Recent content by lowangle al

I don't know where you can get one, but when you find one you'll know where to take one.

I only get on the board when it's warm enough to swim and I plan on getting wet. I guess I figure that if I wouldn't wear a pfd swimming why would I wear one on the board. Plus I started SUP in Hawaii where no-one wears one, and that's offshore in the ocean and in the surf.

Do you use a leash? If not, you would certainly need a PFD.

I'm pretty PFD compliant, but I don't wear one on a paddle board. I am attached to the board with a leash. I consider the board to be my PFD.

There does seem to be a lot of bears around this year. Maybe because they are having more cubs than normal. This photo was posted on fb. It was taken a few miles down the road from me. You can clearly see six cubs with a possible seventh in front of the mother. The most I’ve seen was four. A...

Dry land snubbing to the extreme. They look like nice poles.

The painting in Pook's post #227 above inspired me to take this photo last week on the Delaware. I can now see I should have tilted the boat towards the camera.

Thanks. That boat does have nice lines, and the good lighting didn't hurt. It's an 18' Old Town Guide from 1942. More importantly, it is great to paddle, with good glide and according to the old catalog it's a very well behaved canoe.

Delaware River, north of Milford Pa. on 6/17. It was a beautiful day with lots of wildlife. It was also the first time I had seen the shad running up the river.

I have a similar conundrum, except mine isn't about weight or fragility. It's about cost and ease of repair between two boats. My w/c canvas canoes are the ones I prefer to paddle, but a mishap on moving water or dragging over shallows could cause damage that would be harder and more expensive...

Haha, yeah now the only problem will be not to run out of money before I "check out" Thanks Robin, so far the most stressful part was finding somewhere live and store all my stuff during the process. I ended up renting a 16' POD storage unit and luckily found a place to rent a mile down the...

Steve, we tore down the cottage that we had in Pa. and are building a house that meets spousal approval.

I think that wind does move water and not just create waves. Evidence of this is when storm surges from a hurricane push water on shore. On your average sized lake this effect probably isn't noticeable, but when you have miles of fetch I think it is. I had gone many years without this problem in...

I don't see it as a price thing. It's more about availability and perceptions. Canoes of any kind just aren't as available as kayaks. Kayaks are sold at many retailers but not canoes. Kayaks are also the only boats available to rent on many lakes that at one time only had canoes to rent. I also...

When paddling in a tail wind, where there is a lot of fetch, you not only have to worry about the wind pushing your stern around but I believe the water is also being pushed downwind and has to be delt with like it's a current. It has more effect on the boat then the wind. The wind is easier to...