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by Lance
Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Toto, I don't think we're on the North River anymore...
Replies: 3
Views: 4807

Re: Toto, I don't think we're on the North River anymore...

Bright lad. Great future, I'm sure.
by Lance
Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for guidance
Replies: 4
Views: 6510

Re: Looking for guidance

This may or not still be true, but it's worth checking out. A few years ago if you enroledl in one of their short series of relatively inexpensive lessons (all levels of expertise accomodated), Charles River Canoe and Kayak in Newton, MA lets use any of their kayaks for nothing, and for any length o...
by Lance
Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: skeg issues
Replies: 6
Views: 9837

Re: skeg issues

Audrey - Chris's suggestion is a good one. The problem is that the skeg system is designed to minimize the amount of room the cable has to move about in so as to minimize the possibility of kinks. Don't be put off too much be that. If it catches, just gently twist one end slightly and probe again......
by Lance
Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: skeg issues
Replies: 6
Views: 9837

Re: skeg issues

Audrey - Agggh! Skeg cables - the bane of my existence...BUT NO MORE! I have a Wilderness Systems Tempest 170. I had continuing problems with what some call the small "helper" tubing that joins the two main runs of plastic tubing which house the skeg cable (in the Tempest, anyway). The pro...
by Lance
Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thursday Night Skills 2011 @ Camp Kiwanee Hanson
Replies: 31
Views: 27733

Re: Thursday Night Skills 2011 @ Camp Kiwanee Hanson

JB -

Hope to see ya.


Technically, I believe it's "cya" but let's not cavil over details.
by Lance
Sun May 29, 2011 3:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hearing scheduled for HB 652 the "kayak flag" bill!
Replies: 6
Views: 10332

Re: Hearing scheduled for HB 652 the "kayak flag" bill!

Any new developments on this one?
by Lance
Sun May 29, 2011 3:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thursday Night Skills 2011 @ Camp Kiwanee Hanson
Replies: 31
Views: 27733

Re: Thursday Night Skills 2011 @ Camp Kiwanee Hanson

JohnBoy - I'll echo what Mark said. Kiwanee is a perfect pond for practicing with no risk of problems underwater (take it from someone who has spent too much time in that position!). I suggest that just before going to either Thursday session (alternately in Hingham and down at Kiwanee) you check th...
by Lance
Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thursday Night Hingham Paddles - 2011
Replies: 50
Views: 41911

Re: Thursday Night Hingham Paddles - Start Date 4/28/2011

We'll miss you all. Have fun.
by Lance
Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hearing scheduled for HB 652 the "kayak flag" bill!
Replies: 6
Views: 10332

Re: Hearing scheduled for HB 652 the "kayak flag" bill!

It would be a good idea for those who wrote Sarah Peake to write her again, thanking her for sending the bill back to committee for further study and improvement. It would also be appropriate, I think, for some experienced, thoughtful kayakers to present their advice and suggestions at a subsequent ...
by Lance
Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mis-guided kayak legislation
Replies: 21
Views: 21225

Re: Mis-guided kayak legislation

My response to Sarah Peake's email. More emails to her office can't hurt. ------------------------ Dear Representative Peake, Thank you for inviting me to comment on the proposed legislation intended to make kayaks more visible to other boaters. I know many kayakers who enjoy the sport immensely, an...
by Lance
Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mis-guided kayak legislation
Replies: 21
Views: 21225

Re: Mis-guided kayak legislation

John - Would you post the text of your mail to the bill sponsor? It might be useful for others who write to her to reference points made by you that she seems to respond to favorably? It does seem that this is aimed at a perceived problem with night kayaking, and I agree with Norm that an appropriat...
by Lance
Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mis-guided kayak legislation
Replies: 21
Views: 21225

Re: Mis-guided kayak legislation

I sent this email to Sarah Peake: I'd like some background, please, on proposed legislation which would requre kayakers to fly flags on a six foot pole. What specific events have caused someone to feel this legislation is necessary? Who requested the legislation? Why? Was anyone with any experience ...
by Lance
Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mis-guided kayak legislation
Replies: 21
Views: 21225

Re: Mis-guided kayak legislation

Not to lend credence to what is an inherently stupid idea, but a valid question to be asked is "Who's going to enforce this, and at what cost?" The harbormasters who don't exist anymore because of budget cutbacks? Or perhaps the ones who still have a job, but have diminished funds, time an...
by Lance
Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mis-guided kayak legislation
Replies: 21
Views: 21225

Re: Mis-guided kayak legislation

When the automobile made its first appearance, many municipalities required that moving automobiles were to be preceded by a walker carrying a red flag. A similar requirement ought to be made of legislators who submit silly legislation like this. However given current budgetary constraints I'm afrai...
by Lance
Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thursday Night Gathering 1/27
Replies: 27
Views: 22288

Re: Thursday Night Gathering 1/27

Sorry Kath and I couldn't make it. Something about the 3.5 hour trip kept us at home. That, and the fact that you guys get WAY more snow than we do up in temperate Midcoast Maine. Heh, heh... When you're planning trips, remember that we're only a few minutes from gorgeous kayaking off the St. George...
by Lance
Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Thanksgiving Wild Turkey Paddlers
Replies: 3
Views: 5096

Re: Happy Thanksgiving Wild Turkey Paddlers

Hey Jordan and all you other turkeys - Happy Thanksgiving from Midcoast Maine.
by Lance
Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: WTP northern outpost?
Replies: 1
Views: 4081

WTP northern outpost?

Sorry we haven't met up with the Turkeys this year. Kath and I have been tied up with a house sale/purchase/move. We're picking up stakes and moving to Warren, Maine, just a few miles from Rockland, Camden, and most important...the St. George peninsula, Muscongus Bay, Penobscot Bay, etc. The kayakin...
by Lance
Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thursday Night Hingham Paddles
Replies: 236
Views: 8644543

Re: Thursday Night Hingham Paddles

cgr wrote:
Mark wrote:No that was CCR. (Credence Clearwater Revival)


But there is a CC Rider song.

Ma Rainey's orginal (with Louis Armstrong on coronet):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9duTAcatzIM

CGR
by Lance
Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cape Wind project, Salem Sound LNG platform
Replies: 1
Views: 3484

Re: Cape Wind project, Salem Sound LNG platform

Adam - your concern is a legitimate one. Based on what we've seen with the S&L's, Enron, WorldCom, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, escoteric instruments like derivatives in the financial markets, the California energy market, the gutting of Glass-Steagall, the growth of virtual monopolies in almost ...
by Lance
Tue May 18, 2010 5:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thursday Night Hingham Paddles
Replies: 236
Views: 8644543

Re: Thursday Night Hingham Paddles

Looks like Kath and I will be no-shows. I tried a new cooking technique several days ago...I deep fried four toes by spilling some near-smoking point safflower oil on a bare foot. Yum! A friend thinks I've found a brilliant way to shorten the process of making Peking duck. Lots of nicely plump blist...
by Lance
Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Paddle Wednesday Evening?
Replies: 11
Views: 10705

Re: Paddle Wednesday Evening?

Ok, my PT has cleared me for paddling so I'll be looking to get out very soon!


Great news, Jordan. Congrats!
by Lance
Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Paddle Wednesday Evening?
Replies: 11
Views: 10705

Re: Paddle Wednesday Evening?

Jordan - do you get out of work in time to paddle? I could swing by your house and load up your boat for you and we could get you out onto the water somewhere?


If Karen has an "s" list, I think I know who's at the top of it. :roll:
by Lance
Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Red Sox game
Replies: 2
Views: 4348

Re: Red Sox game

Never one to pass up an opportunity to practice a high brace.
by Lance
Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Like paddling in the Loo
Replies: 4
Views: 5967

Re: Like paddling in the Loo

Hi Ken, Quincy was in the news this week, explaining how they made a decision to bypass treatment in favor of not risking backing up sewage in residential areas due to the volume associated with all the rain. Just happy its not June when all this "stuff" was purged into the Harbor! ...and...
by Lance
Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: March 18th Thursday Night Gathering of the Flock
Replies: 33
Views: 22896

Re: March 18th Thursday Night Gathering of the Flock

Kath and I will be there.
by Lance
Mon Feb 01, 2010 5:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Portage to Portage Blog
Replies: 1
Views: 3685

Re: Portage to Portage Blog

I think an actual 5,000 mile portage would be more enjoyable than reading the news.
by Lance
Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First 2010 Thursday Night Gathering! January 28th
Replies: 31
Views: 23986

Re: First 2010 Thursday Night Gathering! January 28th

Jordan -

Good idea!

I checked the weather report and...well, gosh...look at that...almost the same weather we saw for Thursdays all last summer!

Kath and I are planning to attend. Are you driving yet? Do you need a lift?

Lance
by Lance
Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy New Year
Replies: 8
Views: 8048

Re: Happy New Year

Happy and prosperous New Year, all!

Has anyone seen any weather predictions for Thursdays this year?
by Lance
Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: question help
Replies: 24
Views: 22897

Re: question help

Doug - Thanks for the suggestion. On a longish trip to Scotland a decade or so ago, I selflessly committed to "testing" as many single malts as I could. It was a good effort (31 was the final count) but there were sooo many left out. Realistically I'd have to work them all into the "t...
by Lance
Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: question help
Replies: 24
Views: 22897

Re: question help

I am willing to make sacrifices in the interest of scientific enlightenment.
by Lance
Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: question help
Replies: 24
Views: 22897

Re: question help

Pat - Thanks. Wikipedia has a useful post on the subject. Not that anyone should care, but the analogy I'm finding useful is to think of the tide as a very slow moving wave. At the very least, longitudinal differences would therefore account for part of a "local" high tide differential. Bu...
by Lance
Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: question help
Replies: 24
Views: 22897

Re: question help

Can anyone point me to a web resource which would illuminate, in layman’s terms, the science behind tides and also the calculation of tide tables? I think it's fascinating that within an approximate 12 hour tide cycle two locations just a few miles apart can be out of sync by as much as three to thr...
by Lance
Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday Nelson!
Replies: 9
Views: 10536

Re: Happy Birthday Nelson!

Indeed I did.
by Lance
Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mattapoiset Harbor Info
Replies: 6
Views: 7361

Re: Mattapoiset Harbor Info

Hi Linda -

The town launch at the Harbor Master's shed is always accessible, and there generally is street parking available just across the street.

Have fun.
by Lance
Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday Nelson!
Replies: 9
Views: 10536

Re: Happy Birthday Nelson!

Nelson -

Happy Birthday.

Tonight's "V" will be in your honor.
by Lance
Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Keep me on list
Replies: 7
Views: 8905

Some encouragement, I hope. I've had three miniscus surgeries. I'd never pretend to have been an "athletic type" but in each of those three instances (one to repair three separate tears in the same knee) I required less than six weeks to return to reasonable activity. I hope you recover as quickly.
by Lance
Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Skill Session this Thursday Aug 6th - Hanson
Replies: 11
Views: 11321

Sorry for the very late check-in, but this evening isn't going to work for me.

At this rate of disuse, I should give serious consideration to turning the Tempest into a planter.
by Lance
Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Skill Session this Thursday Aug 6th - Hanson
Replies: 11
Views: 11321

Jordan -

I hope to be there.

Lance
by Lance
Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sunday 7-26 Skills Session @ Hanson Camp Kiwanee
Replies: 17
Views: 14576

Finn McCool wrote:Wow! you guys are getting desperate back there. :lol:


When you have a chance, please send over some of that Swedish weather, would you please?

Glub...glub...
by Lance
Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: NSRWA Maine Kayak Camping Fundraiser Led by Doug Lowry
Replies: 11
Views: 12385

Birdseye wrote:
As a supporter of European football, I take offense to that comment. I'll see you outside the ground after the match, mate.


I think you meant to put one of these after that :D


Nelson - I suppose you're right, if for no other reason to make it clear I'm not a Man U. fan! :D