Re: [Paddlewise] boats on cars [was: about shipping boats]

From: Mark Z <ckayakr_at_dotzen.org>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 15:56:38 -0600 (MDT)
On Thu, 8 May 2003, Patrick Maun wrote:

> If anyone is interested I have a picture of my Millennium as it was
> packed and shipped from Finland. They used lots of bubble wrap and
> various boxes. It arrived without a scratch though I can't say that
> much for the trees along the residential block the semi delivered the
> boat to. I also have a fun picture of this 18.2" boat on a new
> Volkswagen Beetle. Let me know if you'd like a copy.
[snip]

we took our 18'6" tandem canoe from denver to utah [700 mile round trip]
for a paddling trip, big, bright red canoe on top of my wife's lemon
yellow 1973 vw beetle. everyone stared at us as we crossed all the passes.
wished i could find one of the pictures to scan for you!!

markz

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