I think I got out fewer times than Rick, though (or because) I accomplished a lot around the house. However, I rolled 60 times on my 60th birthday, and the last week in July through the first week in August, Linda and I paddled and camped from Silver Islet at the tip of the Sibley Peninsula to Rossport, Ontario. Though we saw more powerboats and sailboats than at Pukaskwa, we very much enjoyed the trip, as this is surely one of the most scenic routes on Lake Superior. Especially with mild winds at your back. This is not a route for a large group, as many of the places we camped were narrow strips of beach between the water and the typical thick tangle of trees. One of our favorite places was a narrow rocky terrace in a 50-ft wide cleft in the rock. BTW, on this trip we tried a couple of ideas from Paddlewise. The first was to drill a hole in our skegs and tie a loop of cord through each. This helped to pull the skegs down the few times they jammed. After one of the loops untied itself, I put a figure-eight knot in either end. That worked just as well, if not better. If it added any drag, it was too small to notice at our usual pace (3.2 mph, according to my GPS). The other idea we tried was to carry a section of pool noodle on each afterdeck to use as a roller when landing and launching. I chose a pool noodle rather than an inflatable fender because of its smaller size and readiness. The rollers worked well at first -- well enough to carry again -- but gradually deteriorated as they stuck in sand and the weight of the loaded kayak sliding over them crushed the cells. 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Dec 08 2004 - 10:42:13 PST
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