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Looking for a boat! Anyone selling?

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rowantheboat:

--- Quote from: Jer on January 31, 2010, 17:06:52 ---So good, it practically runs rivers by itself!

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Jer, I salute you. Brilliant!

Robyn:
yeh like i got blades and a helmet and other gear first rach and thats made a difference, id wait a while to try out the other boats and if people are super amazing they might even let u try out one of theirs so you can figure out what you're looking for before you spend super amounts of money (money that could be spent on alternate modes of transport for the time being *hint) maybe look into getting one over the summer or something instead?

Rachel:
Ok, a lot to reply to..

Leighton, I'm sure sure!! I practically get withdrawal symptoms when I haven't been out in a while! Plus I kinda know my plan for the next few years, I've a good job here, and a house, so while I will travel I'll spend most of my time in Dublin so will be able to keep up the paddling.

Kieran, thanks for all the advice. Ye, a river runner sounds like it'd suit better actually. I am thinking of going to the Alps, although im not sure it'll happen, so if I was buying a boat, I'd want one I could use there. But ye, if I can get one that'll be alright there and can do more fun stuff here I'd be delighted!

Finn, you're alright thanks, nice try  :P

I do plan on getting paddles and the rest anyway, cause, as I say, unless I get injured I'll definitely be keeping this up. Got vouchers for Christmas for Great Outdoors which I haven't even gotten around to spending yet so  ;D

Robyn, I will get a car, don't you fret!! And ye, I don't expect this to all happen overnight, It'll be a while before I buy anything, if I do, cause, ye, I'll be trying different boats out.

Thanks guys!

rog:

--- Quote from: rowantheboat on January 31, 2010, 20:01:06 ---
--- Quote from: Jer on January 31, 2010, 17:06:52 ---So good, it practically runs rivers by itself!

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Jer, I salute you. Brilliant!

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I second that

Nuala:
Don't make your first boat a creeker just to go to the Alps: the Alps will last maybe 2 weeks, you will be paddling the boat for a lot longer. I personally wouldn't say you need a creeker until you start heading for more serious whitewater or going for a level four or instructorships. You can run most of the rivers you will be doing for a while in a playboat, and you will enjoy club trips on rivers like the Liffey and Boyne far more if you can make the most of them in a playboat than just by floating down in a big creeker. My first boat was a playboat, I have paddled it on all the rivers the club does, even the Annamoe, and it can be taken out on the Boyne in low water in the summer and I can still have a fantastic day on the river.

I picked a playboat first because I like playboating, others may not but even a riverrunner with nice rails would make a river like the Liffey far more enjoyable and give you more scope for trying things, or having the odd surf on the way down: plan your boat around all the paddling you will be doing not just the Alps, you will be paddling in Ireland a lot more often than France.

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