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 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Even I got a little envious of that Ana Acuta ad. If I could add a new boat right now, I'd want something like that with a lot of rocker to play in the surf. So what the big boy equivalent of a Anas Acuta? I need something that can handle 1/8th of a ton and size 13 feet! The "Pacific Horizons" trailer looks like a lot of fun and I'll admit watching "This is the Sea" almost makes me cry. Too much fun on the water. I try not to dwell on regret, but sometimes I wish I'd found my way onto a kayak in my younger days. To think I could have been having all the fun I've had over the last few years spread out over the last thirty! Oh what stories I might have to tell. I just hope people enjoy my videos a quarter as much as I enjoy watching and making them. I just try to look forward to more kayaking fun in the future. I think the friends I kayak with and I always continue to realize how lucky we are to be involved with the ocean. Mark www.sandmarks.net -----Original Message----- 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/ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
See the following for the "big boy equivalent of an Anas Acuta." I've paddled it, and it's not really like the Anas - but then, I'm not really in the size range that boat is meant to fit.http://www.atlantickayaktours.com/pages/retail/boats/vcp/Q-Boat.shtml Joan ----- Original Message -----From: Mark Sanders Date: Thursday, February 7, 2008 11:37 pmSubject: RE: [Paddlewise] Anas Acuta on Craigs ListTo: Doug Lloyd , Paddlewise > Even I got a little envious of that Ana Acuta ad. If I could add > a new boat> right now, I'd want something like that with a lot of rocker to > play in the> surf. So what the big boy equivalent of a Anas Acuta? I need > something that> can handle 1/8th of a ton and size 13 feet!> *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Thanks Joan - you beat me to the punch, though I don't know much about the Q-boat personally. BTW, I phoned back the kayak store, as yesterday, when I looked at the Tempest 165, the price tag seemed too good to be true - it was. The rain had dampened the ink. The price was $1900.00 regularly, marked down to $14000.00 or so, not $900.00. Saddnened, even if I wasn't sure about the kayak, I was cruising "Usedvictoria.com" later today and found Doug Alderson's original homebuilt/designed plywood S&G going for $500.00. I paddled the west coast for a few years with Doug paddling in this boat so I know the boat is sound, if not a bit heavy. I'll test paddle it next Saturday and probably buy it; it'll get me on the water and be a good boat for one of my teens when they grow out of their sit on tops. It has a skeg and center board, so should be fun compared to my Nordkapp for sailing with a Spiritsail. As for us "over 50" paddlers that took up kayaking later in life, it is too bad though never too late. For those of us over 50 who have been paddling over the last 30 years or more, the only sad thing is the nostalgic memories that taunt us of days gone by when we truly felt invincible in our kayaks -- and somehow survived that notion, the later being a good thing I guess. I was looking forward to the 45 year mark - still lots of stamina and strength, but lots more wisdom and sea savvy combined. Poor health robbed me of a few of those high-output years, but there are still good days to come. See the following for the "big boy equivalent of an Anas Acuta." I've paddled it, and it's not really like the Anas - but then, I'm not really in the size range that boat is meant to fit. http://www.atlantickayaktours.com/pages/retail/boats/vcp/Q-Boat.shtml Joan *************************************************************************** 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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