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Waterloo
- Wellington
C a n o e C l u b 256 King Street North, P.O. Box 38003, Waterloo, ON N2J 4T9 Website: http://www.waterloowellingtoncanoeclub.ca |
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Waterloo
- Wellington
C a n o e C l u b 256 King Street North, P.O. Box 38003, Waterloo, ON N2J 4T9 Website: http://www.waterloowellingtoncanoeclub.ca |
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Outfitting Comedy Airbags 101 (Originally published in Canoe Site News |
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| Slide1 "No Problem. eh?" Low water, Rollway Rapids, Petawawa River | Slide 2
Hey guys. we'll be out of here in no time. Who needs airbags, anyway? Not me, I won't dump.... Good thing we don't need any help! Hey, where'd the boat go? |
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3 Hey guys, stand on the stern to break
the air lock at the bow! Just haul the canoe out, dump the water and climb back in! It's easy. Whoa, it's wrapping around a rock. We can't get it out now! Oh, just pull it out with this rope. |
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4 Three hours later. Hey, we left it there. That canoe weighed hundreds of pounds with the force of the current on it. So, how did we get it back? Remember those eight big fellows swimming the Natch? Sport for them....Six hours later; 1,600 metres downstream: $600 to the outfitter: Could have bought my own canoe by now! Whada joke. Haha. | |
| Outfitting Supply List: Airbags, Bow/stern ropes, Knee Pads, Thigh straps Outfitting Installation For river rescue info, read Les Bechdel & Slim Ray,River Rescue, Appalachian Mountain Club Books,1989 Home |