Boat Forum / Paddle Boats / August 2007

I am looking to purchase new, a drysuit for kayaking this winter.
I live in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Does anyone know any local stores that sell drysuits specifically for
kayaking? If not, any good Canadian stores that are online?

I haven't done a seakayak tour before, though I've paddled quite a bit
for decades. But I'm going to do a modest one with short legs up at
the Straits of Mackinaw, Michigan, next week.
I own a Seda Glider (a woodstrip version of one, anyway) and have been

I'm making last minute plans for an overnight canoe or kayak trip. I
don't own dry bags yet. Does anyone have any suggestions for using heavy
garbage bags or other plastic sheeting to keep clothing and sleeping
bags dry? I'm just looking to get through this trip and get some more ...

This was a bad year for snowpack in California, so we have already been
reduced to running dam-release rivers.  But even bad years can be good.
This year we finally boated the Truckee.  Nice!  Pictures here:
 http://cacreeks.com/truckee.htm

After many trips on rental boats, we finally purchased a used Pamlico
160T, which was our favorite of all of the boats that we rented.  The
Phase3 seats are sure comfy.  We plan to use it on flat water (lakes)
and calm rivers.

Is it possible to find a lightweight tandem canoe (~50 lbs) that is
also reasonably abrasion-resistant? We paddle in flatwater conditions,
but we scratch rocks with the bottom a lot - e.g. paddling in High
Sierra lakes. They say Kevlar is abrasion-sensitive, but exactly how

Gets real quiet here, when there's no water running.
Fred

I use to have a Daggon
Blackwater 12 ft kayak with
rudder. I enjoyed it and at
that time I had help carrying

Can anyone recommend a flatwater canoeing destination in the Sierras
with no motor boats/no ATVs alowed? We liked Yosemite's Lake Eleanor
a
lot, now looking for something north, in the Tahoe/Truckee area. We

Can anyone recommend a flatwater canoeing destination in the Sierras
with no motor boats/no ATVs alowed? We liked Yosemite's Lake Eleanor a
lot, now looking for something north, in the Tahoe/Truckee area. We
have a light canoe and can carry it up to a mile from the car.

The past couple of times I went Kayaking it was extremely tough to
break down my CF Sting Ray paddle.
What is safe to use on it to lubricate where the paddle seperates?
Mike

Just thought that some people here might find this interesting.  I
wrote up a description, with pictures, of how I converted a child
trailer to carry my (16' tandem) kayak to the lake by bicycle.
http://twowheels.us/blog/?p=41

What if you knew the same secrets as the most successful Olympic
athletes and their coaches? What could you do with their Gold-medal
winning programs in your hands, and had the secrets decoded?
http://www.xczone.com/newskitrg.htm

I have quite a few pictures & prints of guide boats (historic,
artwork, and contemporary) in an Adirondack Guide Boat album at the
Adirondack Forum.  Check 'em out at http://www.adkforum.com/photos/main.php?g2_page=3
JH Bahn