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fatlazyless · 07-26-2012, 09:59 AM

I have a brite red, 17' aluminum canoe; a 1980 Sea Nympth, that got all beat to high holy crap this past Saturday morning on the rocks out front of my place down at the water's edge. It was all set up for rowing with a sliding seat and outrigger oar locks and used to row reallllll niccccccce but the aluminum canoe will probably be going to the Meredith transfer station unless I can do a half-ways, decent job of smacking out the multiple mega-major dents with a big rubber hammer........ho-ho-ho.......el-smacko!

Sure learned my lesson the hard way when the anchor didn't hold probably because there was not enough line or something and the two foot, Saturday morning, wake waves were able to push it into the rocks for maybe a 30-minute beating before I saw what was happening.........holy-moly!

The only upside is that a decent used 17' aluminum canoe can now be found on craigslist for just two to three hundred dollars. A 17' aluminum canoe set up with a slide seat row-rig and outrigger oar locks makes for a very very efficient and fun rowing machine capable to hold three people all comfy on the three seats plus a doggie and can probably handle anything that Winnipesaukee can dish out plus it requires no yearly $42 registration fee!

Will try to post a photo here of my smashed up, brite red, aluminum canoe..........sob.....sob.....sob......boo-hoo!!!

Next time, will be using a longer anchor line...........anchors a-way!

07-26-2012, 09:59 AM	#26
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,753 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,010 Times in 736 Posts	.......el smasho basho! I have a brite red, 17' aluminum canoe; a 1980 Sea Nympth, that got all beat to high holy crap this past Saturday morning on the rocks out front of my place down at the water's edge. It was all set up for rowing with a sliding seat and outrigger oar locks and used to row reallllll niccccccce but the aluminum canoe will probably be going to the Meredith transfer station unless I can do a half-ways, decent job of smacking out the multiple mega-major dents with a big rubber hammer........ho-ho-ho.......el-smacko! Sure learned my lesson the hard way when the anchor didn't hold probably because there was not enough line or something and the two foot, Saturday morning, wake waves were able to push it into the rocks for maybe a 30-minute beating before I saw what was happening.........holy-moly! The only upside is that a decent used 17' aluminum canoe can now be found on craigslist for just two to three hundred dollars. A 17' aluminum canoe set up with a slide seat row-rig and outrigger oar locks makes for a very very efficient and fun rowing machine capable to hold three people all comfy on the three seats plus a doggie and can probably handle anything that Winnipesaukee can dish out plus it requires no yearly $42 registration fee! Will try to post a photo here of my smashed up, brite red, aluminum canoe..........sob.....sob.....sob......boo-hoo!!! Next time, will be using a longer anchor line...........anchors a-way! __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!