on 4/1/07 08:02, Turner Wilson at turner_at_kayakways.net wrote: ... Somehow, I doubt our Kiwi friends will be too upset either, as you are enjoying your mid-summer, and have no doubt unplugged your internet boxes! Hi Turner and Cheri, Yep, it is mid-summer, but we have had weeks of cold fronts, which has made the paddling worth doing. Nothing more boring than flat-water sea kayaking! Hard to believe that Coastbusters was nearly a year ago, people here are still raving about the rolling sessions you folk ran. I was in Wellington last month running a course and saw three skin-on-frame kayaks, propelled by GP's, so it is catching. Hope all is well, and I look forward to getting up your wat sometime. Cheers JKA -- John Kirk-Anderson Banks Peninsula NEW ZEALAND *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
My 76Cx arrived yesterday and so far I've been pleased with it. I can tell right away though that I'm going ot have to buy some more detailed base maps. This morning we went out and found my first geocache. My 3 yr old loved "searching for treasure". After my first find I wondered if there were many geocaches out there that were only accessible by water. I have already though of several places I would like to place a cache that would be an easy paddle, but would pretty much only be accessible from the water. I did a bit we searching for geocaching by kayak but didn't find much. Given the interest by paddlers for GPS units it would seem to be a fun diversion. It could be called Paddlecaching. John Fereira jaf30_at_cornell.edu Ithaca, NY *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
<snip> >After my first find I wondered if there were many geocaches out there >that were only accessible by water. I have already though of several >places I would like to place a cache that would be an easy paddle, >but would pretty much only be accessible from the water. There are a fair number of "paddlecaches" (I like that term - nice!) in the Mid-coastal Maine area - I have snagged a three part multi-cache that takes you to separate islands in Pushaw Lake (just north of Bangor). There's also one parked on an Island in the middle of the Penobscot River in the Bangor area; plus one on an island in Brewer Lake. And if it's salt water you're looking for, I've had my eye on a number of caches located on islands off of Deer Island (Stonington area) which is probably one of the prettiest places to paddle on the East Coast. I don't know of an easy way to locate caches that are only boat accessible other than exhaustively reading the cache database. I believe if you are a paying member, you have access to some other mapping and database query tools that would make searching for paddlecaches easier. Probably there is somebody out there that has more details on how this is done. Mark Hampden, Maine *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
John Fereira wrote: > After my first find I wondered if there were many geocaches out there > that were only accessible by water. I created one years ago, but it disappeared shortly after. Either a critter dragged it away, someone didn't understand the concept, the weather got the better of it or someone who disapproves of geocaching removed it (yes, the latter exist). Possibly some other reason. I've seen a few others listed since, but haven't looked up any in quite a while. Mike *************************************************************************** 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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