http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/ NE Wisconsin Sea Kayakers Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:46:22 GMT Joe Carey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2725 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2725 The assisted could be used in calm water.  What I like about the "hand of god" is you are on the other side of the swimmer.  I am worried in waves you might Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:30:06 GMT John Wallace http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2724 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2724 Why would this be better than simply doing an assisted eskimo roll? Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:18:50 GMT Joe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2723 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2723 Submitted for your approval. I call it a wet float rescue. The swimmer stays in their boat doing a dead mans float with the paddle. A very smooth Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:32:18 GMT John Wallace http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2722 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2722 I did a solo paddle late morning today from Paddlers' Park down the East Twin (and up the West Twin to check on the Osprey chicks). Boy, paddle along the west Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:54:18 GMT Terry Leaman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2721 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2721 Further anxiety would have been felt if you all were out with me yesterday on Lake Winnebago. Talk about fetch! I limited my solo paddling to 1 1/2 hours and Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:42:33 GMT John Wallace http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2720 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2720 In my thinner years I did a lot of bicycle touring. I developed my own thumb-rules to determine wind speed: not precise and not scientific, but surprisingly Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:29:49 GMT Nancy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2719 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2719 This morning (Sunday, 6/28/09) Sheboygan County Airport registered the following winds, all out of the West: 8 a.m. winds 17, gusts 22 (MPH) 9 a.m. winds 20, Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:47:07 GMT John Wallace http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2718 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2718 That's the sound of the wind across Elkhart Lake today!! Mary wanted to go for a nice Sunday morning paddle and I thought we could catch up to the Elkhart Lake Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:36:52 GMT John Wallace http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2717 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2717 About 11 "regular" kayakers (term used in the same context as Chuck's prior email - not an assessment) launched from the Y parking area Friday night. There Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:34:41 GMT Jeff Mazanec http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2716 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2716 Bill - we chatted a bit on the crossing - should have mentioned that our 19 kayak group was easily outdistanced by a 13 person Voyager Canoe aided by Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:59:37 GMT Dick Silberman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2715 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2715 John Browning, here in Milwaukee, has worked for yrs. on this and has never been able to nail down sites. That is, it requires landings on private properties Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:55:44 GMT John Wallace http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2714 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2714 I think some of the more activist paddlers are in the Milwaukee and Chicago group - you should post your request on their boards. Many of them check in here Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:53:44 GMT billjabss http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2713 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2713 My wife Sandy and I participated in some of the events associated w/ last weekend's "Kayak and Canoe Event", held on Washington Is. One of the paddlers seemed Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:11:31 GMT devil_by_the_deed@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2712 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2712 Hmmm... Might be a bit young for Spoon & I to watch... Sent from HMS Privateer by a walrus using semiphore. ... From: "shipwreckadventuresllc" Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:44:04 GMT shipwreckadventuresllc http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2711 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/message/2711 My boys turn one next week. Can hardly believe it has already been a year.