Tripping in a Playboat?
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Pass on to Colin that he's got talent!I cannot take credit for the photos. Those were taken by Colin.
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You bet... Those long exposure ones where the water looks like silk waves makes me miss my last river trip.Paddle Power wrote:Pass on to Colin that he's got talent!I cannot take credit for the photos. Those were taken by Colin.
Just BTW, surprisingly nobody mentionned but the encore is no more a playboat as by today's standards...
A great tripping boat that is, too bad they don't make them anymore.Watch out; that river has rocks on the bottom.
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Many nice ones, but this one is my favorite, suitable for framing...marclamenace wrote:You bet... Those long exposure ones where the water looks like silk waves makes me miss my last river trip.Paddle Power wrote:Pass on to Colin that he's got talent!I cannot take credit for the photos. Those were taken by Colin.
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I loaded the Encore up with pretty much everything but the groceries. Tent, tarp, pad, sleeping bag, clothes, stove, filter etc. Roughly 40 lbs including 2 liters of water, a throw rope and a pump.
Took her out on the Quabog, a nice 2-3 run with a good mix of waves holes and technical stuff.
So far so good!
Can't say as I really noticed the load except at the carry around the dam. She surfed as well as ever, spun on demand and caught most of the eddies we went for. If anything the extra weight was a help when the breeze picked up on the slackwater above the dam. Maybe a little wetter at times though that could be operator error as well.
So unless it's a dry dry April I think I'll take the Encore.
Oh Yeah and EZ says surfing and eddy hopping isn't real play boating so apolgies to you serious playboaters.
I'm just trying to have a little fun. Nothing serious.
Took her out on the Quabog, a nice 2-3 run with a good mix of waves holes and technical stuff.
So far so good!
Can't say as I really noticed the load except at the carry around the dam. She surfed as well as ever, spun on demand and caught most of the eddies we went for. If anything the extra weight was a help when the breeze picked up on the slackwater above the dam. Maybe a little wetter at times though that could be operator error as well.
So unless it's a dry dry April I think I'll take the Encore.
Oh Yeah and EZ says surfing and eddy hopping isn't real play boating so apolgies to you serious playboaters.
I'm just trying to have a little fun. Nothing serious.
re: Swift Raven
Dan wrote:
I have a Royalite Swift Raven and like it a lot for hauling 200-225lbs total on mixed smoothwater & rapids. What made it not work well for your purposes? --TomI am in a borrowed Swift Raven. That won't happen again. Probably the worst river tripping boat invented. It paddles like a racing yacht.