Thanks to WWALS Board Member Janet Massengale for delivering the Skimmer 128 Hurricane kayak to raffle winner Belinda Edwards Herndon in Live Oak, Florida.
It’s slightly-used 12-foot 9-inch sit-on-top kayak with paddle, a Hurricane Skimmer 128. Continue reading
Update 2024-12-22: Raffle Kayak Winner: Belinda Edwards Herndon 2024-12-19.
WWALS Board Member Kim Tanner, assisted by Board Member Janet Martin and other paddlers at Banks Lake, determined the winner of the raffle for the Skimmer 128 Hurricane kayak.
![[Video: Kayak raffle drawing for Skimmer 128 Hurricane kayak, at Banks Lake, by Kim and Ryan Tanner]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2014-12-15--kayak-raffle-drawing/many.jpg)
Video: Kayak raffle drawing for Skimmer 128 Hurricane kayak, at Banks Lake, by Kim and Ryan Tanner
People got their raffle tickets online, at various festivals and outings, at the WWALS River Revue, etc.
Kim shook them all up and Ryan drew the winner.
Here is video:
https://youtu.be/dWrCvjrX7yA
And the winner is… Continue reading
Update 2024-12-16: Video: Kayak raffle drawing for Skimmer 128 Hurricane kayak at Banks Lake 2014-12-15.
Update 2024-12-13: The raffle drawing will still be on Sunday, December 15, 2024. However, it will be later in the day, at 4:45 PM, and at Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT). You have until noon Sunday to get your tickets.
WWALS is raffling this slightly-used 12-foot 9-inch sit-on-top kayak with paddle, a Hurricane Skimmer 128.
New, it lists for $1,399.
The suggested donation is $10 for one ticket or $50 for six tickets.
Tickets are available online in person at WWALS events, or online with small fees.
A single ticket is $10 + $1 fee:
https://wwalswatershed.square.site/product/2024-kayak-raffle-hurricane-skimmer/49?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false
Six tickets online are $50 + $1.50 fee:
https://wwalswatershed.square.site/product/2024-kayak-raffle-bundle-hurricane-skimmer/51?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false
![[Raffle: Hurricane Skimmer 128 Sit-On-Top Kayak with Paddle]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-05-24--skimmer-128-hurricane-kayak/fbmany.jpg)
Raffle: Hurricane Skimmer 128 Sit-On-Top Kayak with Paddle
Proceeds go to support the advocacy and activities of WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc., and IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational charity.
https://wwals.net/donations/ Continue reading
In case you’ve wondered where the WWALS jon boat sleeps between chainsaw cleanups, it has a nice nest in some woods with a boat cover.
So does the raffle kayak.
![[WWALS Jon Boat with Hurricane Helene debris]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-09-30--wwals-boats/20240930_101813.jpg)
WWALS Jon Boat with Hurricane Helene debris
It got a few small pine limbs on it from Hurricane Helene.
Those are gone now, and there is no damage.
The prop guard got broken two outings back. I have ordered two more: one to go on, and one for a spare.
The tarps blew off the boat rack, but the kayaks and canoes are undamaged.
![[Kayaks and Canoes; Raffle kayak is top center; Canoe also belongs to WWALS]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-09-30--wwals-boats/20240930_101801.jpg)
Kayaks and Canoes; Raffle kayak is top center; Canoe also belongs to WWALS
The raffle Skimmer 128 Hurricane kayak is top center. One of three WWALS canoes is bottom center; the other two are under steel roofs. My kayak is on the left. Gretchen’s kayaks are on the right.
On the TODO list is to build a better boat rack. We already have the steel roof for it, courtesy of a roofing job after Hurricane Debby.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/
Update 2024-12-16: Video: Kayak raffle drawing for Skimmer 128 Hurricane kayak at Banks Lake 2014-12-15.
Update 2024-12-13: The raffle drawing will still be on Sunday, December 15, 2024. However, it will be later in the day, at 4:45 PM, and at Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT). You have until noon Sunday to get your tickets.
WWALS is raffling this slightly-used 12-foot 9-inch sit-on-top kayak with paddle, a Hurricane Skimmer 128.
New, it lists for $1,399.
The suggested donation is $10 for one ticket or $50 for six tickets.
Tickets are available online in person at WWALS events, or online with small fees.
A single ticket is $10 + $1 fee:
https://wwalswatershed.square.site/product/2024-kayak-raffle-hurricane-skimmer/49?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false
Six tickets online are $50 + $1.50 fee:
https://wwalswatershed.square.site/product/2024-kayak-raffle-bundle-hurricane-skimmer/51?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false
Raffle: Hurricane Skimmer 128 Sit-On-Top Kayak with Paddle
Proceeds go to support the advocacy and activities of WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc., and IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational charity.
https://wwals.net/donations/ Continue reading
Chuck Roberts drew the winning ticket yesterday for the Eddyline Sandpiper kayak, paddle, PFD, lock, and straps.
This one is slightly used. New, a 12-foot Eddyline kayak lists for $1,749.00.
Since there were only 30 $100 raffle tickets, each ticket had a 1 in 30 chance of winning.
![[Drawing the winner, Eddyline Kayak Raffle, Troupville Boat Ramp, Little River 2024-04-03]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-04-03--eddyline-kayak-raffle-drawing-video/fbmany.jpg)
Drawing the winner, Eddyline Kayak Raffle, Troupville Boat Ramp, Little River 2024-04-03
Gretchen Quarterman fired up the zoom from her desk.
Here’s the zoom video: https://youtu.be/VXzBV0jhd2Y
At Troupville Boat Ramp on the Little River,
Chuck Roberts first talked about the
WWALS River Revue sit-down fundraising dinner,
Saturday, September 7, 2024, at the Turner Center for the Arts in Valdosta.
Chuck is the M.C.
https://wwals.net/pictures/songwriting2024/
The Revue includes the seventh annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.
Song submissions are open now:
https://wwals.net/?p=64497
Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman talked about upcoming outings.
https://wwals.net/outings
Including, coming up next Saturday, Continue reading
Update 2024-04-04: Video: Raffle drawing for Eddyline Kayak 2024-04-03.
Since all 30 tickets are taken, Chuck Roberts will draw the winning ticket this Wednesday noon-thirty, for the Eddyline Sandpiper kayak, paddle, PFD, lock, and straps.
This one is slightly used. New, a 12-foot Eddyline kayak lists for $1,749.00.
Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman will bring the box of 30 raffle tickets to Troupville Boat Ramp.
Gretchen Quarterman will fire up the zoom from her desk.
Chuck Roberts will draw the winner, announce the name, and then call the winner to inform them.
If you attend in person and you win, you can carry the kayak home with you.
If you attend by zoom or not at all, we will discuss with you how to get you the kayak.
Thanks to everyone who got tickets! That helps Continue reading
Update 2024-04-02: Drawing the winner at Troupville Boat Ramp, for the Eddyline Kayak Raffle 2024-04-03.
That was fast! The last $100 raffle ticket was taken shortly after the post today about one more to go.
So all 30 tickets are gone.
We will draw the winning ticket for the Eddyline Sandpiper kayak within the next few days.
In addition to the slightly-used 12-foot kayak, it includes paddle, PFD, lock, and straps.
New, it lists for $1,749.00.
Thanks to everyone who got tickets! That helps support everything WWALS does, from water quality tests, paddle outings and swimming & boating lessons, to chainsaw cleanups, and beyond to advocacy to stop trash at its sources, strip mines, and pipelines. We work for water trails, solar power, and Right to Clean Water, with growing engagement for youth and marginalized communities.
About WWALS: Continue reading
Update 2024-04-01: Done: Eddyline Kayak Raffle 2024-04-01.
Once somebody gets the last $100 ticket we’ll reach the maximum of 30, and we will draw the winning ticket for the Eddyline Sandpiper kayak.
![[Eddyline Sandpiper Kayak $100 Raffle Ticket max 30]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-04-01--eddyline-kayak-raffle/many.jpg)
Eddyline Sandpiper Kayak $100 Raffle Ticket max 30
In addition to the slightly-used 12-foot kayak, it includes paddle, PFD, lock, and straps.
New, it lists for $1,749.00.
Tickets are available online.
https://wwalswatershed.square.site/product/2023-gala-eddyline-kayak-raffle/40
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/
Thanks to Holly Jones and Kimberly Godden Tanner for leading the November 2023 Banks Lake Full Beaver Moon Paddle on our watery living room, Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
![[Banners, Safety lecture, Setting off, Sunset, Bat tree @ Banks Lake Full Beaver Moon 2023-11-27]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-11-27--banks-lake-full-beaver-moon-paddle-pictures/many.jpg)
Banners, Safety lecture, Setting off, Sunset, Bat tree @ Banks Lake Full Beaver Moon 2023-11-27
The next one is coming up
today, December 26, 2023.
https://wwals.net/?p=63711
Before we paddled last month, Continue reading
![[Winner Belinda Edwards Herndon with WWALS raffle kayak 2024-12-19, Delivered to Live Oak, FL by Board Member Janet Massengale]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-12-19--raffle-kayak-winner/fbmany.jpg)
![[Visible WWALS Jon Boat]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-09-30--wwals-boats/20240930_102936.jpg)
![[Chuck Roberts will draw the winner, at Troupville Boat Ramp, for the Eddyline Sandpiper kayak, 12:30 PM, Wednesday, April 3, 2024]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-04-03--eddyline-kayak-raffle-drawing/fbmany.jpg)
![[All 30 Raffle Tickets taken, for the Eddyline Sandpiper kayak. Stay tuned for the date, of the raffle drawing.]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-04-01--eddyline-kayak-raffle-done/fbmany.jpg)