How many folks are canoe and kayak enthusiasts?
Any favorite routes you would like to share.
Any favorite routes you would like to share.
Touring Kayakers and Canoeists?
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smlobx
Lost again
We are avid yakers but most of our trips have been East of the Mississippi...
We just recently bought a Dinoot Expedition trailer and are in the process of adapting it to haul our kayaks behind out TC.
We just recently bought a Dinoot Expedition trailer and are in the process of adapting it to haul our kayaks behind out TC.
Ace!
Gone Traveling
I am currently looking at canoes, but haven't decided on one yet.
craig333
Riley's Human
Until I get one the dog can ride in I've kind of stopped kayaking. My new solar panel kind of screwed up my carry plan also.
Alley-Kat
Elder Statesman
4 - Fat boat, wide beam (very stable for my kids when they were about 5 & 7 years old) kayaks, like below.
Purchased in 1986, still going strong. Used mostly on fresh water lakes. Just messing around in boats and fishing.
2 - Royaks, speciality sit on top sea kayaks, used in beach launching for free diving and SCUBA diving (secure place for mounting two SCUBA tanks, plus interior storage).
Purchased in 1975, still going strong. No photos.
1 - Squirt boat (very small kayak) for white water river running.
Purcased in 1970, still going strong. No photos.
My stuff is old, however, in great condition.
Favorite places?
As long as it's wet, I'll go there.
Purchased in 1986, still going strong. Used mostly on fresh water lakes. Just messing around in boats and fishing.
2 - Royaks, speciality sit on top sea kayaks, used in beach launching for free diving and SCUBA diving (secure place for mounting two SCUBA tanks, plus interior storage).
Purchased in 1975, still going strong. No photos.
1 - Squirt boat (very small kayak) for white water river running.
Purcased in 1970, still going strong. No photos.
My stuff is old, however, in great condition.
Favorite places?
As long as it's wet, I'll go there.
OP
OP
We've been collecting small craft for the last 40 years. Two Lincoln canoes, plus a 12 Wee Rob lap strake canoe that I built. A very heavy Necky Tofino double, a Necky Arluk IV for the Bride and a Nimbus Seafarer for me.
Our local paddling areas include the Willamette and Columbia rivers (Skamokowa is very nice), and the high Cascade lakes. Further from home, we like the Gulf Islands of BC, and the area around the Broughton archipelago.
A trip I'd really like to make is an early fall trip to Lake Powell. Powell is fantastic, but we've never taken the kayaks down.
Our local paddling areas include the Willamette and Columbia rivers (Skamokowa is very nice), and the high Cascade lakes. Further from home, we like the Gulf Islands of BC, and the area around the Broughton archipelago.
A trip I'd really like to make is an early fall trip to Lake Powell. Powell is fantastic, but we've never taken the kayaks down.
takesiteasy
Senior Member
Well, we live in a state with a surplus of awesome canoeing opportunities, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness being the premier resource and one of our favorite places to go. In addition to that there is Voyageurs National Park and lakes and rivers too numerous to list. We've done lots of canoe-tripping over the years in our trusty aluminum 17 foot canoe. I volunteer now with a non-profit youth development organization working with kids building boats and get my quota of boat-building fun that way without having to own them all, haha.
Here is a webpage you all might be interested in: http://www.freemansexplore.com/a-year-in-the-wilderness-3/
The couple is spending a year in the BWCA to bring attention to the threat posed by proposed mining development. Check out the instagram- pretty good photos. They were covered on the Today show recently: http://www.today.com/video/couple-spending-a-year-outdoors-to-protect-boundary-waters-from-mine-pollution-735515715885
Two favorite kayaking destinations are the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin and the San Juan Islands of Washington. We have done unforgettable multi-day trips in both locations.
Here is a webpage you all might be interested in: http://www.freemansexplore.com/a-year-in-the-wilderness-3/
The couple is spending a year in the BWCA to bring attention to the threat posed by proposed mining development. Check out the instagram- pretty good photos. They were covered on the Today show recently: http://www.today.com/video/couple-spending-a-year-outdoors-to-protect-boundary-waters-from-mine-pollution-735515715885
Two favorite kayaking destinations are the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin and the San Juan Islands of Washington. We have done unforgettable multi-day trips in both locations.
DavidGraves
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We have always been around boats and waters....she was a girl scout canoeist and later white water paddler.
We long sailed a whacko little camp cruiser, a Phil Bolger designed camp cruiser ( type Dovekie) which was 22', drew 4 inches and carried a single sprit sail.....tacked upwind nearly 60 miles per hour ( behind our truck) from the Everglades to the north Maine woods....good for crusing up to two weeks and could moor to a blue berry bush in coastal Maine waters.
For this forum our current watercraft are two Klepper single folding kayaks.......somewhere in the barn is a double also. These are archaic german canvas and wood framed boats....the first Atlantic solo crossing and, to some real extent, the great grandparent of most modern sea kayaks.
Don't ask about all the other boats.................mostly projects and dreams....maritime history.
DavidGraves
noOrco
We long sailed a whacko little camp cruiser, a Phil Bolger designed camp cruiser ( type Dovekie) which was 22', drew 4 inches and carried a single sprit sail.....tacked upwind nearly 60 miles per hour ( behind our truck) from the Everglades to the north Maine woods....good for crusing up to two weeks and could moor to a blue berry bush in coastal Maine waters.
For this forum our current watercraft are two Klepper single folding kayaks.......somewhere in the barn is a double also. These are archaic german canvas and wood framed boats....the first Atlantic solo crossing and, to some real extent, the great grandparent of most modern sea kayaks.
Don't ask about all the other boats.................mostly projects and dreams....maritime history.
DavidGraves
noOrco
Currently a 17' cedar strip canoe and a kevlar slalom kayak. Over the years more whitewater kayaks have come and gone than I care to think about, when I was actively paddling there were usually 3-4 in the garage at any time.
Like skis, bikes and so many other toys the ideal number of boats seams to be N+1 where N is the number you currently own.
Like skis, bikes and so many other toys the ideal number of boats seams to be N+1 where N is the number you currently own.
PaulT
Need gumbo
I guess my '73 Folbot isn't so out of place after all. 
Paul
Paul
Vic
Senior Member
3 Hobie 11' Revolutions - wife, daughter and myself all enjoy. We've done quite a few day trips on the flat waters around Reno. Working up to our first overnight. Also do some fishing off of mine.
My winter project is to come up with either a kayak trailer or easier way to put them on the roof of the camper.
My winter project is to come up with either a kayak trailer or easier way to put them on the roof of the camper.
Wango
Contributors
Longtime seawater. Glacier bay, Prince William sound, misty fjords,telegraph cove, lake Powell.
Wango
Contributors
Make that seakayaker
Lighthawk
Weekend warrior
We've got a pair of Wilderness Pungo 120's. Good for flatwater with a good adjustable seat for back support.
We have the cockpit inserts, but forgo them with the dog in one 'yak and my camera duffle in the other.
We use them on local mountain lakes and Tahoe.
We're heading up Loon Lake (Eldorado NF) in two weeks to celebrate Susan's special day. A place we first met Ski3pin and the Lady.
We also take the kayaks out to Sierra Valley in the spring to tour the water channels of the headwaters of the Middle Fork of the Feather River.
It's been a great vehicle for us both to have fun and for me to do some photography along the way. This shot ran as a cover on a local magazine for a year, from a camp spot known to XPMarc and a few other members here.
Both boats load up well with Yakima roller/saddles on factory Yak tracks.
We have the cockpit inserts, but forgo them with the dog in one 'yak and my camera duffle in the other.
We use them on local mountain lakes and Tahoe.
We're heading up Loon Lake (Eldorado NF) in two weeks to celebrate Susan's special day. A place we first met Ski3pin and the Lady.
We also take the kayaks out to Sierra Valley in the spring to tour the water channels of the headwaters of the Middle Fork of the Feather River.
It's been a great vehicle for us both to have fun and for me to do some photography along the way. This shot ran as a cover on a local magazine for a year, from a camp spot known to XPMarc and a few other members here.
Both boats load up well with Yakima roller/saddles on factory Yak tracks.
Any Lil Abner fans out there? In North West Arkansas is the Buffalo River that has a National Park on it. The river is the cleanest River I've paddled in a LONG time. If ever in the area you need to paddle at least a few miles. Plenty of outfitters if you want to rent and they will ferry you to a start or pickup. While there you may even want to visit Dog Patch Very remote and beautiful area.
Very remote and beautiful area.
Craig, check out the Tripper 12 by Jackson Kayaks. I have an older version of this model. It has an extremely large open cockpit. I can fit a large ice chest behind me and still have four feet of open space in front of me.craig333 said:
OP
OP
I've done the Merrimack and Huzzah in Missouri, but did not make it to the Buffalo. It was the Huzzah where I learned that when the gunnel is in your armpit, you're going for a swim.XJINTX said:Any Lil Abner fans out there? In North West Arkansas is the Buffalo River that has a National Park on it. The river is the cleanest River I've paddled in a LONG time. If ever in the area you need to paddle at least a few miles. Plenty of outfitters if you want to rent and they will ferry you to a start or pickup. While there you may even want to visit Dog Patch
PokyBro
Senior Member
I've had a love of canoes for the past 20 years. Bought a 17' Old Town "Tripper" royalex in 1994 when we first moved to Colorado. It's been used all over as our kids were growing up, Missouri, Utah, South Dakota (Custer State Park), Wyoming-Yellowstone in the Oxbow area, Colorado.
One favorite easy going river in Colorado is the Yampa River. Starts around Steamboat Springs, flowing west. I've taken Boy Scouts on three 50 mile trips. Put in at Craig, Colorado, take out At Juniper Hot Springs, near Maybell, CO, 50 miles down steam. Beautiful, relaxing, scenic. We did service projects each trip, the biggest one was pulling tires out of the river, for all fifty miles, that had been carried off with high water flow periods, from agricultural areas where they had been used to slow bank erosion. It felt good to give back, and make it better for those who followed. Also pulled a jack-knifed Coleman canoe out that apparently got trapped under water, and abandoned because high water had probably lodged it somewhere and it couldn't be budged.
Still have the Tripper, but also found a Kevlar Mad River Explorer last summer for a bargain. It's so much easier to portage, and a joy to paddle, love it! It is also far easier to put on top the camper.
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One favorite easy going river in Colorado is the Yampa River. Starts around Steamboat Springs, flowing west. I've taken Boy Scouts on three 50 mile trips. Put in at Craig, Colorado, take out At Juniper Hot Springs, near Maybell, CO, 50 miles down steam. Beautiful, relaxing, scenic. We did service projects each trip, the biggest one was pulling tires out of the river, for all fifty miles, that had been carried off with high water flow periods, from agricultural areas where they had been used to slow bank erosion. It felt good to give back, and make it better for those who followed. Also pulled a jack-knifed Coleman canoe out that apparently got trapped under water, and abandoned because high water had probably lodged it somewhere and it couldn't be budged.
Still have the Tripper, but also found a Kevlar Mad River Explorer last summer for a bargain. It's so much easier to portage, and a joy to paddle, love it! It is also far easier to put on top the camper.
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Lighthawk
Weekend warrior
Nice work, Pokibro!
OP
OP
Crossing my fingers. There's a chance I may be able to pick up a new wood canvas canoe, built on the original Thompson Brothers form. It's the 18' Hiawatha model.
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