06-24-2007, 08:28 PM
Pat,
With the extra length of the H3 could you comfortably prop your feet up out of the way on top of the pontoons while negotiating your way through rocky riffles?
Up here in Ontario, they hardly know what a float tube or a pontoon boat is and the only regs they have are on required safety equipment and operators licences for motorized craft. As long as I don't put a motor on it and carry my safety equipment i should be fine with legality.
Of course with my new kayak I can float rivers handily, even by myself, as I can paddle upstream a few kilometres and fish my way back down. The fact that the H3 can be used in rivers still intrigues me and if you'll recall I posted some concerns after seeing video of Mr. Scadden flying down a river backwards while casting with a flyrod. I certainly would never use an H3 like that. Facing forward is the only way to go downstream even in our less than roaring Southern Ontario rivers.
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With the extra length of the H3 could you comfortably prop your feet up out of the way on top of the pontoons while negotiating your way through rocky riffles?
Up here in Ontario, they hardly know what a float tube or a pontoon boat is and the only regs they have are on required safety equipment and operators licences for motorized craft. As long as I don't put a motor on it and carry my safety equipment i should be fine with legality.
Of course with my new kayak I can float rivers handily, even by myself, as I can paddle upstream a few kilometres and fish my way back down. The fact that the H3 can be used in rivers still intrigues me and if you'll recall I posted some concerns after seeing video of Mr. Scadden flying down a river backwards while casting with a flyrod. I certainly would never use an H3 like that. Facing forward is the only way to go downstream even in our less than roaring Southern Ontario rivers.
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