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"Gunnelling" a canoe
The thread about capsize got me remembering how when we were kids we'd
take the family canoe out in the middle of the lake and turn her over and spend hours swimming neath her and splashing around in the swamped boat. We could all get the old 18' Grumman righted and half empty of water even in deep water. It never failed the rangers would come out to "rescue" us and we couldnt figure out why they wanted people to swim in a "swimming area", whats wrong with the rest of the lake we wondered. However, the thing i remember I have never seen done anywhere alse was what we called "Gunnelling" the canoe. One of us would stand on the tiny sloping deck behind the stern and by bouncing up and dowm you could propell it across the lake. This always drove the rangers nuts. The best trick was to do this as we were approaching shore and you would then jump off backwards propelling the very light canoe right up to the landing. I'd kill one of my kids if I saw em doing this. |
"Gunnelling" a canoe
"Frogwatch" wrote in message
... The thread about capsize got me remembering how when we were kids we'd take the family canoe out in the middle of the lake and turn her over and spend hours swimming neath her and splashing around in the swamped boat. We could all get the old 18' Grumman righted and half empty of water even in deep water. It never failed the rangers would come out to "rescue" us and we couldnt figure out why they wanted people to swim in a "swimming area", whats wrong with the rest of the lake we wondered. However, the thing i remember I have never seen done anywhere alse was what we called "Gunnelling" the canoe. One of us would stand on the tiny sloping deck behind the stern and by bouncing up and dowm you could propell it across the lake. This always drove the rangers nuts. The best trick was to do this as we were approaching shore and you would then jump off backwards propelling the very light canoe right up to the landing. I'd kill one of my kids if I saw em doing this. Why? If it worked.... -- Nom=de=Plume |
"Gunnelling" a canoe
On Oct 18, 9:28*pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:
"Frogwatch" wrote in message ... The thread about capsize got me remembering how when we were kids we'd take the family canoe out in the middle of the lake and turn her over and spend hours swimming neath her and splashing around in the swamped boat. *We could all get the old 18' Grumman righted and half empty of water even in deep water. *It never failed the rangers would come out to "rescue" us and we couldnt figure out why they wanted people to swim in a "swimming area", whats wrong with the rest of the lake we wondered. However, the thing i remember I have never seen done anywhere alse was what we called "Gunnelling" the canoe. *One of us would stand on the tiny sloping deck behind the stern and by bouncing up and dowm you could propell it across the lake. *This always drove the rangers nuts. *The best trick was to do this as we were approaching shore and you would then jump off backwards propelling the very light canoe right up to the landing. I'd kill one of my kids if I saw em doing this. Why? If it worked.... -- Nom=de=Plume Really dangerous though. Standing on a small sloping slippery wet aluminum surface would be very easy to fall forward against one of the thwarts breaking your neck or hitting your head ans drowning. It took some good balance to do it. The things kids do, a wonder we survived. |
"Gunnelling" a canoe
"Frogwatch" wrote in message
... On Oct 18, 9:28 pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote: "Frogwatch" wrote in message ... The thread about capsize got me remembering how when we were kids we'd take the family canoe out in the middle of the lake and turn her over and spend hours swimming neath her and splashing around in the swamped boat. We could all get the old 18' Grumman righted and half empty of water even in deep water. It never failed the rangers would come out to "rescue" us and we couldnt figure out why they wanted people to swim in a "swimming area", whats wrong with the rest of the lake we wondered. However, the thing i remember I have never seen done anywhere alse was what we called "Gunnelling" the canoe. One of us would stand on the tiny sloping deck behind the stern and by bouncing up and dowm you could propell it across the lake. This always drove the rangers nuts. The best trick was to do this as we were approaching shore and you would then jump off backwards propelling the very light canoe right up to the landing. I'd kill one of my kids if I saw em doing this. Why? If it worked.... -- Nom=de=Plume Really dangerous though. Standing on a small sloping slippery wet aluminum surface would be very easy to fall forward against one of the thwarts breaking your neck or hitting your head ans drowning. It took some good balance to do it. The things kids do, a wonder we survived. OIC. Parents have an obligation to be overly protective... at least in their own minds. lol -- Nom=de=Plume |
"Gunnelling" a canoe
On Oct 18, 11:51*pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:
"Frogwatch" wrote in message ... On Oct 18, 9:28 pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote: "Frogwatch" wrote in message .... The thread about capsize got me remembering how when we were kids we'd take the family canoe out in the middle of the lake and turn her over and spend hours swimming neath her and splashing around in the swamped boat. We could all get the old 18' Grumman righted and half empty of water even in deep water. It never failed the rangers would come out to "rescue" us and we couldnt figure out why they wanted people to swim in a "swimming area", whats wrong with the rest of the lake we wondered. However, the thing i remember I have never seen done anywhere alse was what we called "Gunnelling" the canoe. One of us would stand on the tiny sloping deck behind the stern and by bouncing up and dowm you could propell it across the lake. This always drove the rangers nuts. The best trick was to do this as we were approaching shore and you would then jump off backwards propelling the very light canoe right up to the landing. I'd kill one of my kids if I saw em doing this. Why? If it worked.... -- Nom=de=Plume Really dangerous though. *Standing on a small sloping slippery wet aluminum surface would be very easy to fall forward against one of the thwarts breaking your neck or hitting your head ans drowning. *It took some good balance to do it. *The things kids do, a wonder we survived. OIC. Parents have an obligation to be overly protective... at least in their own minds. lol -- Nom=de=Plume When we were up in N Alabama last weekend caving, we went to Stephens Gap cave. There is a pic in national Geographic a few months ago of someone standing on a rock in the cave and I have the same picture I took of my wife on the same rock back in 1985. So, I took my kids there. It has a 160' pit and a "Walk in" entrance. Years ago, I rapelled and climbed the pit numerous times and I wanted my kids to think about taking up vertical caving. We got to the edge of the pit and I could not handle it whenever they got near the edge. "Krista, don't get so close, that edge is slick". "Katie, that edge could break". I was frantic with fear whenever I saw them near the edge. It is ok for me to do it but I am not sure I could even be around if they did. BTW, the pic in National Geo does not show the two crisscrossing waterfalls in the pit cuz it was taken when it was very dry. One waterfall comes from the top and the other from about 2/3 way up and they cross in the middle, spectacular. They were flowing well last week. |
"Gunnelling" a canoe
"Frogwatch" wrote in message
... On Oct 18, 11:51 pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote: "Frogwatch" wrote in message ... On Oct 18, 9:28 pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote: "Frogwatch" wrote in message ... The thread about capsize got me remembering how when we were kids we'd take the family canoe out in the middle of the lake and turn her over and spend hours swimming neath her and splashing around in the swamped boat. We could all get the old 18' Grumman righted and half empty of water even in deep water. It never failed the rangers would come out to "rescue" us and we couldnt figure out why they wanted people to swim in a "swimming area", whats wrong with the rest of the lake we wondered. However, the thing i remember I have never seen done anywhere alse was what we called "Gunnelling" the canoe. One of us would stand on the tiny sloping deck behind the stern and by bouncing up and dowm you could propell it across the lake. This always drove the rangers nuts. The best trick was to do this as we were approaching shore and you would then jump off backwards propelling the very light canoe right up to the landing. I'd kill one of my kids if I saw em doing this. Why? If it worked.... -- Nom=de=Plume Really dangerous though. Standing on a small sloping slippery wet aluminum surface would be very easy to fall forward against one of the thwarts breaking your neck or hitting your head ans drowning. It took some good balance to do it. The things kids do, a wonder we survived. OIC. Parents have an obligation to be overly protective... at least in their own minds. lol -- Nom=de=Plume When we were up in N Alabama last weekend caving, we went to Stephens Gap cave. There is a pic in national Geographic a few months ago of someone standing on a rock in the cave and I have the same picture I took of my wife on the same rock back in 1985. So, I took my kids there. It has a 160' pit and a "Walk in" entrance. Years ago, I rapelled and climbed the pit numerous times and I wanted my kids to think about taking up vertical caving. We got to the edge of the pit and I could not handle it whenever they got near the edge. "Krista, don't get so close, that edge is slick". "Katie, that edge could break". I was frantic with fear whenever I saw them near the edge. It is ok for me to do it but I am not sure I could even be around if they did. BTW, the pic in National Geo does not show the two crisscrossing waterfalls in the pit cuz it was taken when it was very dry. One waterfall comes from the top and the other from about 2/3 way up and they cross in the middle, spectacular. They were flowing well last week. REPLY: I went rappelling out here once. I forget the name of the cave, but basically you climb down a chimney, then you're like a fly on the ceiling of a huge cave. I'm not much on heights. They had to pry my fingers off the rope at the bottom. -- Nom=de=Plume |
"Gunnelling" a canoe
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"Gunnelling" a canoe
On Thursday, April 3, 2014 7:49:18 PM UTC-7, wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater Picture of me gunnelling. Cool! thanks for the post |
"Gunnelling" a canoe
On Thursday, April 3, 2014 10:09:22 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Thu, 3 Apr 2014 19:49:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater Picture of me gunnelling. Is there a reason for it or is this just a cool trick? I understand you could get some propulsion out of it but is it better than paddling? Greg, I think this falls into the 'cool trick' dept. I don't think it would be faster than a paddle bobbing the canoe up and down like that. |
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