Comments on: W Fishing Kayak Towing a Motorboat – Massachusetts http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/07/03/w-fishing-kayak-towing-a-motorboat-massachusetts/ The World's Best Fishing Kayaks Tue, 22 May 2012 13:41:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/07/03/w-fishing-kayak-towing-a-motorboat-massachusetts/#comment-718 admin Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:40:07 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=135#comment-718 It wasn't easy, and it seemed like our 'caravan' was hardly moving at all. Yoav It wasn’t easy, and it seemed like our ‘caravan’ was hardly moving at all.
Yoav

]]> By: Fish Wiz http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/07/03/w-fishing-kayak-towing-a-motorboat-massachusetts/#comment-717 Fish Wiz Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:35:47 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=135#comment-717 Nice catch! :D I imagine it was pretty hard to paddle, was it? Nice catch! :D
I imagine it was pretty hard to paddle, was it?

]]> By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/07/03/w-fishing-kayak-towing-a-motorboat-massachusetts/#comment-716 admin Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:13:58 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=135#comment-716 The Charles river reservation is indeed a nice place to paddle. In Waltham you can see many early 19th century brick buildings from the beginning of the industrial revolution, which I find interesting. <img src="http://www.wavewalk.com/Fishing_kayak_towing_motorboat_in_Waltham_01.jpg" alt="A fishing kayak towing a motorboat in Waltham" /> <img src="http://www.wavewalk.com/Fishing_kayak_towing_motorboat_in_Waltham_02.jpg" alt="A fishing kayak towing a motorboat in Waltham" /> The Charles river reservation is indeed a nice place to paddle.
In Waltham you can see many early 19th century brick buildings from the beginning of the industrial revolution, which I find interesting.
A fishing kayak towing a motorboat in Waltham

A fishing kayak towing a motorboat in Waltham

]]> By: Tom B http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/07/03/w-fishing-kayak-towing-a-motorboat-massachusetts/#comment-714 Tom B Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:33:38 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=135#comment-714 That is GREAT! I had a kayaker tell me once that he towed a stricken power boat down here in Florida. I didn't believe him but I smiled politely. Now I have picture proof that it can be done. Well done, Yoav! Generally power boaters are courteous towards paddlers here--but not always. Tearing up the backsides of manatees and dumping petrol into the water. So, I don't know, I derive some sort of perverse satisfaction from this picture! But seriously, your efforts got the stranded boaters off the water and that was admirable. If the weather got too bad you folks all could've (from the picture) gone to the shore and hidden in some foliage (away from the tallest trees). No? You just can't predict the weather. I have taken to carrying a tarp with us whenever we go out and also a small anchor (like a drogue). I am thinking a plan over to anchor when I get "caught out in the middle," weigh anchor, and cover us up in the tarp. Should work. St. Charles looks like a pretty place to paddle, by the way. Tom That is GREAT! I had a kayaker tell me once that he towed a stricken power boat down here in Florida. I didn’t believe him but I smiled politely. Now I have picture proof that it can be done. Well done, Yoav! Generally power boaters are courteous towards paddlers here–but not always. Tearing up the backsides of manatees and dumping petrol into the water. So, I don’t know, I derive some sort of perverse satisfaction from this picture! But seriously, your efforts got the stranded boaters off the water and that was admirable. If the weather got too bad you folks all could’ve (from the picture) gone to the shore and hidden in some foliage (away from the tallest trees). No?

You just can’t predict the weather. I have taken to carrying a tarp with us whenever we go out and also a small anchor (like a drogue). I am thinking a plan over to anchor when I get “caught out in the middle,” weigh anchor, and cover us up in the tarp. Should work.

St. Charles looks like a pretty place to paddle, by the way.

Tom

]]> By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/07/03/w-fishing-kayak-towing-a-motorboat-massachusetts/#comment-713 admin Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:49:42 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=135#comment-713 I agree, but in this case there was a powerful thunderstorm that ended about one hour before we went to the river, and the weather was fabulous - blue sky, sunshine and no wind. We would have easily made it back to the car before it started raining had we not stayed longer for the towing job. I agree, but in this case there was a powerful thunderstorm that ended about one hour before we went to the river, and the weather was fabulous – blue sky, sunshine and no wind.
We would have easily made it back to the car before it started raining had we not stayed longer for the towing job.

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