Cyli wrote:
On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 17:02:16 GMT, "No Spam"

wrote:

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Nice to know there are others out there with a Dancer that is a
little snug.
It takes everything that boat has to keep me afloat. I have removed
the
plastic bit under the front combing edge and that gets me into the
thing. I
was somewhat worried that I would not come out in a wet exit but
when the
time came, it came off like a good pair of pants. I love the looks I
get
when I show up with it. I'm 6' 1'' and about 275-285 depending on
what I had
for breakfast ; and most people where I go have huge canoes and are
shocked
that I am actually going to go out in my "little" boat.

I'm short and chubby and old enough to be less than agile. Bad for
getting in and out of a Dancer. But they're so* nice to paddle.
Even
though I don't do whitewater. I once thought I would (about the time
I bought it) but then I tried it a bit and, while it's fun to go
downriver upside down very fast, I wasn't able to do the roll. Had
to
pop the skirt every time and swim the little boat down to where I
could drain it and force my way back in. It makes a nice
recreational
boat, especially in backwaters and swamps. One can go over a tree
trunk that any other boat would have to beach and pull around. You
push that nose up, reach down to the sides and do a hand push (can't
do that much more, either. Bummer.) and slide yourself right over.
Places anyone else has to get out to pull over the sand bar, you just
dig the paddle in the sand and scoot over it, if there's any water
flowing across it. One does have to learn how to paddle in a
straight
line, but that comes along well.



Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

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Cyli, Your the kind of gal I would like to see on the survivor program,
any chance you would volunteer? TnT