On Oct 21, 10:20*am, wrote:
On Oct 6, 9:33*pm, Dan Valleskey wrote:

I miss my RBP. *Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. *Are there any
old timers still lurking about?

-Dan V. in Indy

Sponsons....

*roll eyes*

--riverman

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:49:35 -0700 (PDT), riverman
wrote:

On Oct 21, 10:20*am, wrote:
On Oct 6, 9:33*pm, Dan Valleskey wrote:

I miss my RBP. *Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. *Are there any
old timers still lurking about?

-Dan V. in Indy

Sponsons....

*roll eyes*

--riverman


Last time I was very active I had just sent you a boat. I hope it
didn't sink or anything when you put it together, or, if it did you
were shallow water at least. Is that thing still floating or has it
gone to that great boatyard in the sky?

Galen Hekhuis

On Oct 21, 10:23*pm, Galen Hekhuis wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:49:35 -0700 (PDT), riverman

wrote:
On Oct 21, 10:20*am, wrote:
On Oct 6, 9:33*pm, Dan Valleskey wrote:

I miss my RBP. *Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. *Are there any
old timers still lurking about?

-Dan V. in Indy

Sponsons....

*roll eyes*

--riverman

Last time I was very active I had just sent you a boat. *I hope it
didn't sink or anything when you put it together, or, if it did you
were shallow water at least. *Is that thing still floating or has it
gone to that great boatyard in the sky?

Galen Hekhuis * * * * * *

Hey Galen:
Nope, last I checked it was still floating high and dry. The intent
was to bring it to Hong Kong with me, but once I got here I discovered
that what sells as an apartment here would be considered a large
closet in the states, so its still sitting in my storage shed in
Maine. I take it out each time I'm home in the summer, and I love to
tell folks how someone I met on the internet gave it to me (I get a
lot of amazed stares for that g). I'm starting to seriously consider
having it shipped here and storing it at the school so I can go paddle
after work. Age, rust and lethargy are catching up with me, and I need
an outlet. If I get over my inane fear of sitting in closed cockpit
boats (Wilko can tell you about that), then I'd want to take the
'Galen' out in the open water around the islands here.

Thanks again for the boat! :-)

--riverman

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:02:20 -0700 (PDT), riverman
wrote:

On Oct 21, 10:23*pm, Galen Hekhuis wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:49:35 -0700 (PDT), riverman

wrote:
On Oct 21, 10:20*am, wrote:
On Oct 6, 9:33*pm, Dan Valleskey wrote:

I miss my RBP. *Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. *Are there any
old timers still lurking about?

-Dan V. in Indy

Sponsons....

*roll eyes*

--riverman

Last time I was very active I had just sent you a boat. *I hope it
didn't sink or anything when you put it together, or, if it did you
were shallow water at least. *Is that thing still floating or has it
gone to that great boatyard in the sky?

Galen Hekhuis * * * * * *

Hey Galen:
Nope, last I checked it was still floating high and dry. The intent
was to bring it to Hong Kong with me, but once I got here I discovered
that what sells as an apartment here would be considered a large
closet in the states, so its still sitting in my storage shed in
Maine. I take it out each time I'm home in the summer, and I love to
tell folks how someone I met on the internet gave it to me (I get a
lot of amazed stares for that g). I'm starting to seriously consider
having it shipped here and storing it at the school so I can go paddle
after work. Age, rust and lethargy are catching up with me, and I need
an outlet. If I get over my inane fear of sitting in closed cockpit
boats (Wilko can tell you about that), then I'd want to take the
'Galen' out in the open water around the islands here.

Thanks again for the boat! :-)

--rivermman

That's good to hear, I had visions of it sinking. In a previous life,
I owned a 32 foot sloop for which I had purchased an inflatable
dinghy. It was a fairly fancy model, complete with a rigid plate for
an outboard, "Boston" valves, etc. I got it for emergencies on the
boat, but figured it might make a good tender for the sailboat also. I
pumped it up and tossed it in the water one day, only to discover that
a mouse (or rat, I wasn't there) had chewed into the air compartments.
The dinghy didn't exactly sink, as it had three independent air
chambers, but the mouse had managed to compromise two of them, so it
didn't exactly ride high in the water. I had thought of the same
thing happening to the kayak, I'm glad it didn't.

On Oct 23, 12:36*am, Galen Hekhuis wrote:
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:02:20 -0700 (PDT), riverman





wrote:
On Oct 21, 10:23*pm, Galen Hekhuis wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:49:35 -0700 (PDT), riverman

wrote:
On Oct 21, 10:20*am, wrote:
On Oct 6, 9:33*pm, Dan Valleskey wrote:

I miss my RBP. *Okay, maybe I don't miss it all that much. *Are there any
old timers still lurking about?

-Dan V. in Indy

Sponsons....

*roll eyes*

--riverman

Last time I was very active I had just sent you a boat. *I hope it
didn't sink or anything when you put it together, or, if it did you
were shallow water at least. *Is that thing still floating or has it
gone to that great boatyard in the sky?

Galen Hekhuis * * * * * *

Hey Galen:
Nope, last I checked it was still floating high and dry. The intent
was to bring it to Hong Kong with me, but once I got here I discovered
that what sells as an apartment here would be considered a large
closet in the states, so its still sitting in my storage shed in
Maine. I take it out each time I'm home in the summer, and I love to
tell folks how someone I met on the internet gave it to me (I get a
lot of amazed stares for that g). I'm starting to seriously consider
having it shipped here and storing it at the school so I can go paddle
after work. Age, rust and lethargy are catching up with me, and I need
an outlet. If I get over my inane fear of sitting in closed cockpit
boats (Wilko can tell you about that), then I'd want to take the
'Galen' out in the open water around the islands here.

Thanks again for the boat! :-)

--rivermman

That's good to hear, I had visions of it sinking. *In a previous life,
I owned a 32 foot sloop for which I had purchased an inflatable
dinghy. *It was a fairly fancy model, complete with a rigid plate for
an outboard, "Boston" valves, etc. *I got it for emergencies on the
boat, but figured it might make a good tender for the sailboat also. I
pumped it up and tossed it in the water one day, only to discover that
a mouse (or rat, I wasn't there) had chewed into the air compartments.
The dinghy didn't exactly sink, as it had three independent air
chambers, but the mouse had managed to compromise two of them, so it
didn't exactly ride high in the water. *I had thought of the same
thing happening to the kayak, I'm glad it didn't.- Hide quoted text -

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Oh great. I tell you that I have a fear of closed cockpit boats, that
I hope to address this fear by padding out among the islands here in
HK in open water, and you tell me that you imagined that this boat
would SINK??

Just what I need to worry about! g

--riverman
(time to buy some floatation....)

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:03:21 -0700 (PDT), riverman
wrote:


Oh great. I tell you that I have a fear of closed cockpit boats, that
I hope to address this fear by padding out among the islands here in
HK in open water, and you tell me that you imagined that this boat
would SINK??

Just what I need to worry about! g

--riverman
(time to buy some floatation....)

As I recall the thing has internal sp*ns*ns. I think you blow them up
to "add to the rigidity" of the boat or somesuch nonsense. The thing
is supposed to be pretty unsinkable, but don't take that as a
challenge. It also has a really big cockpit, it isn't like a hard
shell kayak at all. It also comes with an unconditional guarantee
that if you ever lose your life in it they will refund the complete
price, no embarrassing questions asked. (You don' need no stinkin'
floatation...)

"Galen Hekhuis" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:03:21 -0700 (PDT), riverman
wrote:


Oh great. I tell you that I have a fear of closed cockpit boats, that
I hope to address this fear by padding out among the islands here in
HK in open water, and you tell me that you imagined that this boat
would SINK??

Just what I need to worry about! g

--riverman
(time to buy some floatation....)

As I recall the thing has internal sp*ns*ns. I think you blow them up
to "add to the rigidity" of the boat or somesuch nonsense. The thing
is supposed to be pretty unsinkable, but don't take that as a
challenge. It also has a really big cockpit, it isn't like a hard
shell kayak at all. It also comes with an unconditional guarantee
that if you ever lose your life in it they will refund the complete
price, no embarrassing questions asked. (You don' need no stinkin'
floatation...)

Marketing at it's finest... ;D

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