Canoes

Tawny

Is there anywhere in or near Galway where you can hire out open canoes for a few hours or a day?

biko

Try Galway Rowing club or Corrib Canoe

cornbb

Rusheen Bay Windsurfing hire out open canoes, and Rusheen Bay is a beautiful sheltered bay which is nice for a paddle (its beside Knocknacarra, on the Barna road). See www.rusheenbay.com

High tide is best!

Zzippy

cornbb wrote: »

Rusheen Bay Windsurfing hire out open canoes, and Rusheen Bay is a beautiful sheltered bay which is nice for a paddle (its beside Knocknacarra, on the Barna road). See www.rusheenbay.com

High tide is best!

If its low tide you can walk over and give me a hand digging bait! :P

Tawny

Thanks for the info... went to Rusheen Bay after work but it doesnt seem like they do them.

I was thinking of something like this



not this

JohnCleary

You're after a Canadian Canoe then methinks

cornbb

Ah I geddit. I was down at Rusheen too this evening and saw a big stack of the sit-on-top canoes. Don't have a clue where you'd get the canadian ones in Galway. Unless you're handy with a hammer and chisel

wet-paint

Corrib Canoe will only be running for one month this summer, and do not rent out canoes. There's nowhere you can rent them really in Galway. River Deep don't sell them. The best you can do is put a post on galwaykayakclub.com and see if someone is willing to lend theirs out.

hoody

http://www.petersburg.ie/

I was on a Canadian canoe with this place years ago, as part of some school trip. Mighty craic, dunno what the story is with non-school groups and that but I think they open up for anyone in the summer. Tis a fair bit out from Galway city but a nice spot, give them a shout and see what they say.

JohnCleary

hoody wrote: »

http://www.petersburg.ie/

I was on a Canadian canoe with this place years ago, as part of some school trip. Mighty craic, dunno what the story is with non-school groups and that but I think they open up for anyone in the summer. Tis a fair bit out from Galway city but a nice spot, give them a shout and see what they say.

Petersburg / Delphi is some craic. Wish I was young again, on a school trip away at these places. I know they do adult weekends away etc. but couldn't get a group together of my own friends, think it was defo more of a buzz when younger with all yer school friends

Just wish I went more often!

topper75

Rob the bronze age one out of the Alantiquarium - you can see looking at her that she's just gagging for a spin after all these years. I'll help you carry her over the road.

Tawny

topper75 wrote: »

Rob the bronze age one out of the Alantiquarium - you can see looking at her that she's just gagging for a spin after all these years. I'll help you carry her over the road.

I'd rather have this one



Out of interest.... can you go in and see it in the Uni? Where abouts is it? (http://www.galwaynews.ie/6993-canadian-tribe-wants-its-canoe-back)

And as for getting a Canadian canoe for a wee while, I'll follow up on Delphi and Petersburg. I also found a a few places around Lough Derg and the Shannon where you can hire them out so I'll follow up on them too.