Recent content by cougarmeat

Thank you Mick. The "stick" isn't so much to allow moving the seat as it is to keep it in place once I decide where I want it - without a permanent commitment to its location. Once I got it to work on my Mariner Express - it's been just fine. The seat stays put but I can play with the setting if...

Worse than the rain - which isn't really "worse" just different (the plants like it) - the new normal is bad summer air quality. It's difficult to deal with spotty weeks of blue sky and temps in the low 80's when the air quality during those weeks is in the UnHealthy to Hazardous categories...

As I imagine it - rain while on the water doesn't matter. You are prepared to get wet anyway. The only issue I can "see" is the lack of visibility because we don't have windshield wipers on our sun (rain) glasses. But assuming you can still see where you are going, for me, rain while on the...

On an earlier boat, I learned my lesson - sort of; some things I have to "learn" more than once. I wanted to stabilize the moveable foam seat in my kayak by putting a Velcro® patch on the bottom of the seat and the hull. But I had too much "stick" area on the patch so the two pieces of Velcro®...

> We are also more handsome and cooler than they are, and this makes them jealous. :) (Clap emoji won't stick). >"... and ended up executing a ̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶v̶o̶l̶u̶n̶t̶a̶r̶y̶, complete, 360-degree rotation." You MEANT to do that!

Now that's a tale! I've never had gear failure like that. Something to keep in mind. Redundancy is a good thing.

What a clean-looking boat. Are you sure you've taken it out? :)

John: But were you checking the Stephenson catalog for gear or the biology lesson? :) kayakwriter: > And like you, I decided there had to be better options... This is definitely not "storm mode". It's more of an early Proof-of-Concept. Also on this trip, I decided to try out the "you can...

How does that saying go? "There are no bad days; just bad clothing choices." Just remember that some of those praising accounts could have been written by Chamber of Commerce folk. There used to be a phrase they used for Bend - 300 days of sunshine a year. You don't hear that so much anymore...

John, yes - absolutely. Any you are correct - I did overreact to that "top hat", probably as a result of those Colman's blowing all over the park. :oops: In fairness, it wasn't a "gentle breeze" I believe the wind gusts were in excess of 30 mph. I would have used a hammock because the online...

Looking closer at that design, they remind me a little of Coleman (A.K.A. Tumbleweed) tents I saw at Zion. The fly doesn't come all the way down - it mostly covers the mesh components at the top and sides. So when the wind blows, it easily gets under that fly and if the tent isn't staked...

Alex, thank you for that write-up. Those sites at the Head seem much better than the more "popular" Pelican Beach. Note to those who haven't done it, "... With just a little planning, the currents are never anything other than perfectly favorable. ..." That "little planning" includes being...

Friday Harbor is a shorter distance to Stuart but if you "walk-on" with your boat to Orcas, you could paddle from there to Blind Island, camp, and from there to Jones Island. From there it's a long day to Stuart but if you are feeling lucky, you could shorten the trip by staying a night at Posey...

Let us know your itinerary once established. Some islands are more “fun” than others, depending on how social you want to be. Also, that late in the season, don’t rely 100% on there being water from the spigots.

At this time of year, you never know when the sky faucet will be turned on. Bring a good tarp.