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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Maybe a canoe-kayak hybrid?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/27/2007, 4:21 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Maybe a canoe-kayak hybrid? (Guy Bouchard)

: I know you are right.

: But kayaking is not my first sport. I really like it but i try to do it once
: a week when i can. I get back to kayak to improve my abs since it is the
: funniest way to improve this part of my body.

: I do a lot of cycling including touring (at least a one week trip and several
: 2 days trip each summer). I am in Gaspésie (Québec, Canada) so summer is
: short (usually for me kayaking could be done from june to august. Dry suit
: or at least a good wetsuit is needed outside this period). I need to go
: somewhere else if i want to take kayak lesson even to rent a kayak. It
: seem, i can't try anything outside a regular sit-inside kayak or a big,
: slow and short sit-on-top in Quebec. I am in a wonderful place for
: kayaking but it is not an easy thing to do to learn the proper way.

: So, for my need, i was thinking about a narrow sit-on-top or canoe-kayak
: hybrid where i could paddle with my Greenland paddle. I prefer the kayak
: body workout over the canoe body workout. I am alright in my canoe but my
: shoulder are hurting after a short run. No problem when kayaking. Someone
: know a beast i could use to have fun once or twice a week without needing
: to learn wet exit (i think i am now a not too bud kayak handler)?

: Thanks again!

May sound pig headed, so be it, but you shouldn't be in any kayak if you can't do a wet exit.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Re: Skin-on-Frame: Maybe a canoe-kayak hybrid? *LINK*
Dave Houser -- 8/25/2007, 12:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Maybe a canoe-kayak hybrid?
Guy Bouchard -- 8/26/2007, 8:06 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Maybe a canoe-kayak hybrid?
Kris Buttermore -- 8/27/2007, 10:17 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Maybe a canoe-kayak hybrid?
Guy Bouchard -- 8/27/2007, 10:09 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Maybe a canoe-kayak hybrid?
Tom Yost -- 8/28/2007, 1:36 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Maybe a canoe-kayak hybrid?
Guy Bouchard -- 8/31/2007, 8:40 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Maybe a canoe-kayak hybrid?
Guy Bouchard -- 9/12/2007, 9:19 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Maybe a canoe-kayak hybrid?
Bill Hamm -- 8/27/2007, 4:21 am