Thanks to everyone who sent me info on paddling up in the Washington/Oregon area. We had a great trip and everyone was a lot of fun. In fact, it was enough fun that I think I better get a touring boat to compliment my ww boat. Can folks comment on some good designs for the Colorado area. I have paddled Ruby/Horsethief Canyons and would really like a boat capable of that kind of river. I can see a trip up to the Yellowstone area as a good possibility too. It seems like most of our water is either rocky reservoirs or rocky rivers. So I was thinking that an indestructible plastic boat might be best. A couple of boats that caught my eye are the Prijon Yukon Expedition and the Sun/Riot Max Velocity for their versatility. What have all of your experiences been? Scot *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I am paddling these "rocky" reservoirs in Colorado and Wyoming as well as different portions of the Colorado River including Ruby/Horsethief with my Patuxent 19.5 - a home built stitch-and-glue kayak from CLC. This is a fast kayak but certainly not the strongest one. I don't see a need for anything stronger for these type of waters. Recently, I bought Krugers Sea Wind decked canoe to extend my paddling waters to smaller wilde rivers like the Dismal in Nebraska. You can check my web site http://www.frii.com/~uliasz/wayfarer for my paddling destinations. Marek *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
sorry to be brief, just saw this come past ;-) i currently run the rocky mountain sea kayak club's website at http://www.dotzen.org/paddler/rmskc i have a yukon expedition, plus a seda viking. the viking is great for the river trips, shorter than most sea kayaks, far more roomy than the xp!! have to run to drs appt. email me off line if you want more info. mark #------seakayaker[at]dotzen[dot]org-----/------------------------------ mark zen o__/ o_/| o_. po box 474 [\/ [__| [__\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 `\--------/--------/' (`----|-------\-') http://www.dotzen.org/paddler/cpr ~~/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ #---------------------------------------------------------------------- A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. ~~ English Proverb On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Scot Hume wrote: [snippage] > In fact, it was enough fun > that I think I better get a touring boat to compliment > my ww boat. Can folks comment on some good designs > for the Colorado area. I have paddled Ruby/Horsethief > Canyons and would really like a boat capable of that > kind of river. I can see a trip up to the Yellowstone > area as a good possibility too. It seems like most of > our water is either rocky reservoirs or rocky rivers. > So I was thinking that an indestructible plastic boat > might be best. A couple of boats that caught my eye > are the Prijon Yukon Expedition and the Sun/Riot Max > Velocity for their versatility. What have all of your > experiences been? > > Scot > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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