[pake rick]

Yeah Jer,

but I don’t believe Cliff wears colorful ties like you’ve been known to do! 😉

pake

[pake rick]

@pknoerr 443 wrote:

Here is a highly comprehensive police version of the story

http://tinyurl.com/2ywyvr

PK

Thanks for the link PK

I took the time the police complaint. Wow, no wonder it took so long to bring charges.

I’m familiar with that area. It’s a heavily used entry point if your headed up to Basswood. And the public campgrond on Fall Lake is often full of car campers. We used to stay there on the night before entering the BWCAW. It allowed us to get an early start.

Scary to read the account. Kind of reminds me of some of the ill will that existed in that area 35 or 40 years ago. The townspeople have worked hard since then to overcome the bad blood from those days. I hope that this doesn’t set them back again. :confused:

rick

[pake rick]

@kayamedic 447 wrote:

O Rick, Rick, M deserves a portable table with a vase of flowers..(make a little hole in the table so the vase doesnt tip) and wine glasses (you can get nice shaped plastic goblets) and the wine.

Plus the wicker picnic basket for the accoutrements( such as the cork remover and the cheese and crackers)…and the portable phonograph..

Kayamedic, You are right!

I should do this.😮

I can Do this!:rolleyes:

I will DO THIS!😀

…..we have been known to ‘enjoy the solitude of the Park’
on occasion anyway. 😎

thanks for the inspiration!

rick

[pake rick]

@Preacher 442 wrote:

What about making one out of webbing? Might that work?

Oh yeah Preacher, it wouldn’t be hard at all to make one if you’re so inclined.

I’ll take a few pictures if I can. I’m bringing it along on my trip with Bman next week. Maybe he’ll model it for us. :p

rick

[pake rick]

Pete,

Good question, but I don’t know myself whether someone else has started to produce them. It’s not something a guy could retire on, and it could certainly be re-produced by a DIY’r.

I like the support and adjustability fore and aft.

rick

[pake rick]

@kayamedic 382 wrote:

Pake Rick, you and M should take a spin in a Charles River canoe..historically they were used for courting. The sternsman was out of reach of milady, who reposed on an oriental rug with a backrest. If there was no canopy on the canoe she would have a parasol.

You might enjoy this article that has nothing at all to do with canvas packs.

http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson/Canoeing/essay/index.html

Thanks kayamedic! I’ll read that article. Then I’ve gotta lookin for a parasol. M and I go out a lot in the Souris, but I bet we can outfit that sunshade thingie. I’m tryin to teach her some more steering strokes so that she can paddle in the stern and I can sit on the bottom facing her! 😎 maybe drinkin a beer :p

rick

[pake rick]

@kayamedic 367 wrote:

…non destinational …

I love that description! My beautiful bride M believes that much of my life could be described that way.

God I love that girl. 😀

pake

[pake rick]

@kayamedic 356 wrote:

I am going back to canoeing..no one cheats there!

Whadda bout double blading then? 😉

kidding; just kidding 😎

pake

[pake rick]

@kayamedic 344 wrote:

And the Pats won their first game anyway…

New England Rules!

(how far can you throw beer and limburger?)

Wow did this serious topic get hijacked…

Didja happen to catch the news this AM?

I don’t think any of us can get too smart this early in the season. (I can say that, I’m a bears guy don’t forget)

The Pats were caught cheating last week. Videotaping the Jets defensive play calling. May get penalyzed a draft pick or two. :p

heh, heh

Life Is Good, Barry. Life Is Good! 😀

pake

[pake rick]

Hey Chuck & Jer.

Glad you guys had a good time. I can almost visualize you two sans trou, waiting for Dave at the next port. I told M that story last night. She busted a gut laughin, then said, “I can’t even imagine my friends and I doin that.”

“That’s why they didn’t invite you.” I said. :p

Anyway, we didn’t hear too much about fish…….yet. Did you leave any for us? Bman and I are heading to the Quetico next month.

pake

[pake rick]

Well, we do usually bring along one extra paddle per boat nowadays.

We didn’t always do that. :confused:

Then one day while doing something stupid-like pushing off of a beaver dam-we snapped one. 😡

But, thanks to good ole yankee inginuity, a small hunk of beaver dam material, and about four pounds of duct tape, we soon had a superbly (re)engineered piece of equipment at our disposal.

The grip was a little cumbersome though………for the next eight days.

So now we bring an extra.

One of Lifes Teachable Moments I guess. 😀

pake

[pake rick]

@pknoerr 123 wrote:

Jerry, It’s not surprising that a Packer fan won’t listen to a Viking fan. As a Bears fan, I won’t even entertain the possibilities. 😮

Good luck with the new pack Barry… I’d offer you thoughts on your pack, but I’m a modern cordura portage pack kind of guy!!!

PK

Hey PK, Bman might need that new Frost River when da Beres send Green Bay ‘packin’. :p

heh, heh, heh. Life Is Good Barry. Life Is So Good! 😉

pake

[pake rick]

I took a walk (paddle) on the Dark Side last weekend.

I think that I’m sort of like you Swift in that

@SWIFT 75 wrote:

Look, I started as a single blade canoer.
and,
Anyway don’t get me wrong, I am not benefiting to change people’s paddle choices, I just think I found a good thing that I’d like to share.
and,
Enjoy what ever you paddle, or paddle with.

So I went to the Yak shop, told him what I was thinking, and tried a few blades for the weekend. On Sunday we had a real nasty day, lots of wind and drizzle. Definately not the kind of day you’d pick for a recreational paddle. So I thought that I’d better try out this idea of double blading in those conditions.

When I got to the put in, I had second thoughts. A few Muskie fishermen were coming off the lake and looked at me as though I were nuts. Like you Swift, I paddle a CII as a solo, but I sit/ kneel/ whatever right up against the center yoke where the boats center point is. I headed straight out into the wind and the first thing I noticed was the obvious effect that dipping the blade twice as often into the water has. O.K. you could paddle a single blade at a higher cadence sit and switch, but you get the idea. One half mile across the lake and I made a turn downwind, and I really began to sail. I was staying ahead of following waves at that point so the boat was easy to control. Following the shoreline two miles more or less, and another turn. This time with quartering winds off my port side. Because I was centered in the boat, weathercocking was not a problem. When I needed to because of wind direction, I slid forward or rearward a few inches to change the COG, and heeled over bringing the windward gunnel up. Exposing the bottom of the boat created lift, and paddling was almost effortless. I found that I didn’t really ‘need’ port side strokes for maneuvering, but maintained them for cadence and rythym. Mostly I just barely dipped the blade into the water on port strokes. Turning once more, this time into the wind again, I was once again amazed at the forward progress that I made. While I certainly felt the workout that the wind was giving me, I was surprised at how fast the shoreline was passing by.

When I got back to the put in, I was rung out…..tired, but very impressed with the possibilities. I paddle this piece of water 3 or 4 times a week for enjoyment and conditioning, but I have to say that this was a very different experience, and in spite of the weather, I did it in much less time.

Oh, one more thing. It was a wetter ride. A much wetter ride. And not just because it was drizzling and windy. The water coming off of the blades dropped mostly into the boat, and since I kneel, I was soaked. The blade had drip rings, but I suspect that I may have been taking longer strokes than many yakkers. So my technique needs work, but that would bring the ‘top or forward blade’ inside and over the open hull where much of the water was released. I think that another issue is that when using the double yak blade with a wider canoe-my midship beam is 34 inches- and sitting up higher than you would in a yak, you have a higher paddling angle, so that shaft collects and dumps water differently.

Anyway, long story short. I will get a double blade to use at times. In the right setting, it could be very useful.

Now comes the problem. Which one? Boy, that Lendal Kinetik feels good. :rolleyes:

pake

[pake rick]

Thanks Swift and Rhaslam for the responses.

Actually I’m anxious to try this idea and in fact am going tonight to a yak shop to try out a few blades. But, and I didn’t make my question clear I’m sure, when I mentioned the Boulder River I should have said that it is not fast moving WW, but rather slow moving, meandering water through a boulder field. In that case my single blade Otter Tail isn’t of much value either because it’s a deep water blade. In the case of shallow, bouldery water a square nosed shovel would probably work better. 🙂

Anyway, I guess the point is; you bring what you think you’re going to need right?

thanks

pake

[pake rick]

@Jerry R. 67 wrote:

Rick,
That’s a good lead in to the gear I always take. 750 ml of something!! I think the hot buttered rums may be in order for next week!!

J

Oh yeah, Jer! The weather should be just right for them. Last fall Bmanand I enjoyed a little Yukon Jack, the Black Sheep of Canadian Spirits. In moderation of course! 😎

rick

[Author]

Posts