Boat Forum / Paddle Boats / June 2007

Hand paddles for $40 (in another thread) got me wondering
about other stuff.  (Are web-fingered gloves good enough to
get down a difficult river?  If not, no point carrying them;
better to walk out or wait for rescue.)

I'm wondering about the Swiftwater Ranger (many years on the market)
and equivalent PFDs that have a quick-release rescue harness to which
the wearer can attach a tow tether, etc.  The Ranger is just a modified
Extrasport Hi-Float.  NRS Rapid Rescuer is another model.

I understand that people have built Canadian style canoes that join in
the centre.  Do you know how the join is made as a friend wishes to
build one but is not sure as to how he can get a watertight strong seal.
Thanks

I understand that people have built Canadian style canoes that join in
the centre.  Do you know how the join is made as a friend wishes to
build one but is not sure as to how he can get a watertight strong seal.
Thanks

Spring tide/versus neap, neutral wind - which conditions can be expected
Rounding Neist Point..?? Good fun or something to be avoid at all
costs..?? 4 or 5 Star level..??
hilsen / regards

I have in my dirty little hands an old klepper (its been in storage
for over 30 years and i'm pretty sure it predates that by a good 15
years. any one had any experiance fixing one of
these things?

We (two couples in three tandems) are planning 3-4 days kayaking trip
on the White River for the 4-th of July.
How fast is this river? What would be the reasonable distance
assuming, say,  ~15 miles per day flat water paddling.

Early this year, I bought Werner's SideKick for wave ski use.
Works pretty well, but I have three observations:
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1) I come out of most sessions longer than an hours

I have acquired an old fibreglass kayak.
I was wondering the best way of breathing new life into it for my Dad
to use.
It floats and paddles well.

Stolen Saturday, June 16, 2007 from the Linesville campground at
Pymatuning PA (NW Pennsylvania near Ohio border)
Bell Magic - BlackGold carbon fiber layup
Ohio registration number: OH2467B

http://tinyurl.com/38ey7h
About halfway down; the article on Canoe Hull Technology.
--riverman

i got a used klepper clone (wayland harpoon) recently (novice /
newbee).
my 'slide and snap'  fittings / joints / fasteners (what would be
general / umbrella term for those?) are loose and do not look like

I'm just about finish with my restoration of a 50-year-old cartopper.  It
had aluminum gunwhales that were beaten to hell and looked awful.
I'm going to replace them with wooden gunwhales, and I'm thinking cherry.
Is there any other wood I ought to consider?

Hi Paddlers,
   This Hobie kayak is great. I've sailed it in 10-20 knot winds --
what a blast. Today I went fishing in it -- the pedal drive frees your
hands -- and found it excellent for fishing. About the only use for the

a friend has a royalite canoe which has given him no end of grief
since the hull has cracked twice after winter storage outside in a
sheltered storge area.
what is the situation with royalex hulls and cold winters. Are the old