Kirk maintains: >Single hand carrying your boat is very pleasant ;-) < I just drag my kayak across the parking lot. Sure as heck made a bunch of those paddlers at San Juan County Park groan last week (they didn't see the plastic wear strip...hehehehe). Speaking of tough boats, err, not yours, I took my van in for an oil change Thursday. I chose a garage that has been converted from a logging truck repair facility to an automotive repair shop. Their oil changes are cheap, real cheap. Knowing these guys were a bit haywire, I brought Chris Duffs new book along to read, just in case. Well, it took an hour to get a filter delivered (and I phoned ahead the day before). I use these guys because I can leave my Nordkapp on top of the van, given the very high garage height. So, the mechanic jumps in the van while I'm reading, and drives my Nordkapp right through the partially opened garage door! CRASH!!!. I ran out aghast. The guy was using his most colourful redneck language. The kayak had penetrated three feet into this very tough multiple wooden raised panel door. Embedded. The term pops up again. What a mess, And what a very funny sight. The owner came running out too, "Oh my God, is your boat okay!?" I wasn't worried about my 100 pound Nordkapp at all (a little about the roof racks, but they were fine). My battering ram worked fine, better than any Romany. :-) And I was the one who felt bad, like I was carrying a weapon of mass destruction or something. Ah heavy boats. Heaven. Gotta love them. Hope that's not too religious for Matt. :-) Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Jun 07 2003 - 02:39:29 PDT
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