole fam damily in there again. We even met up with some
of those jello-core pointy boys, TURNING back 'cause the boils and eddies were
to intense. Oh my goodness gracious guys. We just gunned it through, kids down
low, with the wife unit going for all she was worth. My eldest daughter even
looked up for a second, just in time to wish the wussy wave warriors a g'day.
That's my girl! (If Social Services gets wind of this post, I will disavow any
knowledge of it).

So Rich, would you like a peek at some pics of Ol' Blue? She's a big-ass
Canadian cruiser, tri-keeled, heavy, and ready to run anywhere. We even spend
hours on placid lakes, 5-mile deep salt-marshes and overgrown tributaries
(playing "Missionaries to the Congo). That old Ralph Diaz guy was wondering what
I'd ever do with myself paddling for miles in placid conditions and steep dunes
and beaches. Well, been there, done that, will do it again -- in an open
Canadian canoe. Steep beaches, just jump out. Try that in a air-core,
pointy-blunt kayak.

PS Will post pic's address. Hey, awesome home-page, Rich.

BC'in Ya
Doug Lloyd

rdempsey wrote:

> How about us foam-core open canoe paddlers....Doug?
>
> Are you tough enough to surf launch an open canoe in 3 foot waves, or do you
> always tuck (hide)  your  jello-core in pointy boats with spray skirts?
> I have noticed that the bigger the waves, the bigger the talk, and the
> tighter the (spray) skirt.  Remember, a skilled seakayaker with practice can
> roll their boats, a trick I have yet to master, since I always fall out of
> those open canoes, first.
>
> So.. am I a hard core foam cored poseur, or
>
> Glub, glub.
> Rich Dempsey
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> See our  wilderness canoe tripping website
> http://communities.msn.com/RichWendysAwayFromHomePage
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Lloyd" <dlloyd_at_telus.net>
> To: <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 12:04 PM
> Subject: [Paddlewise] Soft Paddlers (was Soft Water)
>
> > I said:
> > <snip> <<I can always tell after a few posts on paddlewise, whether a
> > paddler is talking or walking the walk.>> <snip>
> >
> > a list of "soft-core"
> > paddlers and real "hard-core" ones...sub-divided
> > further, indicating "good soft-core" paddlers and "poseur hard-core"
> > paddlers.


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