Re: [Paddlewise] Anas Acuta on Craigs List

From: Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:20:49 -0800
Via backchannel, I'd had a heads-up it was a legit deal - but alas, it sold.

I did see a good deal at the kayak store today for a new Wilderness Tempest 
165 in yellow plastic for just over $900.00 which is a good deal around 
these parts; I mused over the possibilities, came close (I just spent 
$30,000.00 on house renos, so am looking at a budget-minded kayak right 
now), but the uneven hull just made me nauseous - not that a hull would stay 
pristine very long with me). Instead, I picked up the new DVD, "Pacific 
Horizons" to wet my appetite, unsatisfied with Mark's Californian 
appetizers. :-) Hey Mark - these guys are in their twenties, okay, 
inspiration for us 50 plussers. :-)

http://www.pacifichorizonsfilm.blogspot.com/

No affiliation.

My yard is already filling up with battered old yaks, abused, forlorn, 
silently suggesting better days gone by. I still think my next boat might 
best be a home made one, if only I would spend some time at home and not 
renovating. :-)

A 30 pound black, infusion-resin Ice Kapp might be the coolest thing on the 
planet, or even a Ross Leidy inspired stripper or an even more practical 
Point Bennett reproduction, but fulfillment for me will probably only come 
with something custom made by self that's different from the status qou or 
consumer-available.

In the mean time, I'm adding a shower to the down-stairs laundry room (yes, 
I renovate until 1:00 am many evenings), revamping the walls with a 
wire-shelf kayak-gear storage and drying rack system, in preparation for 
resuming my storm-paddling adventures. I'm hoping my biometrics finger-print 
dead-bolt will still work with soggy kayaker's hands. Well, I'm weird that 
way - I like things set up at the house just a certain way and have my 
kayaks solidly outfitted before I go out and get hammered by the best the 
west coast can dish out, like this week. Yeah, a good storm boat would be 
advantageous right now, but the wave supply is endless out here.

Doug L



> Michael Orchard wrote:
>> The ad appears to have been deleted... hope it was not a stolen item...
>> M.
>
>>> From: Dave Kruger Price looks way too low.  Is somebody missing this 
>>> boat?
>>>
>>> http://corvallis.craigslist.org/boa/554862513.html
>
> It was not.  See previous messages from Doug Lloyd.
>
> -- 
> Dave Kruger
> Astoria, OR
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