+AmericanSpirit Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 I was wondering if anyone had experience/reccomendations with inflatable canoes/kayaks. Looking to do a few river island caches and doubt my ECHO would handle something full size on its roof. There are 10 types of people in the world..those that understand binary and those that don't Quote Link to comment
+leatherman Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 I've been wanting one of the SeaEagle catamaran kayaks. Love to hear if someone has used one. For now I bought a Seahawk inflatable raft from Costco. I like it, it supports 660lbs. Pepper playing nice! Mokita! Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 $849. is way too steep for me...I'll stick with the $1.99 Toys R Us waterwings and swim out to the lake caches... Quote Link to comment
+leatherman Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by TEAM 360:$1.99 Toys R Us waterwings and swim out to the lake caches... Yuk! I wouldn't swim in any of the Canadian Goose doot puddles we have around here. Pepper playing nice! Mokita! Quote Link to comment
+AmericanSpirit Posted June 24, 2003 Author Share Posted June 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by TEAM 360:$849. is way too steep for me...I'll stick with the $1.99 Toys R Us waterwings and swim out to the lake caches... Definitely sounds more fun, but doubt that I could convince the SO to go for that. There are 10 types of people in the world..those that understand binary and those that don't Quote Link to comment
+SylvrStorm Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by leatherman:I wouldn't swim in any of the Canadian Goose doot puddles we have around here. Nitpick: It's Canada Goose, not Canadian Goose. *** Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry, and they laugh at you. *** Quote Link to comment
+Team Shibby Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 quote: Nitpick: It's Canada Goose, not Canadian Goose. Hmmm...Goose refers to just one, while geese refers to many! Maybe I'm wrong but I have always referred to them as Canadian Geese, after all they are from Canada! When I order breakfast, should I be asking for Canada bacon? Kar Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Team Shibby: quote: Nitpick: It's Canada Goose, not Canadian Goose. Hmmm...Goose refers to just one, while geese refers to many! Maybe I'm wrong but I have always referred to them as Canadian Geese, after all they are from Canada! When I order breakfast, should I be asking for Canada bacon? Kar Canada Bacon is too expensive. Now they just use ham and call it a meal. ===================== Wherever you go there you are. Quote Link to comment
+SylvrStorm Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Team Shibby:Hmmm...Goose refers to just one, while geese refers to many! Maybe I'm wrong but I have always referred to them as Canadian Geese, after all they are from Canada! When I order breakfast, should I be asking for Canada bacon? Kar Doesn't matter how many there are. Canada Goose for one, Canada Geese for more. 'Canadian Geese' would refer to any geese from Canada, regardless of species. 'Canada Geese' is a species of bird. I'm presuming it's the latter that is actually meant. As for your breakfast, that's Canadian Bacon. But that reminds me of a funny story. When we were on our Caribbean cruise honeymoon (many years ago), we were sitting with another couple from Vancouver for breakfast. The guy ordered 'Canadian Bacon' because he assumed, being Canadian himself, that it would be the same thing he commonly knew as just 'bacon'. When it came, he complained because he thought they'd given him ham. "No sir, that's Canadian bacon." "I'm Canadian, and that's not bacon where I come from." *** Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry, and they laugh at you. *** Quote Link to comment
Jomarac5 Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Very correct SylvrStorm. It's kind of like the song "America Pie" by Don McLean. ***** Quote Link to comment
+haggaeus Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 I bought 3 new Intex inflatable kayaks on eBay under $50 each. They are more like toys then a serious watercraft but they are fine for river day trips (no whitewater, no open sea). Also the material is probably not so durable, you'll have to patch the kayak more often. You can see some pictures of our kayaks in action at: http://citanka.cz/US/2003/03/ (rahway*.jpeg) http://citanka.cz/US/2003/06/ (calso_dam*.jpeg) You can buy them also at www.qualityinflatables.com, slightly more expensive than on eBay (also cheap paddles there, but maybe too heavy). Czech caching in US. Quote Link to comment
+Bloencustoms Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 About a month ago, I purchased an inflatable raft to go hit a hydrocache. After seing an alligator in the water, I went out and got a recreational sit on top kayak. It's just under ten feet long, and I have no problem transporting it on top of my Civic hatchback. "The fertilizer has hit the ventilator" Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Returning from a cache hunt with my very heavy, 30 year old, aluminum canoe on my shoulders, I noticed a guy putting together one of these. At first I thought he was taking a surfboard off his roof, then he started to assemble the thing. After talking to him, I found out it was a Porta Bote. Pretty neat! I wrote for the price list and it's about as much as a good canoe. "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
+ClayJar Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 My adventures in my Sea Eagle SE-330 are legendary... -ish? Well, I have paddled it in waters all over the country, including Mobile Bay and the Mississippi River. [[[ ClayJar Networks ]]] Home of Watcher downloads, Official Geocaching Chat, and the Geocache Rating System Quote Link to comment
dave and jaime Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:Returning from a cache hunt with my very heavy, 30 year old, aluminum canoe on my shoulders, I noticed a guy putting together one of http://www.porta-bote.com/ At first I thought he was taking a surfboard off his roof, then he started to assemble the thing. After talking to him, I found out it was a http://www.porta-bote.com/best.html Pretty neat! I wrote for the price list and it's about as much as a good canoe. _"Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry_ well, ill be d##ned! it was the beothok indians from nl who originally came up with the idea of a foldable boat according to historians. 'Get to the point---speak English!!!!' Quote Link to comment
dave and jaime Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:Returning from a cache hunt with my very heavy, 30 year old, aluminum canoe on my shoulders, I noticed a guy putting together one of http://www.porta-bote.com/ At first I thought he was taking a surfboard off his roof, then he started to assemble the thing. After talking to him, I found out it was a http://www.porta-bote.com/best.html Pretty neat! I wrote for the price list and it's about as much as a good canoe. _"Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry_ well, ill be d##ned! it was the beothok indians from nl who originally came up with the idea of a foldable boat according to historians. 'Get to the point---speak English!!!!' Quote Link to comment
Jomarac5 Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Although not inflatable, there is an alternative especially if weight is an issue. Check out Geodesic Airolite Boats -- you can have a canoe that weighs less than 20 pounds. And they're very inexpensive to build. I've seen a couple of these boats in person and am very impressed with the construction -- as well as being extraordinarily light, they are also extremely tough and durable. ***** Quote Link to comment
+WaldenRun Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Man, I guess I AM a minimalist. Here is what I recently used to go after a cache with a six-mile round-trip paddle: -WR "Besides physical caches, we have VIRTUal and VIRTUeless." Quote Link to comment
+CWL Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 I've been looking at the Sevylor Diveyak Kayak... It can hold upto 600 lbs, you can mount a motor, you can also add a seat and hold two adults, it even has a clear see through dive hatch. It runs $599.99 but it has alot of uses: Rivers, lakes, and I think its even sea worthy. If I had some extra money burning in my pocket I'd deffinetly get one! Quote Link to comment
+RobRee Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 i have used both seagles (8&9) and the porta boat. both are great. with a 4hp johnson the porta boat scoots.. the sea eagle is a slow pig. as far as kayaks go.. no real knowlegde of them. robbie A family that Geocaches together... eventually gets wet. required reading My first bible Great Orienteering Site! Quote Link to comment
Bender Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 I'd keep my Dagger reflection 15, and get a vehicle to haul it with. A real canoe is hard to beat. Bender Searching, for the lost Xanadu Quote Link to comment
+leatherman Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 I let my Seahawk fly off the back of a truck. Needless to say it popped. I found a great deal on a Stearns Sport/fish Kayak. I ordered one, it will be here on monday. $299($269members). The cheapest I've found it on the web is $449. $499 normal. Pepper playing nice! Mokita! Quote Link to comment
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