<Looks like an Old Town Loon to me. We use one at our club's annual safety and rescue clinic to demonstrate what happens when you swamp a boat that doesn't have floatation.> Wayne. -------------------- The shape and dimensions of the Old Town Loon are clearly like those of the Kansas River boat. Has anyone seen the Old Town Loon produced in red poly? It appears that the various manufacturers color code their boats to the extent that they only offer just one or only 2-3 color options for each model they produce. The fellow I spoke to said the boat in the picture was produced specifically for the Galyan's sporting goods chain of stores. Maybe someone on this list has such a store near them where this boat is on display. It seems that a number of manufactures have reproduced this design with just enough trivial modifications in detail to avoid patent fights. A satelite image of the Kansas River in the area of the accident shows a man-made dam that crosses about 95% of the river. At the south end of the dam a set of rapids is visible. The river itself is about 600 ft wide. About 600 feet downstream from the rapids, there is an extensive sandbar parallel to the north bank of the river. I have the idea (could be wrong) that both fishermen were sweep through that short section of rapids. I will find out for sure in the near future. Thanks, Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Mar 25 2007 - 08:55:04 PDT
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