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Post by ouroboros on Nov 3, 2022 15:33:25 GMT -5
Is that a river, or a lake? River; York River State park, not far from here... the other two pics were a lake and an estuary.. Really is a beaut. Looks like good fishin.  |
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Post by someNOTHING! on Nov 5, 2022 0:08:18 GMT -5
We have similar tastes in sought out spaces. I suggest an inflatable kayak for plying these kinds of waters. I've never regretted mine. Muy bueno. |
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Post by someNOTHING! on Nov 7, 2022 7:47:34 GMT -5
sorry SN but an unfortunate and embarassing canoe debacle in my youth scarred me from wanting to go to sea in such a balance required vessel ever again  but the catamaran would be ok, or even the old Spanish replica warship that stopped by...   Cats are cool, fo sho. Spanish warships, decked out with ACs, nice side windows, hammocks in every corner, and a set of outboards would be nice, too. Canoe on the sea?! Say it ain't so!  |
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Post by stardustpilgrim on Nov 8, 2022 7:42:55 GMT -5
sorry SN but an unfortunate and embarassing canoe debacle in my youth scarred me from wanting to go to sea in such a balance required vessel ever again but the catamaran would be ok, or even the old Spanish replica warship that stopped by... Cats are cool, fo sho. Spanish warships, decked out with ACs, nice side windows, hammocks in every corner, and a set of outboards would be nice, too. Canoe on the sea?! Say it ain't so! I read a great book in the late '70's, The Starship and the Canoe. It was about the son of the physicist Freeman Dyson. He lived in the Pacific Northwest, in a treehouse he built, it even had a woodstove, over 100 ft high. He built his own seagoing canoe out of fiberglass. |
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Post by someNOTHING! on Nov 8, 2022 9:27:49 GMT -5
Cats are cool, fo sho. Spanish warships, decked out with ACs, nice side windows, hammocks in every corner, and a set of outboards would be nice, too. Canoe on the sea?! Say it ain't so! I read a great book in the late '70's, The Starship and the Canoe. It was about the son of the physicist Freeman Dyson. He lived in the Pacific Northwest, in a treehouse he built, it even had a woodstove, over 100 ft high. He built his own seagoing canoe out of fiberglass. Sounds like my kinda guy.  Most of the seagoing canoes I've seen are basically modified with either splash skirts and/or lateral supports, which make them similar to kayaks or small catamarans, respectively. Now, the calm inlet bays of the NW would be very suitable for that, I reckon. That area is still on my bucket list for after this little phase in life we're in. Btw, I've plied some inlet waters using a small boat/gathering tank used for sea urchin gathering (I didn't make it). It was made of about 4-500 plastic bottles rigged together... not quite as marinodynamic as a canoe/kayak, but it was what it was. |
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Post by stardustpilgrim on Nov 8, 2022 9:51:45 GMT -5
I read a great book in the late '70's, The Starship and the Canoe. It was about the son of the physicist Freeman Dyson. He lived in the Pacific Northwest, in a treehouse he built, it even had a woodstove, over 100 ft high. He built his own seagoing canoe out of fiberglass. Sounds like my kinda guy. Most of the seagoing canoes I've seen are basically modified with either splash skirts and/or lateral supports, which make them similar to kayaks or small catamarans, respectively. Now, the calm inlet bays of the NW would be very suitable for that, I reckon. That area is still on my bucket list for after this little phase in life we're in. Btw, I've plied some inlet waters using a small boat/gathering tank used for sea urchin gathering (I didn't make it). It was made of about 4-500 plastic bottles rigged together... not quite as marinodynamic as a canoe/kayak, but it was what it was. I think I recall he called it a kayak. I visited my oldest daughter who then lived on Whidbey Island for the month of January 2014. I loved that area. It was overcast about 80% of the time, but not too cold, I walked every day (she lived about 1 & 1/2 miles from Oak Harbor). Public bus transportation was free throughout the island. My favorite town was Port Townsend. I visited there twice, took a ferry as a walk-on, less than $2.00. My oldest son still lives in the area, he moved out there to visit about ten years ago, and stayed. ...Oh, I later learned that Red Pine lives in Port Townsend. |
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Post by someNOTHING! on Nov 8, 2022 10:23:40 GMT -5
Sounds like my kinda guy. Most of the seagoing canoes I've seen are basically modified with either splash skirts and/or lateral supports, which make them similar to kayaks or small catamarans, respectively. Now, the calm inlet bays of the NW would be very suitable for that, I reckon. That area is still on my bucket list for after this little phase in life we're in. Btw, I've plied some inlet waters using a small boat/gathering tank used for sea urchin gathering (I didn't make it). It was made of about 4-500 plastic bottles rigged together... not quite as marinodynamic as a canoe/kayak, but it was what it was. I think I recall he called it a kayak. I visited my oldest daughter who then lived on Whidbey Island for the month of January 2014. I loved that area. It was overcast about 80% of the time, but not too cold, I walked every day (she lived about 1 & 1/2 miles from Oak Harbor). Public bus transportation was free throughout the island. My favorite town was Port Townsend. I visited there twice, took a ferry as a walk-on, less than $2.00. My oldest son still lives in the area, he moved out there to visit about ten years ago, and stayed. ...Oh, I later learned that Red Pine lives in Port Townsend. A great friend of mine lived up in Kodiak for 2-3 years back in the 70s. Spoke volumes of the incredible love he had for the whole area. The wifey has the same itch to go there, so it will not make it off the list, hehe. I still need to understand more about their brands of bears and how to navigate them, if ya know what I mean. Will look into Red Pine. |
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Post by stardustpilgrim on Nov 8, 2022 13:47:56 GMT -5
I think I recall he called it a kayak. I visited my oldest daughter who then lived on Whidbey Island for the month of January 2014. I loved that area. It was overcast about 80% of the time, but not too cold, I walked every day (she lived about 1 & 1/2 miles from Oak Harbor). Public bus transportation was free throughout the island. My favorite town was Port Townsend. I visited there twice, took a ferry as a walk-on, less than $2.00. My oldest son still lives in the area, he moved out there to visit about ten years ago, and stayed. ...Oh, I later learned that Red Pine lives in Port Townsend. A great friend of mine lived up in Kodiak for 2-3 years back in the 70s. Spoke volumes of the incredible love he had for the whole area. The wifey has the same itch to go there, so it will not make it off the list, hehe. I still need to understand more about their brands of bears and how to navigate them, if ya know what I mean. Will look into Red Pine. My daughter that I visited in Wa. went into the Coast Guard after college (instead of a free ride to graduate school). She was stationed twice at Valdez, Alaska, she loved it. Valdez (of oil spill infamy) is the snow capital of the world. They get on average 300 inches a year (that's 25 feet). ....She made a good choice, she collected 2 MS's while in the Coast Guard (environmental science). |
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Post by zin on Dec 21, 2022 17:28:57 GMT -5
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Post by someNOTHING! on Jan 14, 2023 10:02:01 GMT -5
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Most of the seagoing canoes I've seen are basically modified with either splash skirts and/or lateral supports, which make them similar to kayaks or small catamarans, respectively. Now, the calm inlet bays of the NW would be very suitable for that, I reckon. That area is still on my bucket list for after this little phase in life we're in. Btw, I've plied some inlet waters using a small boat/gathering tank used for sea urchin gathering (I didn't make it). It was made of about 4-500 plastic bottles rigged together... not quite as marinodynamic as a canoe/kayak, but it was what it was. 
