I'll be leaving So. Calif. towards the end of May and should arrive
in Alaska sometime around the end of June. After spending about
a month exploring the 49th US state, I'll head back home through
B.C., Washington, Oregon and No. Calif. Are there any waters in
Alaska that warm up enough during the month of July for SOT kayaking?
I hate to think my boat will spend the first two months of my trip
high and dry. Since I'm generally a warm weather kayaker, I don't
have either wet suit or dry suit. My main kayaking interests are
quiet water shoreline exploration, fishing and photography. TIA
for any input offered.

Sonof Ravenson wrote:
... Are there any waters in
Alaska that warm up enough during the month of July for SOT kayaking?

Apparently, nobody subscribed to the r.b.p. newsgroup has a clue.
Guess I'll have to dip my toes into the water when I get there and
find out for myself. Oh well, so be it...

On 15-May-2006, Sonof Ravenson wrote:

Apparently, nobody subscribed to the r.b.p. newsgroup has a clue.
Guess I'll have to dip my toes into the water when I get there and
find out for myself. Oh well, so be it...

Or maybe we were waiting for someone else to give you the bad news. Newcomers
tend to get cranky when we tell them what they don't want to hear.

You can use a SOT in Alaska. With a drysuit and appropriate insulation.

Mike

Michael Daly wrote:
On 15-May-2006, Sonof Ravenson wrote:


Apparently, nobody subscribed to the r.b.p. newsgroup has a clue.
Guess I'll have to dip my toes into the water when I get there and
find out for myself. Oh well, so be it...


Or maybe we were waiting for someone else to give you the bad news. Newcomers
tend to get cranky when we tell them what they don't want to hear.

You can use a SOT in Alaska. With a drysuit and appropriate insulation.

Mike

Thanks...not really what I wanted to read but certainly the sort
of input I was seeking. Guess I'll have to leave the kayaks on
top of my truck until I get further south on my return trip home.

Missed your post earlier.

You CAN use an SOT in Alaska. Invest in a $120 wetsuit and paddle anything!
(Hell, it won't be more than the cost of one tank of gas) Or stick to the
non-glacier-fed rivers and skip the wetsuit, just use pile; the water isn't
any colder than the ocean off a Maine beach.
Go he www.fairbankspaddlers.org
or he www.kck.org
to hook up with local paddlers who will steer you to some great kayaking.
Brad




"Sonof Ravenson" wrote in message
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I'll be leaving So. Calif. towards the end of May and should arrive
in Alaska sometime around the end of June. After spending about
a month exploring the 49th US state, I'll head back home through
B.C., Washington, Oregon and No. Calif. Are there any waters in
Alaska that warm up enough during the month of July for SOT kayaking?
I hate to think my boat will spend the first two months of my trip
high and dry. Since I'm generally a warm weather kayaker, I don't
have either wet suit or dry suit. My main kayaking interests are
quiet water shoreline exploration, fishing and photography. TIA
for any input offered.