My "New" Toy (Canoe)
My "New" Toy (Canoe)
Just picked up this "clunker" yesterday: Not nearly as pretty looking as this one: http://forums.genvibe.com/zero...1.jpg, but it will do the trick. It's a Mad River Canoe Flashback, ~13' long, and made of Royalex ABS. Not meant for fishing but will be great for exploring the river near our house. It's really light and I plan on hanging it from the garage ceiling using a bike lift/pulley system. Where, in all reality, it will probably hang for 364 days out of 365.
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star_deceiver
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Re: My "New" Toy (epcIII)
Sweet!!! Now you just need some green tiedowns!!!
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midnighthunder89
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Where, in all reality, it will probably hang for 364 days out of 365. Ha ha this is usually a true fact I had an older windsurfer that did that used it once a year for 5 years then i sold it now I have a kayak and use it probably 20 times a summer. looks like some fun. take it out and enjoy the weather.
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Re: My "New" Toy (epcIII)
I have a canoe that never gets used since I bought my kayak. I never tried to carry it on the Vibe, though.
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Re: My "New" Toy (epcIII)
Nice! You must be the ENVY of the neighborhood.
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Re: My "New" Toy (epcIII)
Finally got it hanging from the ceiling:
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Re: My "New" Toy (epcIII)
That's a lot of room you have up there... room for many more toys!!!
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Re: My "New" Toy (epcIII)
Took it out on it's maiden (for me at least) voyage today down the Harpeth River near Nashville. Lost the paddle once when I got out to explore and couldn't find it for awhile and still had an hour of paddling left. Finally found it downstream. Brought along some balast: River was pretty low and had to get out quite a bit but still fun.So the pros and cons of my canoe:Pros: Light, fun, turns on a dime, it's mineCons: Tips easy, doesn't track well (of course I knew it wouldn't since it has no keel), only room for one person (and dog)
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Re: My "New" Toy (epcIII)
Quote, originally posted by epcIII »Tips easyBut that's half the fun!!! It also aids in manuverability!
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