Jim Snyder

Thanks for your replies and to Bill for lots more input via pm. I owned a Chesapeake 17 for a while and while I liked it and would enjoy the woodworking part the fiberglass work is not for me. I've gotten interested in this company, http://www.madekayaks.com/ , they use cnc cross sections for a "fuselage" build. I would like to know if anyone has a boat that would fit me at 6'0" and 175# that would let me try it out. For some reason my text is stuck on bold, not intended for emphasis.

Since I got started carving and using Greenland paddles I have gotten interested in maybe building a skin on frame kayak. I'm wondering if there are any of you who have built or use them who I might talk to, or who might help talking me out of this???

Who else read the subject line and thought Joe headed out into the storm?

Thanks to Liz and Doug for a very enjoyable fall paddle! This is our lunch spot on Wood Island:

This is definite, meet at 10:00am, launch when ready. We are planning for about 4 hours on the water with route determined by conditions and group. Messaging seems to have issues so post here if you want to join us.

How about Sunday, meet at the ramp around 10am? High tide 12:46pm, light winds and 1.6' swells predicted.

Hi Liz, I tried to message you but that function doesn't seem to be working right now. I can do any of those times, We should decide and then see if anyone else wants to join. My phone# is in my profile if you want to figure it out the old fashioned way.

Looking for anyone wanting to join me out of Odiorne Friday Saturday or Sunday. Hoping to test paddle my new greenland stick on the ocean!

My bad, I should have started a new topic, couldn't edit out the Wednesday after I posted.

Anyone interested in Odiorne this Friday or weekend?

Anyone interested in joining me out of Odiorne Wednesday?

I could only find a $39.95 version of Seaiq for android.

I would be a maybe. Hey Alex I saw "DEBSKI" on a NH licence plate!

I cant' believe I've gotten sucked into this. These guys can think they have their paddle "locked in" but it's a fact that the only way the paddle doesn't move with respect to the ground under the water is if the boat is moving forward at precisely the same speed as the paddle is moving backwards relative to the boat. These excellent paddlers approach that as the boat nears it's maximum hull speed but the paddle still has to lose position to the ground slightly to compensate for the very minimal resistance on the boat. Without this compensation the boat would slowly grind to a halt like a pendulum if the paddle never went back faster than the boat went forward.

I think that's how we want it to feel but in reality unless the water was in a sense a solid, this is not possible.

It's on the Boston Harbor chart too at a much smaller scale.13270 Boston.pdf 13270_Boston.pdf

13269 Scituate.pdf This one includes Cohasset Harbor.

Welcome, hope to see you on the water soon!

Thanks Kate, sadly my trip has to be on a weekday to buy my pipe at Scituate Concrete Pipe. Looks like the Herring River trip would be really tide dependent. I Like the look of the lighthouse parking lot, looks like if It's not busy it would be easy to park my truck and trailer.

This is typical on Craigslist, you let it play out farther than most. I would stop at the "is this still available?".

I have to travel to Scituate sometime in the next two weeks to buy some concrete pipe. I will have an 18' trailer for the pipe. I plan to combine this with a kayak trip. I am interested in any local knowledge of kayaking out of Scituate and hoping to find someone interested in paddling with me. Date is flexible to conditions but I probably couldn't get down there much before 10:30.

Looks like your link might be bad...

I'm interested if haying schedule allows...

I would like to come but have an afternoon commitment in NH so would only come if there were a group that wanted to be off the water by two. Sad to miss the dinner etc. but maybe there are others with a time bind?

I might make it tonight, it'll be a last minute decision for me, hope that's ok.