How sad for the Good Ship Lollygagger. Brad Mark wrote: > Ten people were waiting at the Coast Guard beach this morning probably > wondering where the host was. Ken had decided to launch with me at the > Secret Beach and so got to see my new boat, which I had hoped to spring on > everybody at the CG beach. I had just bought the boat on Saturday and > spent > the evening moving the seat back and inch and a half, but could still > barely > get my feet on the pegs. Ken had some ambitious plans, so it probably > wasn't > a good day for a maiden voyage, but what the hey. So the Lollygagger > stayed > at home. > > > ---The Sapsucker is a yellow plastic Tempest 170. Although slower and > heavier than the Lollygagger, it has the maneuverability and rolling > characteristics I was looking for in a new boat. Most of my paddles are > rather short, shore hugging affairs, so I think this boat may just be the > ticket. The Lollygagger will probably be looking for a new home! *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Feb 23 2009 - 09:08:35 PST
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