(Chris Kelly)

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he Bell is about a foot shorter but gives up none of the speed which
is a great asset of the Rival. In fact I think the Prodigy is faster.
It front surfs like a dream and because of ites size and speed carves
very nicely on the wave. I can also get attainments that I could not

make even in the Rival.

Hi Chris,

Think the shorter boat would help you to make some of those tight turns and
slots
on the RF?

Well, I was also unhappily surprised by how easily it dented. I use
my whitewater boats hard on

reeks and in big water and they need to
be tough enough.

What Chris really means is that he runs into a lot of ROCKS :^).


I will bet that the Esquif will play better in holes but that the
Prodigy is faster. If you liked the Rival then I bet you will like
the Pridigy, even with these flaws. If you like the Ocoee better then
you will probably like the Esquif

better.

Esquif is rumored to be releasing a non ABS boat that I assume will be some
type of Poly like the Pyrana boats or even like the OT discovery series. It
should hold up a lot better than the ABS.

When you coming back East. I'm up for another Russell Fork run. Winter is
coming also, the Cumberland Plateau is calling you.

SYOTR
Larry C.

Hi Larry, I think yes, the shorter Prodigy will give some advantage
on creeks but really, the Rival seems to fit most places, and yes....I
do hit lots o' rocks!!!!
If the boss turns me loose I am gonna try for the Columbus Day
weekend but for sure GAF. I am a bit skeert of the Russell Fork at
full release. I am hoping for enough rain to bring the Plateau up for
September 31. My dream plan wud be to paddle daddy's on Friday and
then drive to the Nanny for the GAF sruff and then back to the Plateau
for Sunday. lets stay in touch.
chris

PS By the way, I broke the Rival in the second drop of Lost Paddle the
Sunday before Gauley Fest and have not yer repaired it. On inside
Gunwale is broken in half. I am paddling with a c clamp holding the
boat together.

In article ,
(Chris Kelly) writes:

If the boss turns me loose I am gonna try for the Columbus Day
weekend but for sure GAF. I am a bit skeert of the Russell Fork at
full release. I am hoping for enough rain to bring the Plateau up for
September 31. My dream plan wud be to paddle daddy's on Friday and
then drive to the Nanny for the GAF sruff and then back to the Plateau
for Sunday. lets stay in touch.

You can always come up and do the Easy Section of the Russell Fork during
release. I'm not wild about running the breaks at full release either.

Let me know if you are interested in running it any of the release weekends.

Larry
SYOTR
Larry C.

Oooh, oooh, oooh; Mr. Kay-BELL, ask me! I'm much closer to the
Russell fork than I have been in previous years and would love to hook
up with you for a run down from the dam (or two) on a release weekend.
If Kelly has to be there too, so be it; I'll put up with him.
-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty
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In article ,
(Chris Kelly) writes:

If the boss turns me loose I am gonna try for the Columbus Day
weekend but for sure GAF. I am a bit skeert of the Russell Fork at
full release. I am hoping for enough rain to bring the Plateau up for
September 31. My dream plan wud be to paddle daddy's on Friday and
then drive to the Nanny for the GAF sruff and then back to the Plateau
for Sunday. lets stay in touch.

You can always come up and do the Easy Section of the Russell Fork during
release. I'm not wild about running the breaks at full release either.

Let me know if you are interested in running it any of the release weekends.

Larry
SYOTR
Larry C.

Richard, Larry and his RF buddies took me at lower (not low, 400
cfs). It was literaly one of the best days of my paddling life.
Still very hard; Walked the second drop of Triple Drop and Climax.
Absolutly wonderful creeking. Do it for sure at lower water. Chris
K

(Chris Kelly)

Typed in Richard, Larry and his RF buddies took me at lower (not low, 400
cfs). It was literaly one of the best days of my paddling life.
Still very hard; Walked the second drop of Triple Drop and Climax.
Absolutly wonderful creeking. Do it for sure at lower water. Chris
K


Glad you had a good time. The second time down, the adrenalin isn't quite
flowing as much and you start to notice things like that its one damn pretty
canyon and that there are a lot of nice rapids besides the big five.

Larry
SYOTR
Larry C.

In article ,
(Oci-One Kanubi) writes:

Oooh, oooh, oooh; Mr. Kay-BELL, ask me! I'm much closer to the
Russell fork than I have been in previous years and would love to hook
up with you for a run down from the dam (or two) on a release weekend.
If Kelly has to be there too, so be it; I'll put up with him.
-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty

Didn't mean to slight you, Richard. I'm going to be up there the first weekend
and the last two for certain. Cecil will be back for Maine and join me for the
last two. Let me know if you are interested in hooking up.

The first weekend is Russell Fork Rendezvous and I'll probably end up helping
over there some on Saturday evening. The Woodstock wannabes don't really thrill
me, but it still raises a good chunk for conservation, and our club is the
major sponsor, so I kind of feel obligated to show up.


SYOTR
Larry C.