I want to build a whitewater/Grand Canyon style dory for river running--a pretty big project. But I wonder if the big western rivers that I'd be floating (Green, Colorado, Yampa, Salmon, Snake) in my beautiful hand-built-wood/epoxy-custom-beauty-baby-boat will even be flowing and runnable in 5-10 years...In that time will I have a functional river runner or a piece of rotting yard art?
I knew when I started rowing 8 years ago that I was a bit late and missed the big water years, but geez...things could get interesting.
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wow...thanks for all the well thought out, insightful replies. its really great to be part of such a well informed and intellectual on-line community...keep the great ideas coming!
you really expected well thought answers on a website full of smartass boaters? Ok, I will try....if you enjoy the process of building your own boat and look forward to it then I say build it and enjoy the process. What you end up using it for is kind of ancillary to that, dont you think?
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I own a Dory but thought you were just a fishing. That and I was busy messing with neocons on BT. But you can run stuff much lower than you think. Well at least I can . Pumphouse goes at about 800, Ruby horse/theif about the same maybe lower, westwater 5ish, cat 10ish, Grand 10ish, Greenriver to the confluence 500 although I did hole it there. These are not high flows and I would guess using your Dory would be well down the list of your worries if things got to low to use said Dory. sj
And although i thought jh was no longer posting . He's right in my case I did enjoy working on mine more than using it. So much so that i sold it and have another in the garage that I hope to have done in the spring. sj
And although i thought jh was no longer posting . He's right in my case I did enjoy working on mine more than using it. So much so that i sold it and have another in the garage that I hope to have done in the spring. sj
. Pumphouse goes at about 800, Ruby horse/theif about the same maybe lower, westwater 5ish, cat 10ish, Grand 10ish, Greenriver to the confluence 500 although I did hole it there. These are not high flows and I would guess using your Dory would be well down the list of your worries if things got to low to use said Dory. sj
. He's right in my case I did enjoy working on mine more than using it. So much so that i sold it and have another in the garage that I hope to have done in the spring. sj
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