"sandy" <fossilnut@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I want to buy either a canoe or a kayak and I'm hoping you can help me
> make a decision. My needs are:
>
> 1. It must be able to accommodate me and my (65 lb.) dog Princess.
> (Hubby recently passed away and Princess and I want to go travelling/
> fi****ng/messing around.)
>
> 2. It must be fairly light and ****table. I'm 63 and have noticed
> that canoes that we had a few years ago kept getting heavier & heavier
> as the years went by!!! I'd really LIKE to be able to carry it
> somehow on my slide-in camper but can't quite picture how that would
> work (the roof has AC & 2 solar panels, etc. Not sure how well an
> inflatable would work with Princess. Haven't looked much at folding
> canoes but the ones I've seen on the web didn't look that impressive.
> I might tow a car that I could put the boat on or get a small boat
> trailer.
>
> 3. It would be nice to be able to put a small outboard on it (for
> those times when I'm too exhausted/lazy or just want to troll)
>
> I want to use it mostly for fi****ng/exploring on lakes but I'd also
> take it down to Baja (Bahia de Conception).
>
> Right now I've got a Windrider 17 sailboat that I LOVE but it's pretty
> impossible for me to rig by myself and I'd like to be able to easily
> launch a boat by myself.
>
> Really appreciate your suggestions. Thanks!
>
> Sandy
I'd guess that for a dog that size, a canoe is going to work
better...certainly there are two man kayaks big enough, but the
weight/length factor could get to be a major issue.
I can get two 11 or 12 foot kayaks into my motor home, and that's with the
door on the side (it's an interesting manuvuer, but doable for my 5'1", 52
year old, beat up from 26 years of shoeing horses, body...). Of course
when
I get where I'm going I have to take it/them out, but that's not a biggy.
Could you get a boat into your camper?
My late husband's camper had a rear door, like almost all slide ins, and
two
fair sized boats would have fit neatly into it. It was kind of an old
beater, even after I fixed it up some, so the odd sand on the floor or
ding
on a cabinet door wasn't an issue.
Cricket
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