[Rhodes22-list] Canoes, was Memorial Day Plans

[Steve Alm]

On the subject of canoes, I thought I would mention that the Minneapolis
obit. just ran a story about canoe builder, Gene Jenson.  I had the good
fortune to try out one of his designs a few years back.  It was a wooden
canoe that weighed only 45 lbs.  It had a very low profile without that
classic high bow and stern, which is only good for white water--the rest of
the time it only adds weight and windage.  It was not symmetrical. IIRC it
was a little fatter forward.  Its light weight, great tracking and beautiful
woodwork made this boat really special!  Definitely not something you'd want
to bang around on the rocks, though.  Not for the boy scouts--only the Scout
Master. 

Slim

On 5/29/04 6:43 AM, "Roger Pihlaja" <cen09402 at centurytel.net> wrote:

> Rummy,
> 
> We also have an Old Town canoe, a Discovery 164.  Old Town has been building
> canoes & kayaks up in Old Town, Maine for over 100 years.  It was originally
> a family-owned business.  These days, Old Town is part of the Johnson
> Outdoors conglomerate.
> 
> Old Town doesn't make the lightest high tech canoes & kayaks.  But, their
> gear is very durable & almost maintenance free.  It's much lighter, more
> dent, and scratch resistant than any of the aluminum canoes.  We really like
> our Old Town canoe & kayaks.
> 
> With my Boy Scout troop, I've attended some summer camps that had Old Town
> canoes.  Their stuff even seems to stand up to that punishment pretty well.
> 
> Right now, the weather forecast looks pretty iffy for our kayak trip on
> Sunday & Monday; more heavy rain, strong thunderstorms, & even the
> possibility of tornadoes moving thru the area!  The long range forecast
> calls for rain every day thru next week Wednesday.  I wish we could have
> made the kayak trip on Friday & Saturday, as those days had the only decent
> weather we've had around here in the last couple of weeks.  With more rain
> on top of what they've already had in the Pigeon River State Forest, I'm
> afraid of flooding in the area of our campsite & the possibility of getting
> the vehicles stranded in the backcountry.
> 
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> 
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> 
>> Roger,
>> Back in the days when I attended a YMCA camp in northern Wisconsin, we had
>> some Old Town Canoes, bet they were made by the same company.
>> Rummy
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