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RE: Kayaking - 8/29/2012 5:28:05 PM   
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I also learned how to empty out a waterlogged canoe, in the water but I needed to have another canoe and another person to help do it,:)

Canoe or kayak? I never found it hard with the kayak. I just kind of plopped the bilge pump in the cockpit and leaned on the boat with my body in the water till I got most of it out. Then I'd climb on in and get the rest. Then I'd use the handy sea sponge we stored behind the seat to mop up the last little dribbles.

Now its making me wanna go out n do it again, LOL
*laughs* No joke. Our kayaks need some rigging work but this thread is motivating me to get on down to the local kayak place and get the parts. Right at our house is "the gorge" which is a fairly large river (without the actual river part *laughs*... it's just a cut in the land where the ocean is.. no "flow"). But that's relatively safe in terms of wind & tides. I'm going to need some professional instruction though before I head on out into the open water. But man, I'd love to do something like paddle from sidney to pender island. I just need to know how to do it without being washed out to sea.



Oh the memories.. I love Lizi's descriptions too:)

Think this is the closest I can find to what it looked like. (it was 30+ years ago) it was called a snipe back then.



One person would sit in the "rescue" canoe, with me at the front, pushing the the front down and dragging the logged one over it, so the seat was balanced over the tip, a T shape if you will, then lifting up one end to drain it out.....then do the same at the other end...and repeat till its mostly empty, it works better with two tho.
I didnt do much sea canoeing (a couple of weeks for three years) , but I used to keep one eye on a landmark, and just paddle like hell towards it, altho it was a bay, it had one very strong current, that would drag you off towards rocks, but once you were past it, the natural tide would bring you in... im sure somewhere they have currents marked on the route you want... things have advanced so much in the past 30 years:)

Have fun,

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RE: Kayaking - 8/30/2012 3:20:31 AM   
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A canoe if it rolls, I can easily be free of it. Not so a kayak. Just the thought, trapped upside down, under water.......oh fucking hell no. Just thinking about it gives me that icky heart thumping feeling.



I used to do a lot of white water kayaking and the tipping over and righting yourself was never much of a problem, providing that is, you haven't hit your head (obviously you wear a helmet) on the rocks that are rushing by just underneath you. Its a problem in shallow water and what eventually brought my kayaking days to an end. I have been more injured kayaking than any other sport I have ever done.

Why don't you see if you can hire a small tender with an outboard?

The picture btw is incredible. What a fantastic boulder to climb :)

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RE: Kayaking - 8/30/2012 3:27:28 AM   
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I must have had a masochistic moment, as I consented to beeing the camp counsellor for the youngest boys (8-10) next year.

Three weeks in the south of France, at the river Ardeche. Kayaking is one of the main events and I am already starting to hyperventilate just thinking about it.

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RE: Kayaking - 8/30/2012 6:49:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		It does look like a fun climb, Maria! But I know I'm not up to that, and I don't think climbing it is permitted, though everyone goes for a perch on 'the thumbnail', a formation on the mainland.

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RE: Kayaking - 8/30/2012 7:02:10 AM   
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RE: Kayaking - 9/26/2012 8:58:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		Bumping this to let you know that I kayaked and did not die!

The gal that does my ceramic class offered to take me out on the lake by her parents' house (my area has many lakes) and hey! Of course I agreed.

Altogether we went about two miles, and I got the hang of it pretty quickly. My right side is not as strong as my left due to my birth defect, so there was some adjusting there, but I got the boat to go where I wanted most of the time. Half of the trip this thing called CURRENT came into play and disobedient boat was disobedient! Very annoying. :( much work, and practice redirecting. The clouds looked iffy, so we didn't stay out as long as we might have.

My forearms KILLED, right down to the bone. Otherwise, I was fine, and I would certainly do it again. It was very satisfying making the boat move, and being on the water is always wonderful. We saw swans, and even some still-growing cygnets. We also got too close to a goose hunter's blind, so he honked at us. Hah!

My big trip is postponed due to a friend's illness, so I might end up having to wait until spring. It gets COLD on Lake Huron! That gives me time to practice, though, because six miles...makes me wonder if I'd have the strength to put up the kayak at the end!

I want to thank everyone for all the hints and encouragement!

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RE: Kayaking - 9/26/2012 9:06:16 PM   
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RE: Kayaking - 9/27/2012 2:50:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		Woo hoo! Glad to hear it went well and thanks for the update

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RE: Kayaking - 9/27/2012 1:09:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		That is pretty fantastic. I love the look of that island and it would be amazing to see 'in person. I am also mighty impressed by anyone who does something that they haven't done before or will be a challenge. Kayaking is something I don't think I'd ever do! (Too scared of capsizing into the drink!)

Good luck!!!

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RE: Kayaking - 9/27/2012 3:09:57 PM   
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I had the good fortune once to kayak under the Golden Gate Bridge. Awesome experience, even if my shoulder was on fire from an old injury.



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RE: Kayaking - 9/27/2012 4:26:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		I love both kayaking and canoeing. I've seen inflatable kayaks on sale - now, there's the answer! Downstream twenty miles on the canal to Bath, back again on the train. And picnics on the way. Pretty damned blissful!

Canoeing - ah, a trip in the Rockies, pitching up to camp at night. No carrying of heavy gear, the canoe takes it all. Hold the bears and wolves, though. I can't abide animals that have no natural respect for one of their colonial masters.

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RE: Kayaking - 9/27/2012 4:30:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, if I can kayak and not die, canoes should be a cinch. Alas, the Rockies do have large animals...

I am sorry I can't do the trip this weekend, but I feel like it should be a shared adventure, for some reason. Generally I will just do things on my own without a second thought.

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RE: Kayaking - 9/27/2012 5:09:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		And we shall have to learn this song for the trip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J92PI386qp0




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RE: Kayaking - 9/27/2012 5:50:08 PM   
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RE: Kayaking - 9/27/2012 6:14:31 PM   
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And we shall have to learn this song for the trip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J92PI386qp0


Brings to mind a favorite quote:

"[T]here is nothing--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows


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RE: Kayaking - 9/27/2012 6:17:44 PM   
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