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- Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:05 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: DC area whitewater
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3792
Re: DC area whitewater
Potomac Paddlesports will definitely have the inside scoop on access at Angler's - they have a gear trailer parked there on a semi-permanent basis for weeknight classes.
- Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:45 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: DC area whitewater
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3792
Re: DC area whitewater
Anthony, If you're by yourself with your playboat, put in at Angler's Inn and paddle upriver to the Maryland and Virginia chutes. Both playspots should be in, and you ought to run into paddlers in the parking lot. I haven't been there in a while, but there are reportely parking issues due to constru...
- Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:44 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Cutting a Paddle Down
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6603
Re: Cutting a Paddle Down
Good to know that an Aquabound grip can be removed with light heat; I'd like to replace the cheesy plastic grip on my glass backup with dowel. I recently tried to remove a plastic grip from a glass Werner shaft, and they are absolutely correct that the epoxy won't budge. The grip melted before the a...
- Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:52 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Who would want it and why? The adjustable...
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5722
Re: Who would want it and why? The adjustable...
I agree with folks above that there is a market for high-quality breakdown paddles. I would not buy an adjustable paddle that did not break down for portability. I have used paddles as short as 56-57", particularly while I was learning to be comfortable on my offside, but I now use 60" paddles almos...
- Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:31 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: What is the most fun boat you've ever paddled?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 24231
Re: What is the most fun boat you've ever paddled?
Before creek season got started, I was messing around with a Dagger Aftershock. It's a handful.
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:38 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Kayak question for C Boaters
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6379
Re: Kayak question for C Boaters
From someone who has been there, made a false start, and then got a chance to try again and got unbelievably lucky with the results: If you are serious about getting the chance to have a willing and enthusiastic paddling partner, don't buy a boat for your wife. It's that simple. Facilitate the proce...
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:38 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: back when we didn't know any better...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8830
Re: back when we didn't know any better...
Inadvertently punching the hole at Cucumber falls - biggest thing I'd ever seen - on my first trip down the lower Yough (2006, I think).
EDIT: I noticed the nose clips after posting. AWESOME.
EDIT: I noticed the nose clips after posting. AWESOME.
- Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:35 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Can the l'Edge be used as a tripping boat?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10128
Re: Can the l'Edge be used as a tripping boat?
I'm pretty sure I've seen some very "safe" Southeastern canoeists tripping in their L'Edges on more than one occasion.
- Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:35 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Do we need to be recognised?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4723
Re: Do we need to be recognised?
No.
The only valid reason to paddle, or engage in any other outdoor sport, is personal satisfaction and enjoyment with friends. Otherwise, it's a rather pointless activity.
There's nothing wrong with recognition, but for it to be a necessity or a goal is, at best, a distraction.
The only valid reason to paddle, or engage in any other outdoor sport, is personal satisfaction and enjoyment with friends. Otherwise, it's a rather pointless activity.
There's nothing wrong with recognition, but for it to be a necessity or a goal is, at best, a distraction.
- Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:12 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Why isn't OCing popular on the west coast? (or is it?)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15858
Re: Why isn't OCing popular on the west coast? (or is it?)
Also remember that there are a lot of western boaters - perhaps they'd rather be called 'boatmen' - who don't bother with kayaks either. Personal inflatables set up with oar rigs to accomodate multi-day trips are probably as common in the western U.S. as canoes are in the mid-Atlantic. If you wanted...
- Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:23 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: we've come quite far...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1742
Re: we've come quite far...
New rule: all canoeing videos need to open with Mahler V.
- Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:39 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Dropping Big Stouts
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7710
Re: Dropping Big Stouts
IAround the first minute of the vid he describes how exactly and precisely he judges the risks and consequences very carefully, then when really sure about it... well I let you see what use he's making of the conclusions. A wise man amongst few. Talk about a slow learner. :o I'm not willing to die ...
- Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:11 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Mushrooming of aluminum paddle tips
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6855
- Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:31 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Mushrooming of aluminum paddle tips
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6855
I likewise don't understand the hoopla over aluminum tips. I have two kevlar Galasport 3M's, one wood Mitchell, and two second-hand Norses, all with aluminum tips. My old Viking may have an aluminum tip, too. Of all the maintenance and repair issues I've had, I've never experienced the horror storie...
- Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:15 pm
- Forum: Boats and Gear for Sale
- Topic: Robson Blowfish
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1936