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Que bella!The 16/30 sailing canoe is modernized version of a late 1800's boat built by the Gilbert Boat Company for the Gananoque Canoe Club. She was developed by John Summers from measurements and drawings of the original in the collection...Joe
"BARRY AND JUSTINE BEING FED UP BY ROB AND THE BOYS IN FJORDLAND"
I never learn. I can still remember paddling almost non-stop for 11 hours up the West coast, not able to entirely relax the whole day because I'm anxious about what the surf will be like when we land, head down and teeth gritted as we slog into a bit of a headwind, doing the maths and working out I had to keep on taking the same repetitive paddling motion for another 7 hours before I could get off the water. I turned to Barry and said, "I don't want to do this again. I've had enough of paddling on a mission". read more »
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I packed my Canon EOS 40D camera with a tripod for the recent MR340 race. I launched 40 minutes before the start and paddled across the Kaw River to shoot 150 boats lining up above boat ramp, then starting, entering the Missouri and heading down the river. read more » |
Transport Canada has decided to discontinue the Single Vessel Label Program before the regulations contained within the Canada Shipping Act 2001 come into effect (the Act came into force on July 1, 2007). Vessels that are not serially produced will no longer be required to have a Single Vessel Label. If your boat does not [...]
Here is a picture of my new kayak. It is the first production kayak I've ever owned. All my others were skin-on-frame or homemade wooden composites. So yeah I actually did make that paradigm shift after all. I think the whole time I was looking for that perfect playful low volume rough water kayak I must have really wanted a fast touring boat. When a friend let me try his Epic Endurance I was so impressed by the comfort, speed and maneuverability that I knew that this was the type of kayak I needed to go farther and faster. Hey if it's good enough for Freya Hoffmeister it must be good enough for me! read more »
The trails will explore the wildlife havens of the five Trinity Broads –Ormesby, Rollesby, Lily, Ormesby Little and Filby – which are peaceful and tranquil because they are isolated from the main river system. Only electric engines, rowing boats ...
Some of you might have seen the video above of extreme kayakers descending the spillway of a Welsh reservoir.
Such behaviour is of course not just dangerous, its possibly illegal.
It might be worth therefore clarifying a few points.
In no way were any members of any canoe club I know involved. None of them have been down the spillway and certainly not twice and definitely not last Sunday. read more »