Peter,
I did some canoeing this summer in Pine Creek, PA. Water was low and slower
than usual, but I still managed to hit a rock pretty hard (Bob, I feel your
pain!), got tossed in, bruised and battered a bit, and lost my sunglasses.
But it was fun. I don't mind paddling, although there was a good breeze in
the mountains and I found myself daydreaming about makeshift sails.
I saw some surprisingly sturdy-looking, inflatable kayaks along the way. Now
I'm thinking about stowing an inflatable kayak in the sailboat for shoreline
exploring. When I saw your post, I wondered if you keep yours with your
sailboat, or is kayaking a separated activity for you?
Scout

"Peter Wiley" wrote
Yesterday, I was . . . paddling my kayak across the tide flats.

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 06:20:09 -0400, "Scout"
wrote:

Peter,
I did some canoeing this summer in Pine Creek, PA. Water was low and slower
than usual, but I still managed to hit a rock pretty hard (Bob, I feel your
pain!), got tossed in, bruised and battered a bit, and lost my sunglasses.
But it was fun. I don't mind paddling, although there was a good breeze in
the mountains and I found myself daydreaming about makeshift sails.
I saw some surprisingly sturdy-looking, inflatable kayaks along the way. Now
I'm thinking about stowing an inflatable kayak in the sailboat for shoreline
exploring. When I saw your post, I wondered if you keep yours with your
sailboat, or is kayaking a separated activity for you?

Yeah, I do keep them together. I'm lucky enough to own a few acres
with the tideline 20m from my back gate. I keep my kayaks and toy
sailboat down there, can drop them in the water within a couple
minutes - provided it's half tide or more.

I'm getting a mooring put in about 150m from my gate in readiness for
a bigger sailboat.

I have one f/g kayak and one plastic one. The plastic one is heavier
but a better sea boat so I use it more. Never tried sailing a kayak,
strikes me as an exercise for people with a lot faster reflexes and
ability than I have. I've only managed to master half an eskimo roll.

Peter Wiley

Peter Wiley wrote:

I have one f/g kayak and one plastic one. The plastic one is heavier
but a better sea boat so I use it more. Never tried sailing a kayak,
strikes me as an exercise for people with a lot faster reflexes and
ability than I have.

It's human nature. Philip Bolger often laments the nearly universal tendency of
people to look at a good rowing boat and say "Let's put a sail on it" or a nice
sailboat and demand a motor, etc etc. Sailing a kayak does make some slight sense
if you have a long way to go downwind, but once you start cluttering it up you no
longer have a decent kayak and might as well get a 505 to start with.


I've only managed to master half an eskimo roll.

Me too... it's one reason why I still harbor this archaic preference for canoes
and pulling boats...

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

"Peter Wiley" wrote in message ...

I have one f/g kayak and one plastic one. The plastic one is heavier
but a better sea boat so I use it more. Never tried sailing a kayak,
strikes me as an exercise for people with a lot faster reflexes and
ability than I have. I've only managed to master half an eskimo roll.


I used to roll Eskimos all the time when I lived in Alaska.

They're easy because they get so frickin' drunk. They
generally don't carry a lot of money, though.

Simple Simon wrote:
"Peter Wiley" wrote in message
...

I have one f/g kayak and one plastic one. The plastic one is heavier
but a better sea boat so I use it more. Never tried sailing a kayak,
strikes me as an exercise for people with a lot faster reflexes and
ability than I have. I've only managed to master half an eskimo roll.


I used to roll Eskimos all the time when I lived in Alaska.

They're easy because they get so frickin' drunk. They
generally don't carry a lot of money, though.

Besides, as soon as they get drunk they think they're a sleighdog and start
yapping all over the place. I hope you were careful and didn't let one of
them bite you? Hard to get hold of the right kind of rabies shot for that. I
mean how do you explain it to the doctor in the first place. There I was..
in my kayak, doing drunken eskimo rolls and....

--
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Sneak up behind them and wampum.
Scout


"Simple Simon" wrote
I used to roll Eskimos all the time when I lived in Alaska.
They're easy because they get so frickin' drunk. They
generally don't carry a lot of money, though.

Whadda Ya call a white man surrounded by 50 Eskimos???

The Bartender...


CM

"Scout" wrote in message
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| Sneak up behind them and wampum.
| Scout
|
|
| "Simple Simon" wrote
| I used to roll Eskimos all the time when I lived in Alaska.
| They're easy because they get so frickin' drunk. They
| generally don't carry a lot of money, though.
|
|

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:12:11 -0300, "Capt. Mooron"
, peered from the hovel and screeched:

Whadda Ya call a white man surrounded by 50 Eskimos???

The Bartender...

Awww. Not another boring racist kook. I was interested for a minute
there.

Jade



CM

"Scout" wrote in message
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| Sneak up behind them and wampum.
| Scout
|
|
| "Simple Simon" wrote
| I used to roll Eskimos all the time when I lived in Alaska.
| They're easy because they get so frickin' drunk. They
| generally don't carry a lot of money, though.
|
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