B Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 Jokingly, I responded to Sanjay's "Places to play" post with JL's experience of his semi loaded Pintail being blown by a gust of wind down a Rhode Island beach a few years ago. While attending a recent meeting of paddling types, one person had thrown their Brit boat onto his car and then proceeded to go and collect their gear without tying down their boat first. I quickly mentioned to this neophyte that he should throw a strap on the boat in case the wind came up. He response was "it's too heavy for the wind to bother". Within seconds of turning his back to retrieve his gear, a gust of wind came up from the boats stern and his boat was bouncing off of his hood and into the parking lot via an unlocked double set off Hully rollers. This also happened to one of NSPN original members years ago. His boat was on a static bar rack on his truck.Lesson:No matter how heavy your boat is tie it down when on the car. Whether the wind is present or not.B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 you hear the one about the guy who drove away while the boat was unstrapped on the roof of the car? like cessna's, there seems to be a take off speed for romany's as well - what was it about 35 or so?romany's fly surprisingly well but i'm told, land almost exactly like you'd imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 The first dent in my Seaward shadow came from it's getting blown off of my car while I watched the locals fly kites for about ten seconds. It got blown off sideways over the edge of H2go saddles.The confession part is that since I've gotten the Explorer, that is the only scratch that boat has ever had.Don't get any big ideas, unless my wife wants that boat I'm selling her in the spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Crouse Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 I recall an NSPNer telling me a story about how his boat and roof racks were blown right off the top of his car on his way to Nahant. Of course some of us are responsible people who would never ever forget to triple check all straps, bow lines and roof rack fittings before we start driving.On a completely unrelated topic, if anyone finds a black nylon cockpit cover in the Bradford rt 125 area give me a yell. The owner is a friend of mine... yea that's it, it belongs to a friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 >you hear the one about the guy who drove away while the boat >was unstrapped on the roof of the car? >>like cessna's, there seems to be a take off speed for >romany's as well - what was it about 35 or so? >>romany's fly surprisingly well but i'm told, land almost >exactly like you'd imagine. I just hope this paddler isn't giving advise to anyone about how to secure boats to vehicles. Can you imagine ?? Suz, take note !!Cheers,Jedjluby@teamnorthatlantic.com"The ability to defend an opinion with absolute certainty . . .. . . is inversely proportional to one's actual experience." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suz Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Au contraire.. much better to be taught by someone who has made the mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leonard Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 I always thought that the "paddler in question" was just providing a public service to the paddling community by ending the age old debate of whether romanys can fly or not. I am also not sure that the debate is entirely over. After all, from what I hear, the Flight of the Romany (coming to the Discovery Channel this spring) was further than the Wright Brother's first flight. If they got credit for designing a flying machine, maybe Nigel Denis is deserving of some credit too...John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Nystrom Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 I understand that the take off speed of a Romany is ~70 mph. The lightweight construction of Greenland skin boat allows them to become airborne at only 55-60 mph, proving once again that they are superior to British "heavies"...um...at least I think that's what it proves. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 Sorry for opening that can Jed. I forgot that the quote under your signature rings true for more than your boat being IN the water. Love, B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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