Boat Forum / Paddle Boats / May 2005

Hi--I'm Deb, and I'm currently an OC2 bow paddler, doing mostly
class II with a few class III runs thrown in for excitement and
challenge.  I'll be taking an OC1 class in June, and hopefully will be
able to get the hang of that skill by the end of the summer.  I live

This is to announce a new private, non-commercial website at:
http://www.westcoastpaddler.com
This new site contains lots of info, including tons of photographs,
about places to paddle in British Columbia. The site is primarily for

Does anyone know of a giant backpack for my inflatable Sea Eagle
PaddleSki 435 catamaran-kayak?
It has to be 35" tall and 60" in circumference (don't know how that
translates into cubic whatever).

After an hour or two of paddling, my legs go so numb that when I stand up
on the dock afterwards, I'm as likely as not to fall down again as my legs
collapse under me.
Is there some way to adjust my kayak seat to help my circulation?

Marsport advertise a Lendal Powermaster paddle online 'with EG1 carbon
shaft' for only £ 75.00. Funny that, all other web sites state that the EG1
is a fairly basic, heavy glass fibre shaft.

I come from Poland and in July of this year I.m going to visit Sweden and
paddle with sea kayak around Aland Islands. I want to hire such kayak for
about one week. I was looking for hires on the Internet but it turned out
to be very difficult because most sites of hire of kayaks ...

Hi there.  Is there a website with a top notch trip database out there?  I
see several regional sites, but we've flown to the East coast of Canada, and
we're in Toronto, so it kind of breaks the invite to travel farther.
If there aren't any, I will consider designing one.

As a rule of thumb, I pretend that I am invisible.  Not only am I paddling
a stealth craft which cannot be detected by any known means, I also have a
Cone of Silence around me, so that no noise, no matter how loud, can ever
leave my boat.  It worked for me riding motorcycles, and it ...

A while back, someone was asking about any strobe lights that blinked SOS.
I found this at Mountain Equipment Coop:
The Intelight Sport <http://www.fox40whistle.com/products/productdetail.php?id=42>
It's a multifunction light (a bunch of settings for various brightnesses and

I've got a Prijon touring kayak made of HTP; all surfaces have some kind of
grainy texture and the BCU sticker tends to come off after a while.
(Certain NG trolls will now probably comment 'BCU stickers that don't stick,
typical ...').

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By Andrea Remke
Enquirer staff writer

I come from Poland and in July of this year I.m going to visit Sweden and
paddle with sea kayak around Aland Islands. I want to hire such kayak for
about one week. I was looking for hires on the Internet but it turned out
to be very difficult because most sites of hire of kayaks ...

12' royalex 33lb. solo canoe....I'm thinking of a purchase and would
appreciate comments from those familiar with this or other short,
light solo or double ender canoes.

I am doing a trip in Costa Rica with some friends at the end of
November.  We are going with Endless Rivers.   Unfortunatly for me they
have no open boats ( I paddle a Viper 12).  Costa Rica Rios has canoes,
but they want $330 to rent one for a week, which I think is steep.

I'd like to take my family (kids aged 13, 12, 7) rafting in mid-June
possibly on the Chattooga or Ocoee or other suitable river. (Ohioans
travelling to Augusta, GA for brother-in-law's wedding.) I've kayaked for
years on Class IV water (including the Lower Yough, the Lower Gauley, ...