My First Watercraft
Apr 26th, 2008 by Lynne
Sounds like something Fisher Price would sell, doesn’t it? :-) As a matter of fact, if a Hello Kitty canoe had been available, I would’ve been ALL over that, and I bet a Fisher Price one would’ve been almost as cute.
When I was at the mall earlier today buying some jeans for John, I happened to pass by a new sporting goods store that had tents and canoes for sale. I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to browse, of course. We’ve been planning to buy a teeny little boat of some kind ever since we moved into this lakeside house, but everything we’ve looked at has been too heavy or too likely to dump us into the water.
Well, the 10′ NuCanoe I bought today looks to be just about perfect. It’s flat and wide like a kayak but open inside like a canoe. According to everything I’ve read about them, they’re tough to tip over and nearly impossible to sink. Better yet, this model only weighs 62 pounds, so John and I can easily haul it out of the water and secure it to the back fence with a cable.
They’re delivering the canoe this afternoon, so we’re going to take a very short boat ride today if the weather holds out. We’ll probably take the older camera phone with us so we can photograph the Isle of Goose Poop from close up. There’s no way we’re taking the Sony with us. Expensive camera plus two clueless n00bs on their first boat ride? Disaster waiting to happen.
Stand by for our “Name That Boat!” contest. :-)
Congratulations! I vote for the names “Con Tiki” and “Minnow”
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Hi, Kerry! I’m particularly partial to the Minnow. :-)
My sense of humor is requiring me to suggest “Leviathan.”
My inner Python fan is thinking it should be the “Watery Tart.”
Too funny, James! We were thinking a big, overly ambitious name might do the trick…something so big that the letters wouldn’t all fit on one side.
My sister wants us to try Pemberley. John, the Hornblower fan, thought of Indefatigable.
A big, overly ambitious name might do the trick?
I propose… the Brobdignagian.
LOL, James! :-)
SS Terror of the Deep (for when it sinks)
It’s unSINKable, according to their promo materials, Jody! :-) But so was the Titanic…