Terrain rating question.

[the_lighthouse_gang]

We have a cache in the river that needs a canoe to get to. You do not need a to own a canoe because there is a spot that rents them and the cache is only 500m from the rental place. The river is very easy to paddle. We said a 5 star rating because you need a boat. `We think people are not looking at it because of the 5 star rating on the cache page and are not finding out finding out they can rent a canoe. Can we change the rating to a lower star rating because they can rent a canoe?

[+dfx]

canoe required is canoe required, it doesn't matter whether you can rent one close to the spot or not. the "equipment required" part doesn't mean that you actually have to own the equipment.

[+Panther&Pine]

We have a cache in the river that needs a canoe to get to. You do not need a to own a canoe because there is a spot that rents them and the cache is only 500m from the rental place. The river is very easy to paddle. We said a 5 star rating because you need a boat. `We think people are not looking at it because of the 5 star rating on the cache page and are not finding out finding out they can rent a canoe. Can we change the rating to a lower star rating because they can rent a canoe?

Can some one swim in the area?

Cause it is plausible for some one to swim there then I would say it is a 4.

[+narcissa]

I don't think you should change the rating. You could mention on the cache page that there are places to rent canoes nearby - don't mention a specific place.

 

You're never going to get a steady flow of traffic to a boat cache. That doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it.

[+Chokecherry]

If you need a canoe to get to it then it's a 5 star rating. Lowering the rating will only annoy well intentioned people trying to find a cache.

[+buttaskotch]

Agree with the 5 rating.

Maybe a lot of people aren't getting it these days because of the money crunch? I know, that I have really been housebound this summer due to recently losing my job, so I am not out & about as much as previous summers. Just some food for thought.

[+Chokecherry]

I just looked at the cache listing... I would differentiate between a canoe and boat. Here there is a vast difference between canoe and boat. Or mention an array of things that can be used to get to the cache (canoe, boat, kayak etc.).

 

Also if I was looking for the cache I probably wouldn't seek it out with the advertisement and price of rentals of the canoe rental spot.

[+GeoGeeBee]

I just looked at the cache listing... I would differentiate between a canoe and boat. Here there is a vast difference between canoe and boat.

 

A canoe is a boat.

 

I looked at the cache listing, too... and I fail to find a problem. It was just published in July and has had 21 "found it" logs already. It looks like a fun cache and it seems to be getting plenty of traffic, considering that you need a boat to get to it.

[+Chokecherry]

A canoe is technically a boat. But around here if someone said boat everyone with a canoe is going to read it as they can't access it safely with a canoe and that they need a boat with a motor or a larger water vessel than a canoe to get it.

[+briansnat]

The 5 star terrain is notice that there is something that the searcher needs to know about this cache so he'd better read the page. Keep it at 5.

 

It's just a fact of life that boat caches will be found less often. I have a bunch and they get maybe 4 or 5 finds a year.

[+briansnat]

I just looked at the cache listing... I would differentiate between a canoe and boat. Here there is a vast difference between canoe and boat.

 

A canoe is a boat.

 

I looked at the cache listing, too... and I fail to find a problem. It was just published in July and has had 21 "found it" logs already. It looks like a fun cache and it seems to be getting plenty of traffic, considering that you need a boat to get to it.

 

21 finds for a boat cache in 2 months? That is a lot. I don't think my boat caches get that many finds in 2 years. Not sure what the OP is expecting.

Edited August 25, 2010 by briansnat

[+roziecakes]

I also think that is a lot of finds for a boat cache. There are several boat caches around here and a lot of rivers with people who own watercraft, but the caches around here don't get quite that much traffic.

 

The higher terrain or the more remote, you won't get a lot of finds on your caches, that's just how it goes!

 

Most of my caches are way out in the boonies and they don't get a lot of finds either. I have one in California that hasn't been found since 2008, and it's certainly there because I check on it every time I visit my mom. Well, techinically, my sister who is also a cacher found it in 2010, but she hasn't logged it online yet...

[Skippermark]

Yes, 21 finds is a LOT for a boat cache in such a short time. My son & I put out 8 or so water caches this year. One group of them has 13 finds and the other 8.

 

Now that the "craze" of them being new is over and all those with a kayak or canoe have found them, the finds will drop off to a handful a year.

 

One water cache I put out has only had 17 finds in over 3 years, and the bulk have been with a group of several cachers at a time visiting it.