XXVI, No. 6 PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN WHITEWATER AFFILIATION NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1981 Vol. XXVI, NO. 6 ARTICLES Election Results .............................. 3 Tangleproof Rescue Rope .... Morely Hewens 11 The Ocean Kayaking ................Werner Furrer 14 American The Inside Touch.. .............. Barb McKee 17 Whitewater Kennebeckoning . Andy Kipnis & Mark Lough 19 Affiliation Harold H. Leich .................Bart Jackson 22 Executive Director DEPARTMENTS PHILLIP VOGEL Editor's Soapbox ..............................3 P.O. Box 1483 Hagerstown. MD 21740 Letters from Readers ..........................4 The Fluvial News: ............................6 Board of Directors: AWA Book Reviews.. .8 President ......................... PETER N. SKINNER AWA Affiliates.. ............................. 25 N.Y.S. Law Dept. The Capitol Albany, NY 12224 1977-1980 Mary Kaye Hession AWA STAFF 3304 Iowa. Apt. 5 Anchorage, AK 99503 Editor: Ban Jackson. 7 Holland Lane, Cranbury, NJ 08512 Racing Editor: Barb McKee. 5 Marlborough Rd.. Rochester, NY 14619 Murrav M. Johnson Regional Editors: 14257 Farethome Ct. Alaska: Jack Allen. 5413 Emrnanuel Ave.. Anchorage, Alaska Oregon City. OR 97045 Northwest: Joe Bauer. Box 394. Inverness. CA 94937 Mr. Bill Masters California: Rich Bangs. Box 761, Angels Camp. CA 95222 Box 64 Rocky Mountains: Ed Sibert. Box 20055. Denver. CO 80220 Liberty, SC 29657 Idaho: Rob Lesser Midwest: Fred Young Middle Atlantic: Ernie Kincaid. Nettie, West Virginia 26681 1979.1983 Northeast: Dave Barnhart, 11 1 N. Bdwy., Irvintoniln.Hudson, NY 10533 Rob Lesser Membership Director: Phil Vogel, Box 1483, Hagerstown, MD 21740 1812 N. 21 St. Affiliate Coordinator: Rob Forker, Box 1776. Zanesville, OH 43701 Boise, ID 83702 Conservation Chairman: Robert Lantz. Rt. 1. Box 195G. Sunbright. Tenn. 37872 River Enhanwment Chairman: Tom Daniel, 75 Everett St., Cloaer. NJ 07624 O.K. Goodwin Safetv Chairman: O.K. Goodwin LspJ Counsel: Art Block Box 78 Advems~ngChairman' Pete Sklnner. RD 01. West Sand Lake. NY 12196 Big Bar, Calif. 96010 Prtntmg Consultant. Jlm Muhlhahn. c/o Barnes Press. 233 Sprang St . NYC. NY 1001 3 Art Block c/o Rebell & Krieger 230 Park Avenue New York, NY 10017 Fred Young AWA INFORMATION Box 246 How to Submit Artides: Deadlines for all material, including advertising, are the 25th of Roscoe, Illinois 61073 Dec.. Feb., Apr.. June, Aug., and Oct., for Nos. 1. 2, 3.4.5 and 6 respectively. George Lanen Publication is planned at 6 times yearly. Single copies $1.50 each. Surplus b8ck copies are Box 1584, available at mdund prices. Write to me Membrship Chairman. San Bruno, CA 94066 American Whitewater is mailed to all members of the Ameriun Whitewater Affiliation, an affiliation of boating clubs and individuals interested in whitewater paddle sport. Membership Trearurer is open to interested individuals at $10.00 per year and to clubs at $12.00 per year. Businesses Miss Ricky Richardson may affiliate at the rate of $20.00 each year. Clubs and business affiliate names will be listed 1035 Concord x3 periodically in the Journal. Hagerstown, MD 21740 The Staff and Directors listed above are unpaid Whitewater enthusiasts who volunteer their time and efforts to bring affiliatelmember subscribers this journal. Your contribution of Information and articles. letters.race results and schedules. Dhotos and drawinas are essential for their continued Correwonding Secretary efforts and th; t~melvpdolcatlon of the hmeriun Whitewafar Journal. Mindy Goodman 0 1981 Amrican Whitawater Affili8tlon. All rights mtswsd. RD x1 Old Best Road West Sand Lake, N.Y. 12196 (5181 674-5519 AWA Journal Editor-inchief COVER: Smile and you get a face full of water. B.n Jackson Phantom paddler emerges frorh a roll near the 7 Holland Lane Cranbury, N.J. 08512 Gallatin's House Rock in Idaho. (Rob Lesser photo) Editor's Soa~box COMPETITORS'COLUMN open canoe slalom as well. How- +W ever, my wish is not to dominate 2 Racing Editor - The title appears AWA's racing interests with my own. w beside my name on page two. And I welcome suggestions for topics with this appointment comes the which people would like to read 5 * space and privilege to do anything I about and especially names of ex- want. (How often does thechance to perts I might consult on various build your own soapbox present topics. I am eager to get contribu- . itself?) Yet with all this boggling tions (guest columns as it were) and freedom comes the question: What rebuttals or comments on the vari- should I fill this spacewith? It seems ous subjects as they appear. Let's fairly clear that whitewater racing in make this column exciting and the U.S. can no longer be covered as worthwhile! in the past. The Journal cannot, nor indeed should it, publish acomplete race schedule or list of race results as attempted 10 years ago. The U.S.C.A. publishes a full schedule of open canoe downriver (marathon) ELECTION RESULTS races. Decked boat races and re- A WA Welcomes Nett, Board Members sults are amply covered by the ACA We were a little disappointed at the voter National Slalom and Wildwater turnout for the American Whitewater Board Committee's Newsletter. AWA will of Directors Election-only 122 members took the minimal energy to cast a ballot for try to keep a general national race the directorship of their own affiliation. How- calendar, but it simply cannot be all- ever, we were more than pleased with the inclusive. results. Three new members joined the crew: So rather than serving as a report- Marge Cline. Ken Horowitz, and Ron Waters; and old hard-working Board President Peter er, I want to act as an observer and Skinner was re-elected to his post. interpreter. I envision a regular The voting breakdown went as follows: column touching on a variety of candidate votes topics specifically aimed at the Peter Skinner 94 racing community, but also of in- N.Y.S. Law Dept., The Capitol, terest to the general paddling world Albany, N.Y. 12224 as well. Announcing important up- Marge Cline 86 coming events and reporting on 1343 Nort Portage, Palatine, IL 60067 Ken Horowitz 70 Championships would certainly be C/OPerception, Inc., in order. Perhaps a special promo- Box 686. Liberty, SC 29657 tional report of some new or unusual Ron Watters 59 event would add an interesting vari- Idaho State University ation. Conversely, it may also be of Box 81 18. Pocatello, ID 83209 interest to deal with the history of Richard Bangs 52 racing from time to time. Ultimately, Bob Vanderlin 44 the column should be for you, the Murray Johnson 33 readers. It should meet your needs Tom Minchin 9 and serve your interests. Eric Evans 1 Rules and proposed changes, The first four of the above candidates will personal profiles and interviews, the serve for four years from 1982 through 1985. They will be working with current Directors latest equipment, design innova- Rob Lesser, O.K. Goodwin, Art Block, Fred tions, racing technique, reports and Young, and George Larsen. There is a grcat announcements on events of na- deal to be done if AWA is to expand its leader- 3 tional importance are several ideas ship and service in the boating community. We appreciate the volunteer effort of all our that immediately come to mind. My directors and staff, and ask all AWA members own preference is decked boat to help us give you the type of organization canoe slalom. Occasionally I race and journal you want. Vol. XXVl No. 6 3 -i mrn A WA wants to hear your comments, apply to the Forest Service for complaints, and news. Why not projects involving NPS land, write the AWA Editor today at 7 - Holders of a license prior to Holland Lane, Cranbury, N. J. 08512. 10/21/76 don't need the NFS If any or all of your letter is not for permit publication, please specify. - Holders between 10/21/76 and 7/7/80 must obtain a per- mit if required. FERC LOOPHOLE - Holders of licenses issued after 7/7/80 must obtain a per- Dear Bart, mit. Just read the good articles in the You should be aware of the inter- July-August issue entitled "Pay- im period between 10/21/76 and ette's South Fork" by Todd Graeff 7/7/80, where permits are required and also "The River Rush is On" by only if the licensee is notified by the Pete Skinner. Both pertain to the Forest Service. Since some Forest FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Service offices deal only rarely with Commission), another one of our FERC, they may not be fully aware unbelieveable, but true river-killing of these requirements. (And it is up federal agencies. to us to point it out to them.) Please Todd gives a good overview of the pass this info along to Pete and FERC licensing process, however, Todd. he overlooks a new, but crucial step Sincerely, for some situations: where the pro- L.G. "Pete" Lewis posed project lies within a National Forest, the holder of a FERC license must also obtain a Forest Service HUDSON MIXUP Permit. Dear Mr. Jackson, This could be very significant, On Saturday, October 3rd, I had depending on how much backbone planned to take a guided raft trip the local Forest Service has. Since with the Hudson River Rafting Co., this is new, they may not yet be in North Creek, N.Y. (I had pre- aware of their new protective power. viously phoned to arrange the trip I am enclosing Directive 19 which and mailed in a $50 deposit. Had the partially states: directions given me been correct, I Duration: one year from issu- would have been there in time for ance date unless previously the 8 am departure. They were not. terminated or reissued. By 8:10, 1 was still looking for the The Federal Land Policy and departure point of the trip.