: Congrats,
: She sure looks pretty. I put my "adopted" canoe in the water for
: the first time
: durring the last weak of april. The ice had broken up around the inlet to the
: lake and left me a couple hundred yards of paddle room. I tell ya, as cold
: as that water was I was sweating about putting myself in the drink. The
: canoe was a self design by a friend of mine. He stripped it then found
: himself wicked sensitive to epoxy so he gave it to me to finish. She
: paddles nice, but the wind really takes her. She is 16'4" with a
: 35"beam. A bit of tumble home and a wee bit o rocker. She runs a
: river like a dream but the lake winds make her a bit of a chore. Can't
: decide whether to comprimise her river handleing and putting on a keel.
: BTW John, you plan on going to the Newfound rendevous in Sept?
: Cheers,
: Rick

Hi Rick,

I would like to attend one of these rendevous sometime. My big adventure for my yak and I is to go into the Border Wilderness Canoe Area in Aug and just get lost for three weeks, living off the land as much as possible. I have been watching too much TV Survivor shows I think. All of my preperations and building are torwards that goal right now.

Take care,
John