Walter Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 Thanks to Nick Dyslin, Lendal paddle rep, Tom Bergh of Maine Island Kayak Company and our one an only Suz I had a great afternoon Demoing Lendal paddles while in kayaks provided by Tom Berg of Maine Island Kayak Copmany.Thanks Suz for putting this function on at Pavillion Beach in Ipswich.WalterImpex SerenityOrange/White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatE Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 Ditto on Walter's words!And to think, I almost decided to ditch this after feeling a bit out of sorts and then getting slightly lost this morning! I'm glad the cop happened to be walking out of Dunkin Donuts (wait, isn't there a joke in here?) as I passed by so I could ask directions to Pavillion. As always, a great day on the water with a bunch of good people!Thanks Nick for coming all this way and for the "Paddles 101" session. You know your stuff!And thanks to Tom for letting me paddle that beautiful boat today! Did I say how much I liked it? And, of course, thanks again to Suzanne for all she did in organizing this day!!!Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Gwynn Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 There are two pages of pics, link to second page at the bottom or top of page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wernermaas Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 Let me join in thanking Suzanne, Nick and Tom, as well as all of you to make this once again a fun and educational day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suz Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 I arrived early at 8:30 and worriedly looked at the buckets of water pouring out of the sky and wondered if the sky would clear and who would show. Slowly the cars started trickling in... Eventually we ended up with 16 people on the water. It was a slightly later launch than the norm - I think about 10:20. The winds picked up as we got on the water and the decision was made that the group would stick together and stay on the inside of Plum Island. We slowly made our way exchanging the Werner paddles as we went along, someone borrowed my Mystik Lendal early on and that was the last I saw of it for the day. Lunch was had on a rapidly disappearing Middle Ground Island. The lunch time treats were shared brownies, hermits and assorted candy.Then we turned around and headed back to Pavillion with a bit of stroke practice on the way in. We arrived at the beach just as Nick Dyslin arrived with the Lendal paddles. Tom Bergh brought out some boats for people to demo - Greenlander Pro, Explorer, Explorer LV, Romany, Argonaut, Aquanaut and a double Triton. As people arrived, they signed up for the raffle and demoed the boats and the paddles. Eventually we got around to pulling the lucky winners for the 2 paddle leashes and the Lendal Nordkapp - Carbon Nylon paddle. Jane Alaimos and Ken Cooper won the leashes and Rick Crangle won the paddle. Finished up on the beach by 6 p.m. Great day!We had 34 people who signed in! A great turn out for a rainy day.Thank you everyone for making this happen!Suzanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markstephens Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 Kissing the bow of your boat? What's up with that? We just demo'd the standing on the bow thing at our Thursday night "skills" session this week. Now we have to kiss 'em??Mark StephensExtremely-Low-Volume-Bow Surge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sings_evil_twin Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 why is it that the kinky stuff happens when I am not around? sing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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