[Paddlewise] 1974 Carver 25' Mothership Project

I posted an account of my kayak mothership (muthah-ship) project on West
Coast Paddlers today complete with a lot of photos of the boat as it was
when I bought it and as it is today (literally, today). My plans to have it
doing mothership duty this summer proved to be wildly optimistic but I'm
pretty sure it will be in service next spring. The link is
http://www.westcoastpaddler.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2413 for anyone
who is interested.

Just as a history, I started the mothership project because I had run out of
places to paddle that were within reasonable paddling distance for a
weekend. Plus my wife was not coming along because she really didn't like to
paddle that much (she's gone twice this season... both times in my Coaster).
So the boat is part of a cunning plan to get her to come along more often.
The mothership (named "Ad Hoc") should also provide transportation for the
family to suitable camp spots without resorting to the ferries (and their
long lines waiting for a passage). The family includes two toddlers and
their peripherals so the boat, while not quite big enough to sleep everyone,
the Carver is plenty big enough to transport everyone to the islands for
cheap camping and fun kayaking.

It's been an interesting project.

Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
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