yankeeclipper wrote on 01/03/12 at 14:18:30:

I was at Providence on Sunday climbing some awesome new routes and noticed that the Perche was eyeballing me. She looked scared at first. then she must have realized i didnt have my boat with me because she was talking trash as soon as i hit the trail and started to walk away. I prefer sport climbing in the cold, versus double blading by myself. Seems many of the local paddlers are scared to paddle in the cooler months

Remember sport climbing is neither.

Charlie, im really looking forward to your Gutbuster!!!!!!!!!!!! i can hardly wait.

Greenbean

Yes I'll open it up to lower ages and if we get other bantam paddlers I'll make a separate class. Most will run canoes and rudders will be allowed (hey its 2012 the end of the world right?) What will not be allowed is a single surfski or c1 with the child duct taped in. Needless to say a proper fitting pfd is required.

Somebody had to do it!!

We are looking at contact cement.

What time does registration open and the race start?

Di and I might make this- is cooper's open? That would make a great next day Cooper's to Rocheport bike and paddle back down.
BTW, I need 10 acres to turn my boat around 180 degrees, is there enough room at McBain Bridge?

Charlie,

I wanted to enter a race with my son this year, however, I wanted to check with you first regarding your race rules. What is the youngest age that you will accept in the adult/youth division?
He is currently 6.

Second question; I only own solo kayaks, therefore, when we go out to the lake and paddle together, I take the lid off of the back of the storage compartment of my Epic 18 and he sits back there and we paddle together. I double blade and he uses the single blade paddle which I purchased from you.

Last year we paddled Longview Lake, Blue Springs Lake, and the Kaw together.

Would this be allowed 4 your race?

Thanks,

Traci

Charlie,

I absolutely see your point and I am not surprised by your answer, but I figured that it never hurts to ask.

(I have been sick for the last several days with the flu, so today is the first day that I have gotten back on this site.)

Thank you for the offer of a canoe. I believe that Kevin also mentioned that he might have one that I could borrow for the race. He doesn't live that far from me, so I might take him up on the offer, or I might just sign up and do it solo. Racing in a canoe is very different from racing in a kayak, you all might be waiting a long time at the finish line for us to finally come floating in. ....   

Josh, to answer your question. I have never practiced getting back into my Epic Endurance 18 with Noah. However, when Daniel (age 8 at the time) and I did a 15 mile race on the Missouri back in 2010, we used my Prijon Seayak, and we did practice self rescue multiple times at Longview Lake. It was never a problem for us to get back into the kayak, it was just a matter of working on our time and becoming faster at getting back in.  I have a water pump and 2 paddle floats, and it worked well. (I also removed the back hatch and Daniel sat behind me.) The front hatch was enough to keep the kayak afloat.

However, that was for the Missouri River, where you have to know how to get back into your boat!
On this river, with Noah, I figured if we tipped over, we would just be swimming to the shore.

Nevertheless, with that being said, nothing is faster to climb back into than a surfski.  One minute tops, and you are back in.  ..........  To bad I cant just duck tape my son to the back of my surfski and race in that!!             

ps, I am joking..........

See you all on the 24th.

Traci

Come to the side of truth, justice and the American way-buy a canoe
I can loan you a canoe for the race

Dont want to sound like a princess but how many snags does perch creek have? How low is low am I going to be dragging my boat when in super cold water?

Reading through this forum sound like perche creek may be a bit of a headache.