All things paddling

WRONG! DO IT AGAIN!

 

My oldest is a huge whitewater kayaker and does Class 4 rapids; (I was with him at the start 3 yrs ago in the intro class) its amazing what they do in kayaks BUT bear in mind that this kayaking is worlds away from a fishing kayak. Controlling an enclosed kayak even on a simple little creek is not easy.

 

My kayak must have rod holders and room for a beer cooler.

 

Fuck off!

 

Just Another Brick in the Wall.

"Wrong, do it again
If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?
You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddy!"

 

Damn. Total loss.

Ocoee Whitewater Center, site of 1996 Olympics, on fire Tuesday morning

 

From the world of canoeing ... Texas woman sets off on (attempted) circumnavigation by rowing ...

https://bluebonnetnews.com/2022/08/30/tarkington-woman-to-circumnavigate-the-globe-on-ocean-rowboat/

 

I’ve got three nights lined up in Algonquin park at the end of the month. Hoping to hit fall colours but might be a shade early.

Accessing the park through a “town” with population zero that my grandfather lived in.

 

I don’t think this had been posted here. Great story, I listened to it on CBC last year.

https://www.cbc.ca/radiointeractives/docproject/paddle-of-the-century

 

I think the market for boats is cooling. Seeing more for sale ads in my Facebook group and my favorite outfitter is running a sale this weekend for all sit-inside kayaks at $50 above cost.

 

It's a great time to buy new stuff - canoes and kayaks (new and used) - particularly those people who bought them during the pandemic when there was nothing else to do and now don't have time to hit the water.