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Re: Strip: Head, heart or wallet
By:ancient kayaker
Date: 5/15/2011, 1:24 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Head, heart or wallet (Glen G)

: No one builds a wood kayak with the idea of blending into the crowd
: :)

: Bill H.

I built my wood canoe to be light, easier to cartop and haul across a beach that seem to get wider every year. I still have enough pride not to want to put down the boat and gasp for breath half-way across.

: Chuckle... yeah, there a bit hard to hide . . .

: Glen G

- as I discovered; I paddle inland, small lakes and rivers, meet a lot of people, sometimes it's hard to get a decent distance without being hailed for a long discussion on the merits of wood boats. My favorite experience was beaching at a crowded provincial park. My pretty (but nothing out of the ordinary) 20 lb boat had it's usual chick magnet effect and I found myself ready to lift the boat onto the van with young things oohing and aahing ("it's so cute!") and of course a pair of husky young guys comes trotting up to help out the old fogy with the "heavy lifting". It's childish of me I know, but I got a kick out of lifting the boat on the roof with one hand while casually maintaining a conversation . . .

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Strip: Head, heart or wallet
Glen G -- 5/14/2011, 2:22 am
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 5/14/2011, 6:07 am
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Glen G -- 5/15/2011, 12:06 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/15/2011, 12:23 am
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Glen G -- 5/15/2011, 12:40 am
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Charles Robinson -- 5/15/2011, 11:47 am
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Glen G -- 5/16/2011, 4:01 am
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Charles Robinson -- 5/16/2011, 6:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/17/2011, 1:04 am
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ancient kayaker -- 5/15/2011, 1:24 pm
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Glen G -- 5/16/2011, 4:09 am
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george jung -- 5/18/2011, 6:34 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 5/15/2011, 6:57 am
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Joy -- 5/15/2011, 11:43 am
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Glen G -- 5/17/2011, 5:22 pm
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Joy -- 5/17/2011, 5:32 pm
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Joy -- 5/17/2011, 5:35 pm
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Glen G -- 5/17/2011, 5:37 pm
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Joy -- 5/17/2011, 7:55 pm
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jra -- 5/15/2011, 8:52 pm
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Joy -- 5/16/2011, 5:56 pm
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Damian Wentzel -- 5/15/2011, 9:26 pm
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Bill VerSteeg -- 5/16/2011, 2:58 pm
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Glen G -- 5/17/2011, 5:34 pm
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StephenHJ -- 5/17/2011, 6:23 pm
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Glen G -- 5/18/2011, 3:36 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/18/2011, 7:01 am
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Joy -- 5/18/2011, 8:24 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/18/2011, 1:55 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/18/2011, 1:59 pm
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Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 5/18/2011, 3:27 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/18/2011, 4:09 pm
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george jung -- 5/18/2011, 6:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2011, 2:25 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/19/2011, 4:55 am
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StephenHJ -- 5/19/2011, 12:52 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 5/19/2011, 2:21 pm
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george jung -- 5/19/2011, 9:54 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/20/2011, 6:30 am
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george jung -- 5/20/2011, 9:48 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/21/2011, 3:49 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2011, 12:52 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/22/2011, 5:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/18/2011, 1:09 am