Gang - I'm inflicting this on you because, well I don't really have a very good reason. It's a wild idea I've been mulling for awhile as a thought experiment...
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David Beede
juliejj@...
Jul 2, 2000 4:26 pm
Hey gang, I'm currently on the road - in SW Harbor Maine - and don't have much time to chat. I got a note from Chuck L. asking if I'd write up some of my...
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Chuck Leinweber
chuck@...
Jul 2, 2000 5:06 pm
... Fuel? are you planning on hanging an outboard on this kayak? I don't know how long the portages are, but they might be long enough to justify one of the...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Jul 2, 2000 6:50 pm
... I meant cooking fuel. Sorry. As I said - I doubt that I'll ever get the free summer to do this. ... Could be as much as 100 miles, the trick is to get...
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Bud Martin
budm303@...
Jul 2, 2000 11:09 pm
Sounds like a canoe trip to me, kind of like doing the Appalachian Trail. Maybe someone can get a sponsorship from a TV program, National Geographic, etc. The...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Jul 3, 2000 2:53 am
... Try changing your outgoing email server (in whatever s/w you're using - - it's in preferences or options or something like that) to smtp.whatever.com or to...
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Peter & Polly Vanderw...
pvanderw@...
Jul 3, 2000 3:04 pm
Boating Friends, I have finished putting all the pictures from the recent Vanderwaart family cruise to Bermuda on my web site. These include touristy shots of...
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Peter & Polly Vanderw...
pvanderw@...
Jul 3, 2000 3:14 pm
I **KNOW** that I read a book by a guy who traversed the Connecticut river. I clearly remember the part about going from NYC to Hartford on a tug or oil barge....
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Gavin Atkin
gmatkin@...
Jul 3, 2000 9:10 pm
... From: "Peter & Polly Vanderwaart" <pvanderw@...> To: <boatdesign@egroups.com> Thanks Peter. I thought this one could have come straight from Mr...
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Peter & Polly Vanderw...
pvanderw@...
Jul 3, 2000 9:23 pm
The one you picked out http://members.xoom.com/vandep/epbimages/lb_small0.JPG is from the Netherlands, not Bermuda. The English yachting influence was pretty...
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Gavin Atkin
gmatkin@...
Jul 3, 2000 10:47 pm
... From: "Peter & Polly Vanderwaart" <pvanderw@...> To: <boatdesign@egroups.com> ... A misunderstanding. I didn't mean to suggest the first boat was...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Jul 4, 2000 9:16 pm
Lew, I shall keep an eye out for a horse which swims well. Jeff ps Would be a fabulous trip, and i think youd get both sponsorship and the time off to do it....
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Gavin Atkin
gmatkin@...
Jul 4, 2000 9:29 pm
... From: "Jeff Gilbert" <jgilbert@...> To: <boatdesign@egroups.com> ... Has Lew mentioned to you the idea of a longish (say, 16ft), slim...
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Michael B. Holt
mholt@...
Jul 4, 2000 9:52 pm
... Perhaps water-ballasted with the ballast tank hanging below the hull? This is an idea worth considering. I'd played with resizing Sneakeasy to be...
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Gavin Atkin
gmatkin@...
Jul 4, 2000 11:09 pm
... From: "Michael B. Holt" <mholt@...> To: <boatdesign@egroups.com> ... A water-filled keel is appealing until you get to those rivers, and, what's ...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Jul 5, 2000 1:13 am
Gav, that IS interesting. Did you have in mind a particular Michalak design (I may have missed an em) The humble wheel could be employed. Id be looking at a...
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Michael B. Holt
mholt@...
Jul 5, 2000 1:23 am
... I usually don't think in terms of rowing and of rapids (in spite of the fact that I live within sight of both). ... Why not a simple lateen rig, perhaps...
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Chuck Leinweber
chuck@...
Jul 5, 2000 3:16 am
An interesting thread: How about an amphibian boat like the Bris: http://www.yrvind.com/bris/boat/old_boat.html Chuck ... From: Jeff Gilbert...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Jul 5, 2000 3:39 am
Chuck Wow! Where did that spring from! Dont think it would go along a mountail trail, but its pretty cute. (my Dictionary says cute= ugly but interesting). I...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Jul 5, 2000 4:41 am
Sorry, I had a bris when I was eight days old. I do not plan to have another one. Ever. For any reason. At all. Is that clear? If it is not clear, I...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Jul 5, 2000 5:18 am
... <snip> ... I covered less distance, with 50% less payload 20 years ago, before mountain bikes were refined (I used a touring model). That was back when...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Jul 5, 2000 5:26 am
... That's what I like, outside-the-box thinking! How about an ultralight airplane with pontoons? ... Do tell? Time off I can get, albeit without pay - worth...
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Peter & Polly Vanderw...
pvanderw@...
Jul 5, 2000 12:59 pm
Surely the prototype for a trip like this is the Rob Roy canoe. You could do worse than a Grumman Aluminum canoe, rigged to sail. It is about as big and heavy...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Jul 5, 2000 3:16 pm
... Well well. The trip I spoke of was in 1980 summer (Xmas here). Three of us used 15 speed tourer (triple cahinrings, half steps and a granny). Worst day was...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Jul 5, 2000 3:28 pm
Over here a mate travelled an old cattle drive trail. A newspaper sprung for a 4WD, food and fuel (whiskey & gas) in return for articles whenever and however...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Jul 5, 2000 3:48 pm
... Ok, you win, old man. Two of us travelled west (against the wind, stupid, stupid, stupid!) in '83 or so, attempting to cross the USA. I got about 10%...
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Peter & Polly Vanderw...
pvanderw@...
Jul 5, 2000 4:00 pm
I don't believe I know that a 'pack brake handle' is. I am sure that it was annoying to you, but it is somewhat encouraging to me to know that somewhere,...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Jul 5, 2000 5:23 pm
Sorry, that's the verb "to pack"... as in never pack the following items... beginning with pistol-grip brake handles... and you're right, of course: as they...
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Chuck Leinweber
chuck@...
Jul 5, 2000 5:24 pm
Lew: Fritz Fulk has a page of links to "Boats with Wheels" here: http://www.alaska.net/~fritzf/Boats/Amphib/Amphib_boats.htm just some grist for the mill... ...
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Lew Clayman
lew_clayman@...
Jul 5, 2000 5:26 pm
Sorry, that's the verb "to pack"... as in never pack the following items... beginning with pistol-grip brake handles... and you're right, of course: as they...
