Apologies but... Turns out I've been a bit too efficient with the delete key so 2 questions. 1. Is there a complete archive of this list? If so I can search for the post I deleted and now need. 2. Someone posted a very fun sounding game for practicing braces - something to do with a sponge/dead fish - I wanted to send it on to my local group as a suggestion but now that my shoulder has mended I can't find the post!!! *_at_#%*!! Sorry to add repetative windage to the list. pax, je The world revolves around engineers...only because they choose to pick their own coordinate origin. ------------------------------------- janellen_at_harriman4.net *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
What I found was : > Any fun ideas/tasks/games I can throw at these people? There's always dead fish polo -- basically a game of tag with a wet sponge. Bracing is one of the skills that helps when you need to duck! Chuck Holst > > [Original Message] > From: je <janellen_at_harriman4.net> > To: Paddlewise <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net> > Date: 7/1/2004 19:24:41 > Subject: [Paddlewise] bracing games > > Apologies but... > Turns out I've been a bit too efficient with the delete key so 2 > questions. > > 1. Is there a complete archive of this list? If so I can search for > the post I deleted and now need. > > 2. Someone posted a very fun sounding game for practicing braces - > something to do with a sponge/dead fish - I wanted to send it on to my > local group as a suggestion but now that my shoulder has mended I can't > find the post!!! *_at_#%*!! > > Sorry to add repetative windage to the list. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
[Original Message] From: je <janellen_at_harriman4.net> >Any fun ideas/tasks/games I can throw at these people? This is not a game, but it's fun. The Rough Water Simulator is based on Wayne Horowitz's broaching simulator. Basically, clip a line to the deck on each side, run the lines across the deck and under the hull, assign a stout (in the British sense) puller to each line. If you run the lines behind the cockpit the vict^H^H^H^Hstudent has less advance warning. Pic here: http://webpages.charter.net/cramersec/skr.html The pullers need to cooperate and should't get carried away. Be sure to have close safety. -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (including headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] DEAD FISH POLO Dead Fish Polo was invented on a Boundary Waters trip by Frank Ashby when he flipped a belated bluegill into Dave Curtis's solo canoe. Dave flipped it back, and a game was born. We use a sponge now, preferably several of them, due to the sketchy availability of the real deal, but the sudden death nature of the competition remains almost as frenetic as when the missile was rotten. If a canoe collects a sponge, that paddler is eliminated from the game. The winner is the last one on the water who has not allowed a sponge in her boat. Sponges / fish may be plucked from the water and thrown only by the paddle. Touching the sponge with hands brings instant disqualification. Boat ramming, paddle slashing or timid weed-skulking requires the application of the standing rule: the offending paddler must stand. Particularly when played with two or three sponges, Dead Fish Polo is an intense game. Fast acceleration, braking, and heeling to present the high side of the canoe to the sponge thrower while turning on a dime are valued skills. Champagne Charlie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Arnold" <mjamja_at_earthlink.net> Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] bracing games > What I found was : > > > Any fun ideas/tasks/games I can throw at these people? > > There's always dead fish polo -- basically a game of tag with a wet sponge. > Bracing is one of the skills that helps when you need to duck! *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
It's called dead fish polo. Basically, it's a game of tag in which the person who is "it" tags the next person by hitting him (or her) with a wet sponge. Maneuvering skills are very important in this game, but bracing and rolling skills are also useful when ducking. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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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