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"The Results of a Clinical Study, in which a 1:4 jewelweed preparation was compared for its effectiveness with other standard poison ivy dermatitis treatments was published in 1958 (Annals of Allerty 1958;16:526-527). Of 115 patients treated with jewelweed, 108 responded ‘most dramatically to the topical application of this medication and were entirely relieved of their symptoms within 2 or 3 days after the institution of treatment.' It was concluded that jewelweed is an excellent substitute for ACTH and the corticosteroids in the treatment of poison ivy dermatitis. The active principle in the plant responsible for this activity remains unidentified." by Varro Tyler, PhD in his book HERBS OF CHOICE

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Impatiens capensis

The Jewelweed plant has been used for centuries in North America by Native Americans and Herbalists, as a natural preventative and treatment for poison ivy and poison oak; and is a folk remedy for many other skin disorders .

Jewelweed is best known for its skin healing properties. The leaves and the juice from the stem of Jewelweed are used by herbalists as a treatment for poison ivy, oak and other plant induced rashes, as well as many other types of dermatitis. Jewelweed works by counter-reacting with the chemicals in other plants that cause irritation. Poultices and salves from Jewelweed are a folk remedy for bruises, burns, cuts, eczema, insect bites, sores, sprains, warts, and ringworm. Read on to learn to make your own poison ivy treatment ice cubes with Jewelweed.

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Jewelweed is a smooth annual; 3-5 ft. Leaves oval, round- toothed; lower ones opposite, upper ones alternate. A bit trumpet shaped, the flowers hang from the plant much as a jewel from a necklace, Pale Jewelweed has yellow flowers, Spotted Touch-Me-Nots have orange flowers with dark red dots. The seeds will 'pop' when touched , that is where the name Touch-Me-Nots came from. The Spotted Jewelweed variety is most commonly used for treating poison ivy rashes although the Pale Jewelweed may also have medicinal properties

Jewelweed, poison ivy remedy plant

Jewelweed blooms May through October in the eastern part of North America from Southern Canada to the northern part of Florida. It is found most often in moist woods, usually near poison ivy or stinging nettle. It is commonly said that wherever you find poison ivy, you will find Jewelweed - however this is not true as Jewelweed will not grow in dry places for long, and does not thrive in direct sunlight. Poison Ivy will grow in sun or shade. Jewelweed often grows on the edge of creek beds. There is plenty of jewelweed in the wild, and it is not hard to find once you learn to identify it. I recently read on a newsgroup that the garden variety of impatiens has the same properties, though not as concentrated. However, the garden variety is much more suitable for cultivation as its growth is easier to contain.
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When you are out in the field and find you have been exposed to poison ivy, oak, or stinging nettle you can reach for the jewelweed plant and slice the stem, then rub its juicy inside on exposed parts. This will promptly ease irritation and usually prevents breakout for most people.

Jewelweed or an infusion made from boiling leaves of Impatiens capensis may be frozen for later use. Brew chopped jewelweed in boiling water until you get a dark orange liquid. Yellow Jewelweed will not yield orange color and may not be effective. Strain the liquid and pour into ice cube trays. When you have a skin rash, rub it with a jewelweed cube and you will be amazed with its healing properties. It will keep in freezer up to a year. You can also preserve the infusion by canning it in a pressure cooker.

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June (pronunciation) (help·info) is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with a length of 30 days. The Roman poet Ovid provides two etymologies for June's name in his poem concerning the months entitled the Fasti. The first is that the month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera, whilst the second is that the name comes from the Latin word iuniores, meaning "younger ones," as opposed to maiores ("elders") for which the preceding month May is named (Fasti VI.1–88). See: Months in various calendars also called the season of the unicorn.

At the start of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Taurus; at the end of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Gemini. However, due to the precession of the equinoxes, June begins with the sun in the astrological sign of Gemini, and ends with the sun in the astrological sign of Cancer. June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.

June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. The month of June—in the Northern Hemisphere—is in spring until the 21st, when the first day of summer begins. The traditional June birthstone is the pearl. The June birth flower is the rose, or the honeysuckle, as roses and honeysuckles bloom throughout June. June is also sometimes called the "Rose month."

June is known for the large number of marriages that occur over the course of the month. According to one etymology, June is named after Juno (Hera). Juno was the goddess of marriage and a married couple's household, so some consider it good luck to be married in this month.^[1]

In both common and leap years, no other month begins on the same day of the week as June. This month and May are the only two months that have this.

Events in June

June, from the Très riches heures du duc de Berry

June, Leandro Bassano

Trooping the Colour is celebrated in June in London

• Adur festival The first two weeks of June every year.
• Madaraka Day June 1 to commemorate when Kenya gained internal self-rule.
• Flag Days of Sweden (June 6), United States (June 14—see Flag Day in the United States), Denmark (June 15), Argentina (June 20), and Romania (June 26).
• D-Day landings by Allied forces in Normandy, June 6, 1944.
• Kamehameha Day, on June 11, is a state holiday in Hawaii, US, honoring the first ruler of the one-time kingdom.
• Philippine Independence Day is on June 12.
• Feast of St. Anthony of Padua June 13
• United Kingdom – Trooping the Colour (Military celebration of the monarch's official birthday held in London on the second Saturday of June)
• Bloomsday in Ireland, and worldwide among fans of James Joyce's Ulysses June 16
• Youth Day in South Africa June 16
• The Comrades in South Africa June 16.
• Juneteenth, (aka Freedom Day or Emancipation Day) primarily in Texas June 19,
• "Martyrs Day" in Eritrea June 20
• West Virginia Day in the U.S. state of West Virginia June 20.
• The solstice called the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere occurs on dates varying from 22 June to 23 June (in UTC). In the pagan wheel of the year the summer solstice is the time of Litha and the winter solstice is that of Yule.
• Feast of the Birth of St. John the Baptist (Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day in Quebec) June 24.
• Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, principal patrons of the Roman Catholic Church, June 29
• Mother's Day (in Luxembourg on the second Sunday in June)
• Father's Day (in Belgium on the second Sunday in June)(in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Venezuela, the Netherlands, Ireland and Canada on the third Sunday in June)
• Midsummer is celebrated in Finland and Sweden on the third Friday in June.
• Gay pride celebrations take place in many countries in honour of the Stonewall riots.
• The majority of the Portland Rose Festival occurs.
• The first Monday in June is one of the public holidays in the Republic of Ireland; in the Irish Calendar the month is called Meitheamh and is the middle month of the summer season. Secondary schools are off during the month (and also July and August), while June is the last month in primary schools.
• The second Sunday in June is Canadian Rivers Day.
• Children's Day celebrated in many eastern European countries including Poland, Slovakia, Romania as well as China and other countries throughout the world.
• Almost all of interleague play in baseball occurs in this month, with 15 of the 18 interleague games occurring this month. The other three are played on the third weekend in may (fri-sun).
• Caribbean-American Heritage Month (United States)

[edit] June symbols

Red and white roses

• June's birthstone is the pearl, the Moonstone (gemstone), and the Alexandrite. The meaning is health and longevity.
• Its birth flower is the rose.^[2]

References

1. ^ Napier, James (August 1, 2003). Folk Lore or Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century (1879). Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 9780766179073.
2. ^ http://www.shgresources.com/gems/birthflowers/

Hi John,

I'm forwarding some photos of the third leg of the end-to-end taken by Bill Clifford. A dozen members hiked about 24 Km from Komoka Park to Greenway Park. Also passed through Kains Forest, Warbler Woods and Springbank Park. Fortunately, the predicted bad weather held off!

Sharon Creek

ANNUAL TVTA Picnic
SaturdaybJune 12, 2010 4:00pm -9:00pm
London Life Recreation Center
Oxford St. & Talbot St under the bridge
$5:00 per person
Bring a salad or desert
Organize a lawn game
Bring a comfortable chair
Tickets available from:
Karen McKinnon(519-690-0775)
Wendy Kevell(519-472-8274)
Thank you to Sharon Ashton for participating in the London Life Lottery resulting in the TVTA use if these
facilities.

Sharon Creek Club House Update:

Rain Rain Go Away...

We have had to push the Grand Opening of the Sharon Creek Conservation Area to June 19, 2010.

With the heavy rainfall this last week and the forecast for the next few days predicting rain and maybe thunderstorms for the weekend. Conditions have so far prevented the delivery of storage and paddle equipment to our summer home.

Volunteers Required:

The London Canoe Club does not qualify for a student employment grant for 2010. Which means that open paddling hours will depend entirely upon volunteers. This is an excellent opportunity for students to accumulate Community Service hours as well as for members to meet each other. The more volunteers we have, the more the club can be open. Please email information@londoncanoeclub.ca if you are interested in volunteering or finding out about more ways to volunteer.

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Message from the President – March 13, 2010

Welcome to the London Canoe Club!

I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and tell you about the board of directors’ plans for the 2010 paddling season. I have been a canoe club member for almost 20 years. I first joined to take advantage of the canoe lessons program, soon learned to love canoe tripping and then tried out the Voyageur canoes and historical reenactments. I’ve taken a few paddles in the marathon canoes, and soon after I fell in love with dragon boating and raced for the canoe club’s team for 10 years. I have tried out a few kayaks but lessons are still on my to-do list. I served as board President and Vice-President for a few years in the early 2000s and am extremely happy to serve again.

Before I tell you about the plans for 2010, I want to remind everyone why the canoe club is here; our mission is as follows…

The London Canoe Club promotes and encourages paddlesport activities with participation for families, individuals and groups in London and district; with emphasis on safety, education and enjoyment of the environment.

How can we achieve this mission? The answer is simple; support from our members and our community; seeking new partnerships and working with those partners to make our mission a reality.

In 2009 we partnered with the Lower Thames River Conservation Authority to use space at Sharon Creek Conservation Area for our programs. Once again this year we plan to use Sharon Creek Conservation Area as our base during the months of June, July and August. We welcome members to volunteer their time to assist at this location. We will be holding both canoe and kayak lessons this summer. (Lessons Page) We have a number of canoe and kayak trips planned with something for everyone from half day local trips to longer out of town trips.

The London Canoe Club will play a part in National Canoe Day and Clean up the Thames activities. We’ll post all events on the website so you can stay informed.

How can you help? Be involved! Oh, and bring a friend. Simple, isn’t it.

The board of directors is looking to the future with optimism and excitement. Join us.

Paddles up,

Janet Taylor

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2010 Paddling Programs – Check for updates!

OPEN PADDLING... WE NEED VOLUNTEERS NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!

Canoe – Flat Water lessons

Kayak – Flat Water lessons

Day trips – Skill levels ranging from beginner up.

Algonquin – 3 days in August filling fast!

For Upcoming Events, click here

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Mission Statement

The London Canoe Club promotes and encourages paddlesport activities with participation for families, individuals and groups in London and district; with emphasis on safety, education and enjoyment of the environment.

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History

The London Canoe Club's Boathouse is located at 199 Wonderland Road on the south bank of the river Thames, just west of the Guy Lombardo Bridge, at the Joe McManus Canoeing and Rowing Facility. Officially opened July 17, 1974, the facility represents the culmination of the efforts of the Steering Committee set up in the spring of 1971: Robin Anderson, Doug Bocking, Bill Chipperfield, Paul Hauch, Wilf Lamb, Bill Pillsworth, John Rowland , Bob Smith and Bob Vincent.

Funding for the facility came from the generous donations of H. Joseph McManus, industry, business and private individuals.

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Paddling on the Thames

Unfortunately until the dam is fixed the Boathouse will not be opening for paddling on the Thames, instead arrangements are being made for offsite events to keep paddlers busy all summer! Keep checking the Upcoming Events page for updates and a listing of all our outtings.

The Club welcomes families and promotes all facets of canoeing and kayaking.

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Wonderland Rd. Boathouse Hours

Closed to casual paddling for 2010 - the club is still active with events away from the clubhouse! Upcoming Events

For more information:

Email: information@londoncanoeclub.ca

Or write to:
London Canoe Club
P.O. Box 24010, Westown RPO
London, ON N6H 5C4

Posted by Al Day

Hi everybody,

Thank you for volunteering to help with Thames Valley Trail maintenance.

The summer maintenance season is now upon us and I wanted to give you a heads up on plans so if possible you can save some dates.

I expect to have 3 maintenance blitz ‘weeks’ for work on the trail north of the city:-

a) June 14 - 24

b) July 12 – 18

c) August 24 - Sept 4.

Some points to note:-

a) I will try to have a variety of days – weekdays and weekends - to accommodate various schedules. Any one session should not be longer than 3 – 3.5 hrs but driving time may add to this. Typically we will meet at 9am at a pre-determined location and try to stop work by 12 - 12.30pm.

b) This is of course entirely voluntary so please don’t feel any pressure!

c) We have a lot of volunteers so I may not call you on you each time.

d) Nearer the time (about 3-4 days ahead), once I know the likely weather, I will send an email providing details of date, time, place to meet, type of work etc. and ask you to confirm your presence/absence.

e) Mostly the work will involve lopping, weed whacking, bow-sawing etc with perhaps some trail erosion repair also.

Could I please ask you to complete, then copy and paste the short questionnaire below into a return email so that I can gauge likely numbers, not bother contacting those who know they cannot come, and have a feel for those who prefer weekends to weekdays etc.

Thanks for any help you can give in keeping our trail open and pleasant to use.

Alan Day

Trail Maintenance Director.

Questionnaire.

1. June Maintenance (14 – 24^th)

a) I expect to be available potentially for that period (Yes/ No) _________.

If Yes:-

b) I prefer Saturdays (Yes/ No) _________________ ;

c) I prefer weekdays (Yes/ No) __________; please be specific if there are particular days that would be unavailable for trail work ______________________

d) I have no preference right now for any particular day ______

2. July Maintenance (12 – 18^th)

e) I expect to be available potentially for that period (Yes/ No) _________.

If Yes:-

f) I prefer Saturdays (Yes/ No) _________________ ;

g) I prefer weekdays (Yes/ No) __________; please be specific if there are particular days that would be unavailable for trail work _________________________

h) I have no preference right now for any particular day ______

3. August Maintenance (Aug 24 – Sept. 4^th)

i) I expect to be available potentially for that period (Yes/ No) _________.

If Yes:-

j) I prefer Saturdays (Yes/ No) _________________ ;

k) I prefer weekdays (Yes/ No) __________; please be specific if there are particular days that would be unavailable for trail work _________________________

l) I have no preference right now for any particular day ____

PLEASE RESPOND BY EMAIL TO : aday@uwo.ca

Craig Venter's Talk

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Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they've created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how they did it and why the achievement marks the beginning of a new era for science.
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In 2001, Craig Venter made headlines for sequencing the human genome. In 2003, he started mapping the ocean's biodiversity. And now, in 2010, he's created the first synthetic lifeforms.

Craig Venter

Craig Ventor - Dec 2010

Ventor creates biological synthetic cell

Craig Venter's Synthetic Cell; First Shot Of Biological War Upon All Natural Life ?
May 21, 2010 10:02 AM EDT (Updated: May 21, 2010 10:10 AM EDT)
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The biologist who mapped the human genome, Dr. Craig Venter, has announced he has now created a synthetic cell aka synthetic life. The new Ventor project transferred D.N.A. built from chemicals into a cell and mitosis (cell division) occurred. The plans for the D.N.A. were taken from a natural organism so it is a little less than making a new life form with a human design such as a living tyrannosaurus with some of George Washington’s facial features, or a tiny flesh-eating mosquito, yet the premise was demonstrated that the capability exists.

Dr. Venter and company plan to manufacture synthetic life forms in order to stimulate the economy, or find health solutions. I have a few comments.

Human society has a wild element. A thief recently stole five paintings valued between 100 and 600 million dollars from the Paris Museum of Modern Art. The paintings may be eventually a hedge against the collapse of civilization. Collectors in a post-apocalyptic world might value them quite highly. The Picasso, Matisse and other paintings in the collection may in the future be more valuable than gold. The end of civilization may develop through several channels including perhaps, synthetic life forms and synthetic viruses.

The scientific effort to understand life, and all of nature is commendable, yet the knowledge gained may be quite dangerous, and better left as knowledge rather than downloaded into a compulsory use category. Life took at least several days/eras/billions of years of time literal values to develop. Human society has existed in a civilized form just about 6000 years. It is rash to just create synthetic life and use it for economic or any other purposes as if human capacity to contain technology from oil spills to nuclear radiation is fool-proof. Let’s (humanity) study synthetic life issues for 5000 years—just a fraction even of the time life has been on Earth, and then consider the question again.

The usual excuse for playing God with nature is that it has positive economic benefits. Using economics as a justification to overcome moral objections is a bad rationale. It is an amoral compulsion consistent more with primitive life than philosophically mature life forms such as human beings occasionally try to be.

There are an infinite number of solutions to social economic challenges given existing materials that do not require the creation of synthetic life forms to fully satisfy human needs on Earth. The problem with human economics are in greed, unintelligent use of resources, failure to develop ecological economic policy and no plans to develop an exo-biological containment facility in the moon for returning astronauts from Mars and for Dr. Venter’s synthetic life forms.

Synthetic life—altered D.N.A. of biological organisms, present innumerable hypothetical problems of containment of new life forms and for survival of existing species. Creation of synthetic life except for research modeling perhaps is a reckless use of new science akin to letting every kid have a tabletop fusion kit so he can make fusion-powered rockets to visit other planets—such a power would be explosive.

In this universe, the 13.7 billion year evolution of intelligent life—and perhaps more time than we know with another sort of time-space precursor of this universe including the modge panc (mind plans) of God, has brought into being a synthetic, adaptive union of mind with inanimate materials existing uncertainly with a substratum of quantum wave-particles of an uncertain deep field nature. It is truly reckless beyond reason to alter the evolving life forms of given natural species and mutate beyond recognition theoretically, the phenomenal order of being that might eventually be deeply comprehended by the beings living within it.

The creation of synthetic life forms for war and peace, sales in Jiffy-Marts and marketed on Wall-Street is an epiphenomenal bit of idiocy that would make a kaleidoscope of living organisms for immediate, proximal economic value.

Perhaps some scientific sentiment exists to create a Frankenstein Supremacy Species better than science fiction has ever conceived before. Maybe Sigourney Weaver’s challenges in the Alien movie series are a little shopworn now and require spicing up with flesh eating synthetic life hungering for politicians in the District of Columbia (I don’t intend to inadvertently give support Dr. Venter’s plan), yet what needs to be done is passage of a law by congress directly making creation of synthetic life forms illegal in the United States of America.

The creation of synthetic life is a form of biological war upon all naturally evolved species that should be outlawed. With computer modeling of D.N.A. elements it may be possible to learn much from about the synthetic, hypothetical form of various creatures without making any. Slavery, cannibalism and other bad human practices required thousands of years to eliminate from human society, now is not the time-nor ever should it be, to dump creation of a Pandora’s box of new biological ways of exploiting life, endangering life, and dehumanizing anything so that the corrupt and unconscionable may have advantage socially over others. Such practices deserve war upon them rather than support. Breaking the boundaries of reason, justice and civility should be discouraged rather than tossed into the stew pot of corporate progress.

When the civilization collapses and the economic consumption patterns of today are history, we don’t want a plethora of synthetic life forms running loose to serve remaining humans up for dinner because there are no PhDs in biology around to war upon them.

Kayak the Grand River

Offered: May - October

Length: 2 day s - 1 night

Skill Level: Beginner - Intermediate

Region: Southern Ontario / Grand River (locate outfitter)

Park: Brant Conservation Area

Package Description: Explore the Grand River for a weekend or weekday paddle with our guided, all-inclusive camping package - a wilderness and historical journey with the opportunity to camp with a kayak. On Day 1, we paddle the historical Cayuga Run to the Brant Conservation campsite. Your campsite is fully-equipped with everything, including meals. On Day 2, paddle the wild Oneida Run. Our hearty Tripper lunches are supplied both days. Day 1 is the guided Cayuga Run, the historical route of the valley. It starts at our store-front dock on the Grand River. The first leg of the paddle drifts into the famous artist snapshot of Paris... then visit the largest black walnut tree in Canada... see natural conglomerate rock... drink from cool springs... run the splashing "bloop"... visit a mine from the 1830's... hike to the Lookout on the Black Walnut Trail... hear the history of the forgotten Neutral Tribe... pass the largest blue-heron rookery... visit the coldest creek in Southern Ontario... picnic on Sarah's Island... life-jacket float the Big "V" ... see the remains of an 1800's corduroy road and paddle the quiet stillness... see a red-tail hawk nest and the home of a bank beaver, then paddle to your final destination, our riverside campsites at the Brant Conservation Area (4-5 hour hike/paddle). Your campsite on the river has everything - tents, air beds, lanterns, cooking utensils, gas barbeque, firewood, ice cooler with supper & breakfast, showers and the river is right there for an evening paddle or bass fishing. The next morning, we paddle the pristine Oneida Run. Let our guides make the rare Carolinian Forest of the Grand Valley come alive and see what you would normally miss! This section is the gem of the Grand River... view the 300 year-old sycamore tree... climb bluffs overlooking the valley... hike on the interior trails to learn about plants, fauna and wildlife... hear about the native and settlement history of the valley... paddle the kilometer of splashing waves... lunch on an island... float the current... see the river-rock in which a spring flows... the ancient tree house... the amazing Noah's Ark... slip past the silent Three Sisters... thread the "Eye of the Needle"... behold the beauty of Southern Ontario's near wilderness. As you round the last bend, the scenic town of Paris slips into sight, an ending worth the view (4-5 hour hike/paddle). Package includes kayak & all equipment, shuttle rides, guide, riverside site, tents, air mattress, lantern, gas barbeque, cooking utensils, two Tripper lunches, ice cooler with supper and breakfast, plus firewood and swimming pool. $235/person for groups of 2-3, plus tax $199/person for groups for 4 or more, plus tax

Grand River Kayaking

Driving Directions:
Grand Experiences is located in Southern Ontario between London and Toronto on the Grand River. You can take either Hwy 401 or Hwy 403 to reach us. From Hwy 401 take Hwy#24 south through Cambridge to Brantford. Before Brantford turn right onto Hwy#5 to Paris. Hwy#5 turns into Hwy#2 at Paris, keep going straight on Hwy#2, drive over the Grand River and turn right at Kentucky Fried Chicken to enter the Paris Business area. We are 113 Grand River St., just pass the main stop lights, on the right in downtown Paris. Kayak in front! From Hwy 403 take Restacres Rd (Hwy#24) to Paris. Go north on Restacres Rd for about 2km. At the "T" intersection turn right onto Hwy#2. Go down the big hill and at the bottom turn left before the Kentucky Fried Chicken into the Paris

in Southern Ontario

in Southern Ontario

ELIZA by Necky Kayaks

FEATURES

• Light weight
• Ergonomically designed cockpit geared for a small to medium female frame
• The Eliza cockpit is wide at the hips but shorter in length, allowing for easier spray deck installation and removal.
• The 15' length hull provides optimum efficiency at cruising speed.
• Shallow V hull is very reactive to slight edging, yet provides an excellent balance between tracking and maneuverability.
• Low windage and water shedding fore deck combined with a low rear deck allow a small to medium torso to have unrestricted, spirited paddling
• Necky touring seat with backband
• Bow and stern Cross Lock hatches with bulkheads
• Comfort Fit™ thigh braces
• Deck bungee
• Reflective safety perimeter line
• Rudder system with adjustable foot pedals

MATERIAL	Polymer
LENGTH	15'3.5" / 4.6 m
WIDTH	22" / 55.8 cm
WEIGHT	49 lbs. / 22.2 kg
COCKPIT	28.25x16" / 71.6x40.6 cm
BOW HATCH	13.25x7.5" / 33.7x19.1 cm
STERN HATCH	13.25x7.5" / 33.7x19.1 cm