Hey all,
This a blatant copy of my post over on SOTP, so if you've read it there sorry..
During the early hours of this morning Stu of Apache Canoes was making his was up to Loch Eck with a brand spanking new Apache for me. We met up at around 8, and quickly had the canoe waiting by the waters edge. A wee chat and a cuppa later it was time for a quick splash.
The canoe I've been using until now was a friends. His has a large flat bottomed base, and is very different to the Apaches handling. The Apache felt a lot more 'tippy' on first getting in, but this didn't bother me as Stu had already told me what to expect as I got in and how it should feel after a while, and of course he wasn't wrong. The initial wobble is just that, a little bit of wibbly wobblyness that vanishes as you paddle off. Now it has to be mentioned that I am not expert, for from it. I was playing and getting a feel for the way the boat handles, heeling over and whatnot. While I'll say I have a lot of playing to do, I felt very secure in the Apache, even in the minor winds and small waves that popped up later on in the morning.
Needless to say I had a lot of fun out on the water today, and I don't want to bore you all silly by telling you all how to suck eggs. They say a picture tells the story of a 1000 words or something like that.. so this must mean 24K story?
Me just into the boat, playing with the tippyness. Love the mist rising from the water
Stu showing me what it can do.
Some pics from out on the water.
Some of a nice beach, sometimes camp.
Thanks for looking...
So whos coming out for a paddle sometime.. ?
This a blatant copy of my post over on SOTP, so if you've read it there sorry..
During the early hours of this morning Stu of Apache Canoes was making his was up to Loch Eck with a brand spanking new Apache for me. We met up at around 8, and quickly had the canoe waiting by the waters edge. A wee chat and a cuppa later it was time for a quick splash.
The canoe I've been using until now was a friends. His has a large flat bottomed base, and is very different to the Apaches handling. The Apache felt a lot more 'tippy' on first getting in, but this didn't bother me as Stu had already told me what to expect as I got in and how it should feel after a while, and of course he wasn't wrong. The initial wobble is just that, a little bit of wibbly wobblyness that vanishes as you paddle off. Now it has to be mentioned that I am not expert, for from it. I was playing and getting a feel for the way the boat handles, heeling over and whatnot. While I'll say I have a lot of playing to do, I felt very secure in the Apache, even in the minor winds and small waves that popped up later on in the morning.
Needless to say I had a lot of fun out on the water today, and I don't want to bore you all silly by telling you all how to suck eggs. They say a picture tells the story of a 1000 words or something like that.. so this must mean 24K story?
Me just into the boat, playing with the tippyness. Love the mist rising from the water
Stu showing me what it can do.
Some pics from out on the water.
Some of a nice beach, sometimes camp.
Thanks for looking...
So whos coming out for a paddle sometime.. ?