Roaming the web, I ran across a couple of cool sites pertaining to paddling.

The Wayfarer is from your neck of the woods that contains a lot of
interesting info.

http://users.frii.com/uliasz/weblog/...731/index.html

This next one is a great trip you just gotta do. You will have to carry
the yak up and down a few steps but you are young and should be able to
handle that ok.

http://www.nps.gov/cure/webvc/boating.htm

Thinking bolder than I have a right to,
Larry