Comments on: Accidental https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/accidental/ Wed, 07 Aug 2024 19:11:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Herb Ellis https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/accidental/#comment-96202 Wed, 15 Nov 2023 20:35:30 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=145708#comment-96202 I love free stuff too. The pleasure derived from paddling someone’s gifted vessel can not be surpassed. I was given a 1970s-era Grumman 17(not a wooden piece of art like the Piccolo but still a watertight paddling vessel) and after replacing the center thwart with a padded folding seat, I can paddle it with an extra long double bladed paddle and don’t have the oil-drum sound as the bow hits a wave.

]]> By: John Leyde https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/accidental/#comment-95730 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 21:52:00 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=145708#comment-95730 Great find and free!!
Most “free” boats require unanticipated attention.

]]> By: patrick filardi https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/accidental/#comment-95716 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:23:52 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=145708#comment-95716 As a life long paddler and in my upper 70s, I have discovered these lightweight Adirondack-style canoes and the places they can take you . I paddle along the south Jersey coast where we have extensive marshes and there is lot of wildlife to see in these tidal creeks. Still learning that the easier the boat is to use, the more use it will see.

]]> By: Chris C https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/accidental/#comment-95633 Sat, 04 Nov 2023 15:31:35 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=145708#comment-95633 Some boating days are like that! (Yeah, they are)

But it’s always good to be on the water!

]]> By: George Ayton https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/accidental/#comment-95632 Sat, 04 Nov 2023 14:26:21 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=145708#comment-95632 Great root beer story! A real coffee spurter..!

]]> By: Addison LePlatte https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/accidental/#comment-95524 Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:04:50 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=145708#comment-95524 A Lovely day on the water…

]]> By: Curtis Fitzgerald https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/accidental/#comment-95491 Thu, 02 Nov 2023 01:50:30 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=145708#comment-95491 Your writing is always a pleasure to read. I can relate to the various mishaps in this story. Sometimes my day starts like this and I think about putting my sailboat back on the trailer and going home. Fortunately things usually get better as the day progresses.

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