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Re: Strip: New Kayak Build
By:Simeon
Date: 10/31/2011, 5:52 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: New Kayak Build (Etienne Muller)

Et - if you're not worried about hitting things, or having an automatic kick-up mechanism, and one of your primary goals is minimising the 'gash' while using a foiled skeg:
Why not consider an almost vertical sleeve instead - like a centreboard slot on a sailing dinghy. Don't pivot, but slide the foil up and down instead.

If you were to make a keyway in the sleeve for alignment it would be very simple to slacken off the lines and drop the skeg (if you can still call it that) straight out the bottom for repair or replacement.

The downside would be that you're limited in skeg length by the height you have inside the boat - unless you have it raked back (but then the centre of resistance would move depending on how much you have deployed)

I have to agree - it is fun to puzzle these things out.

Simeon.

: Thanks Bob, I've read that webpage before. The slot works fine with
: pie slice fins which only rotate so far, but, try as I might, it
: won't work with a foiled fin.

: There is a serious lack of beaches around here, the coastline is
: very interesting, with steep rocky shores and trees down to the
: shoreline in many places, rocky islands, etc. I am not worried
: about sand in my shoes. I find the moulded in skeg boxes and
: skeg arrangements in commercial boats, on the whole, to be crude
: and oversized gashes in the boats. I would rather not install a
: skeg than replicate one of them.

: There do seem to be a very few nice ones about, but unless I can
: see one in the flesh first...., I don't want to buy blind. It is
: fun to puzzle out a homemade one that is nicer than a bought one
: too.

: There have been some skeg threads on this forum which I follow with
: interest. the rope and bungie one was particularly user
: friendly, but also pie slice. One of these days one of us is
: going to come up with the optimum skeg design and we will all
: adopt it universally (except for the SOFers of course), unless a
: commercial one appears on the scene that makes it too easy to be
: lazy.

: Et

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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 9/4/2011, 7:06 pm
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Yostwerks -- 9/5/2011, 12:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/5/2011, 1:26 am
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John VanBuren -- 9/5/2011, 7:37 am
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Mark Rakestraw -- 9/5/2011, 12:23 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 9/5/2011, 2:31 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 9/6/2011, 12:16 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 9/15/2011, 1:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/15/2011, 3:31 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 9/30/2011, 3:27 pm
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todd Olson -- 9/30/2011, 8:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2011, 8:42 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 10/1/2011, 4:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/1/2011, 6:46 am
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todd Olson -- 10/1/2011, 7:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2011, 8:41 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 10/1/2011, 4:59 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/1/2011, 6:47 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 10/1/2011, 8:46 am
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 10/1/2011, 10:16 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 10/1/2011, 12:19 pm
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Ian Cummins -- 10/1/2011, 10:35 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 12/12/2011, 10:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/13/2011, 3:49 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 12/13/2011, 6:13 am
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Chris Richer -- 12/13/2011, 1:17 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/14/2011, 2:25 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 12/14/2011, 12:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/15/2011, 2:51 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/15/2011, 10:10 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/18/2011, 3:55 pm
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Kirk Fredericks -- 10/1/2011, 2:12 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 10/1/2011, 7:45 pm
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Douglas Lee -- 10/15/2011, 12:58 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/15/2011, 3:50 pm
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Charles Robinson -- 10/15/2011, 4:44 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/15/2011, 5:27 pm
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Charles Robinson -- 10/15/2011, 6:14 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 10/15/2011, 10:45 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/24/2011, 8:04 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 10/24/2011, 10:12 am
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John Messinger -- 10/24/2011, 10:45 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/25/2011, 2:18 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/25/2011, 1:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/26/2011, 1:36 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/26/2011, 4:51 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/26/2011, 5:36 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/26/2011, 11:59 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/27/2011, 4:08 am
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ancient kayaker -- 11/10/2011, 10:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/10/2011, 11:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/10/2011, 11:34 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 11/11/2011, 11:18 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/11/2011, 11:53 pm
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PAUL DAVIES -- 10/26/2011, 3:36 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/27/2011, 10:44 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/27/2011, 10:54 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 10/27/2011, 10:57 am
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Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 10/27/2011, 11:50 am
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John Caldeira -- 10/29/2011, 12:13 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/29/2011, 5:39 am
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Mike Bielski -- 10/29/2011, 10:01 am
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yakmurph -- 10/29/2011, 10:06 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/29/2011, 2:04 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/29/2011, 4:00 pm
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Simeon -- 10/29/2011, 7:17 pm
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John Caldeira -- 10/29/2011, 9:03 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/30/2011, 4:51 am
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John Caldeira -- 10/30/2011, 1:47 pm
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daan daniels -- 10/30/2011, 3:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/31/2011, 2:05 am
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daan daniels -- 11/1/2011, 2:22 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/1/2011, 2:59 pm
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daan daniels -- 11/2/2011, 7:09 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/3/2011, 2:27 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/31/2011, 6:38 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/2/2011, 2:36 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/2/2011, 4:41 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/7/2011, 7:23 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/7/2011, 7:26 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/7/2011, 7:28 pm
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yellowbelly -- 11/8/2011, 8:08 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/8/2011, 8:57 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/8/2011, 9:10 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/8/2011, 10:54 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/9/2011, 1:46 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 10/27/2011, 10:54 am
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PAUL DAVIES -- 10/27/2011, 1:53 pm
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Mike Savage -- 10/27/2011, 3:00 pm
Ditto on the middle one *NM*
Glen Smith -- 10/27/2011, 3:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/27/2011, 4:36 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/27/2011, 4:54 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/27/2011, 4:21 pm
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Al Edie -- 10/29/2011, 10:32 am
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Bob Johns -- 10/30/2011, 4:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/31/2011, 2:07 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/31/2011, 6:58 am
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Simeon -- 10/31/2011, 5:52 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/2/2011, 2:40 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/27/2011, 4:59 pm
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John VanBuren -- 10/27/2011, 5:40 pm
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daan daniels -- 10/30/2011, 4:04 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/30/2011, 5:31 pm
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Dave Houser -- 11/1/2011, 3:07 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 10/31/2011, 4:55 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/2/2011, 4:33 pm
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Glen Smith -- 11/2/2011, 5:41 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/2/2011, 6:34 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 11/2/2011, 6:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/3/2011, 2:09 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/3/2011, 6:07 am
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PAUL DAVIES -- 11/3/2011, 1:45 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/3/2011, 3:49 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 11/5/2011, 5:29 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/5/2011, 7:46 am
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Mike Savage -- 11/5/2011, 6:30 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/5/2011, 7:55 pm
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Mike Savage -- 11/6/2011, 11:48 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/3/2011, 10:03 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/7/2011, 7:16 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/7/2011, 7:18 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/8/2011, 1:55 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 11/8/2011, 12:34 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/8/2011, 2:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/9/2011, 1:39 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/9/2011, 9:11 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/10/2011, 3:37 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 11/10/2011, 3:39 pm
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Ian Cummins -- 11/10/2011, 4:15 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/10/2011, 4:28 pm
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george jung -- 11/10/2011, 10:43 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/11/2011, 4:06 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/13/2011, 1:18 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/13/2011, 1:19 pm
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Mike Savage -- 11/13/2011, 3:48 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 11/14/2011, 1:02 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/20/2011, 4:23 pm
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Paul Davies -- 11/20/2011, 4:57 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/20/2011, 5:05 pm
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risto -- 11/21/2011, 4:21 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/21/2011, 4:56 am
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mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 11/21/2011, 10:28 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/22/2011, 4:47 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/26/2011, 1:11 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/26/2011, 1:12 pm
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Charles Robinson -- 11/26/2011, 1:29 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 11/26/2011, 1:30 pm
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Bob Beaullieu -- 11/26/2011, 3:14 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 11/26/2011, 3:21 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/26/2011, 3:28 pm
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John Messinger -- 11/26/2011, 4:14 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/26/2011, 4:48 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/26/2011, 6:01 pm
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John Messinger -- 11/27/2011, 12:15 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/27/2011, 2:35 am
Without
John Caldeira -- 11/27/2011, 2:57 am
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dave g -- 11/26/2011, 2:10 pm
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Paul Wiley -- 11/26/2011, 11:15 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/27/2011, 4:15 am
Without in MHO *NM*
John VanBuren -- 11/29/2011, 6:31 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/28/2011, 3:07 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/28/2011, 3:08 pm
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Kirk Fredericks -- 11/28/2011, 5:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/29/2011, 2:38 am
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ancient kayaker -- 11/29/2011, 10:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/30/2011, 1:31 am
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John Caldeira -- 12/1/2011, 3:35 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/1/2011, 4:54 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/8/2011, 9:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/29/2011, 2:36 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/29/2011, 1:16 pm
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Mike Savage -- 11/29/2011, 1:59 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/29/2011, 4:30 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 11/29/2011, 7:02 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/30/2011, 4:42 am
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Mike Savage -- 11/30/2011, 7:23 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/30/2011, 1:33 am
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Kirk Fredericks -- 11/30/2011, 3:07 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/12/2011, 3:17 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/12/2011, 3:19 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/12/2011, 3:25 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/12/2011, 3:27 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/12/2011, 3:28 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/12/2011, 3:28 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/12/2011, 3:32 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/12/2011, 5:28 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/12/2011, 6:22 pm
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Kirk Fredericks -- 12/12/2011, 8:31 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/12/2011, 10:40 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 12/13/2011, 9:57 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/13/2011, 6:51 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/15/2011, 10:16 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/28/2011, 5:37 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/28/2011, 5:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/29/2011, 1:33 am
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Kevin Greer -- 12/28/2011, 9:04 pm
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Ian Cummins -- 12/28/2011, 9:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/29/2011, 1:36 am