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Bardstown Tourism Listing

See our listing on the Bardstown Tourism Website

The Bardstown Boaters are a group of about 30 people who love to get out on local rivers and paddle. Canoes, rafting and kayaking. Anything from easy calm stretches of class I waters up to class III and IV whitewater in other parts of Kentucky and surrounding states.The Bardstown Boaters take day trips, overnight trips and we participate in community volunteer work with an emphasis on the environment.

The New Club Inflatable

The new club duckie has arrived. I checked it out last night, blew it up and looked it over. It is a better water craft than I expected. Very nice shape and strong material. The 2 seats are adjustable to any position or you can setup just one seat with room for gear in the back. Most anyone could easily navigate the rivers we like to run in this thing. I hope we get a bunch of use out of this. Just contact me if you want to use it. We may even be taking it down the Cumberland this weekend.

At the next club meeting, when ever that is, we'll discuss rental fees to use the duck to help raise funds for the club.

Ocoee

Normal release level.

Jay, Zack, Jim Fahling and I went down to the Ocoee for our maiden voyage this past Saturday. We left Lexington at about 7pm on Friday and it took a little over 4 hours to get to Chilhowee campground. The next day we broke camp and got ready for our one day pass at running the Ocoee. We scouted Grumpy's and Broken Nose, warmed up in the pool above the run, then decided to just go for it. David Ackerman led us down and it was a perfect run. Everyone did great and we had no problems at all. Jay had a couple of swims at some opportune moments. Now he swears he is going to get his roll down and stop procrastinating about it.

The Ocoee is where my love of rivers started. We used to come here back in high school and every summer after with the Mathews' raft. Seeing all the kayakers here made me want to become a kayaker because it just looked so damn fun. Well now after running it I can say that it is even more fun than it looks like. I loved it. Can't wait to do it again!

Pictures from our trip.

The rapids:

Grumpy's Ledge: Stared at this for too long. Make the ferry and it's all good.
Staging Eddy: Easy
Gonzo Shoals:Easy
Broken Nose: Ran the sneak, it was not hard to make. Should have ran it.
Moonshoot: Surf Wave
Double Suck: Almost ran the sneak, did not. Glad I didn't.
Double Trouble: Big waves, they take pictures here. Got some air.
Flipper: Surf spot? Don't really remember.
Doledrums: Shallow stuff
Surprise Ledge: The end of the Doldrums.
Tablesaw: Biggest rapid. Don't flip. Ran with no problems.
Diamond Splitter: Fun, ran the far right side.
Witches Hole
Accelerator: Fast water, just like the name suggests.
Cat's Pajamas
Hell Hole: Got hella air. So I here, all I saw was the sky.
Powerhouse: Good thing I made my roll from Hell Hole, this one comes quick. Run the right side.