Re: Crazy backwoods Windsprinting
Dear Susan,
Perhaps you could borrow my 17 foot Clipper Tripper. It can carry 850
lb with 6" freeboard, weighs 45 lb including padded yoke and seat
cushions. It's made from kevlar composite but has wooden gunnels and
thwarts. I have carried it on a six mile portage together with
a "house pack" that had sleeping bags, mattresses and tent etc and
weighed about 30 lb. With a 36" beam it would be real fun sleeping
two in it! However I see little advantage to sleeping in a tiny open
boat. Give me a spot that is dry - open to some breeze and the early
morning sun - rather than a damp buggy riverbottom - any day. Also
nothing wrong with a campground, a B&B or even a Howard Johnsons if
the going gets really rough!
Verlen Kruger, probably the worlds greatest boater, has designed a
cross between a canoe and a kayak that can sleep one. It can also be
joined with a partner to create a cat. and has a short mast and
downwind sail. You can see a picture of him at his website paddling
Lake Superior in October. (Solo) He lives in Lansing MI and at 80
years old is still going strong - including organizing the Great
Mississipi River Race for Rhett Syndrome. You might want to enter it
as a warm up as it is only 2348 miles and held in May.
http://www.krugercanoes.com/index.htm
If you think I exagerate my claims about him, he has paddled over
90,000 miles - more than three times around the world and becuase he
is a canoeist most people have never heard of him. His motto:
Happy are they who dream dreams and have the courage to make them
come true.
Dream on! Nels
Perhaps you could borrow my 17 foot Clipper Tripper. It can carry 850
lb with 6" freeboard, weighs 45 lb including padded yoke and seat
cushions. It's made from kevlar composite but has wooden gunnels and
thwarts. I have carried it on a six mile portage together with
a "house pack" that had sleeping bags, mattresses and tent etc and
weighed about 30 lb. With a 36" beam it would be real fun sleeping
two in it! However I see little advantage to sleeping in a tiny open
boat. Give me a spot that is dry - open to some breeze and the early
morning sun - rather than a damp buggy riverbottom - any day. Also
nothing wrong with a campground, a B&B or even a Howard Johnsons if
the going gets really rough!
Verlen Kruger, probably the worlds greatest boater, has designed a
cross between a canoe and a kayak that can sleep one. It can also be
joined with a partner to create a cat. and has a short mast and
downwind sail. You can see a picture of him at his website paddling
Lake Superior in October. (Solo) He lives in Lansing MI and at 80
years old is still going strong - including organizing the Great
Mississipi River Race for Rhett Syndrome. You might want to enter it
as a warm up as it is only 2348 miles and held in May.
http://www.krugercanoes.com/index.htm
If you think I exagerate my claims about him, he has paddled over
90,000 miles - more than three times around the world and becuase he
is a canoeist most people have never heard of him. His motto:
Happy are they who dream dreams and have the courage to make them
come true.
Dream on! Nels
--- In bolger@y..., "futabachan" <futabachan@y...> wrote:
> Still, though, I can't shake the image of starting a cruise by
> walking out my front door with a boat strapped to my back....
>
> --
> Susan Davis <baka@b...>
Thanks to everyone who responded. I still can't figure out where
all that extra weight is coming from, but Windsprint is clearly
heavier than I was expecting her to be. I guess if I stick to
portage wheels or some sort of collapsible dolly, and limit the
whitewater requirement to Class I only, I can still do most of
what I'd wanted.
Still, though, I can't shake the image of starting a cruise by
walking out my front door with a boat strapped to my back....
--
Susan Davis <baka@...>
all that extra weight is coming from, but Windsprint is clearly
heavier than I was expecting her to be. I guess if I stick to
portage wheels or some sort of collapsible dolly, and limit the
whitewater requirement to Class I only, I can still do most of
what I'd wanted.
Still, though, I can't shake the image of starting a cruise by
walking out my front door with a boat strapped to my back....
--
Susan Davis <baka@...>