Boat Forum / Paddle Boats / February 2006

Hey Mike: got any trips scheduled this summer for Maine? I've kept my entire
summer wide open to spend in the NE in a boat, and so far I only have a
definate Allagash trip planned for the first week in July. If you're in the
New England region with a trip that has space, I know ...

Hey all,
I'm a beginning Kayaker and was wondering if the Catalyst would be a
suitable yak to start with.  I do have some experience in a canoe.  I'll
spend most my time on local rivers and lakes in N central OK and S central

I'm building a home made kayak hoist to lift my boat to the ceiling in the
garage. The one part I can't seem to find is a hand crank for the ropes
with a safety ratchet so the hoist can't accidentally fall to the floor.  I
got a small hand winch for that but it's a poor compromise ...

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I live in Colorado Springs and was wondering where there is some class I or
II water nearby.  I have a Discovery 169.  Thanks.

Dear Fellow Boaties,
I have good news to share with you.
A friend of mine on the Gold Coast, Australia is making custome made stainless steel manifolds and mufflers that give superior performance and are competitively priced.
If you are interested please contact me on 0422721167 or ...

Hi y'all! I've given up my refusal to use GoogleGroups.com to access
RBP, but I still wish I had a simple text based threaded newsreading
program to do Usenet newsgroups! ;-)

I am wanting to paddle the Current River in Arkansas. Is it muddy?

Long time ago, I read what sounded like a comprehensive account of a couple's
construction of a one-off composite kayak.   Unfortunately, I didn't capture the
web pages and they seem to have been taken off the net.
(http://pluto.njcc.com/~fmec/ returns HTTP 404: File not found...)

Some group is kayaking in Anarctica to bring attention to some issue. A
friend of mine is trying to follow it, but can't find much of a map of the
area where the event is taking place.  Can anyone help with a map source
that's better than those found in conventional atlases?

I've been trying for over two weeks to access the Canoe England web site to
check out the classifieds (now they've pulled them from Canoe Focus) and I
haven't had a response to an email for over three weeks.
I rang the BCU last week to help them take my concerns seriously and they ...

I am a pretty experienced canoeist (I am in my early 40's and have been
canoe tripping since I was 7 years of age) and most of my experience has
been on lakes and tame white water.  I did the majority of my tripping in
Ontario (Algonquin, Temagami, Quetico, Kippawa in QC) and then ...

Hi folks - glad to find one kayak-related newsgroup that has some posts in
it.  :)
I am a pretty experienced canoeist (I am in my early 40's and have been
canoe tripping since I was 7 years of age) and most of my experience has

Tortoise Reserve Gents Trip
Bladen County NC
February 9-12, 2006
Great Coharie Creek, Black River, South River

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