Hudson Armada Sept 2006 - Thanks!

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Hudson Armada Sept 2006 - Thanks!

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Adam, thanks for organizing the Hudson Armada this year! That was my first time down the Hudson Gorge NOT in a ww raft, and it's certainly a different river solo! Quite the day, quite the trip, and of course it was great to get together with more boaters.
Thanks to those who attended!
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Awesome Kenneth! Good job!
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Hmmm....new country, new rivers...-
Still not enough c-boaters....
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Adam should have him in a Maven by the Spring Armada! :lol:
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I concurr with Kenneth, thanks Adam for organizing the Hudson Armada! It was well worth the drive from Toronto!
We had a great day on the Hudson on Saturday, interesting rapids, a great landscape, great people to paddle with and interesting weather, too (I haven't paddled too many rapids in a thunderstorm...).
Everyone had lot's of fun , particularly Adam in the Sith.
Sunday's paddle was interesting, too, we started out with trying out some of Adams boats in the flatwater in behind his house.
I have to confess, I swam twice... :oops: ... in flatwater ... :roll: ...!
Adam's Maven is ddefinitely a bit low cut for my weightof ~190 - 195 lbs, upon seallaunching off the dock I went straight into a bow stall and then flipped end over end. After rolling and leveling the boat out, which was quite some work, I had both ends at least 3 inches under water! the cockpit rim was just about lkevel with the water. After fooling around a bit I got some water into the boat and it collected in the bow, sending me into a bowstall. I flipped end over end, rolled up s=traight into a bowstallflipped end over end and so on, and finally gave up and swam. Sara took pictures and video of it all, I am sure it will find it's way onto the site... :wink: ...
Next I tried the Oxygen, with similar results, only here it was stern squirts instead of bowstalls... I guess for now I'll stay with my Acrobat, although I do definitely want to give the full cut Maven a try someday.
I will definitely be back next yea for the Hudson Armada!

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I had a very good time.
Many thanks to Adam and Sara!
We had 10 people on the Gorge Saturday, counting the 4 kayaks in the ADK group. I figure Kenneth (in his ducky) still counts as a CBoater at heart.
Givney's/Soup Strainer was "interesting" in a downpour with thunder and lighting.
Saturday night's dinner was excellent!!! We all went out for ice cream before calling it a day. :D
Only 3 of us paddled the Sacandaga on Sunday. A kayaker asked me why there were so many C-1s on the river? :roll:
Here is a link to the photos Lil'D took:
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/cboater1/al ... 0241#page1
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Nice pics, thanks! Wish I could have been there on Sunday. :(
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Lil'D, LEW,

Great pictures! Yep, Kenneth definitely counts as a cboater, I am sure he'll be kneeling as soon as his knee is healed.
LEW, how is your knee doing?

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