On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 dldecker_at_mediaone.net wrote: >> >>At 03:14 PM 1/28/98 -0800, rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote: >>>I see mainly folding kayaks in the startup day of PaddleWise. I hope we >>>can switch to other subjects. Folding kayaks bore me :-) >>> >> >>To liven up the list I have a question that I really want answered and not >>be thrown off the list for,( No I am not Tim Sp*ns*n ) Has any one really >>had any experience with sponsons? In real life. I would not buy them >>because of tim but can see that they could be good for some circumstance >>but not for others. Most of the post on that other list were about tim or >>scientific but I have learned that real use will tell the truth.( >>Scientific - Bumble bees can't fly) I do not know any one that has used >>them or owns them that will admit to it, so all I have is a negative feeling. >> >>thanks I hope >>Dana >> >>PS sorry Jackie for using this list in vain with this post. >> i offered many times to let tim demonstrate his product, and was quite sincere in that offer... i am a handicapped paddler. i was able to roll an open canoe once, but i was much healthier then. now there isn't much chance, and i have taken up sea kayaking as an alternative to the OC1 i can unload it off the top of my short car onto my head, balance it to the shore. and paddle quite happily. if i do drop it, that's ok, as plastic was my first choice for the SK1, for that very reason... my OC1 is a 15'8" custom glass/kevlar boat, both my SK1's are 14'4" plastic [pigs]. but lord, they are fun. one's for lakes, one's for WW. i think i could have really used the sponsons, i think for the disabled they would be great. on the other hand, i am a certified OC2 WW instructor, so i have fair bracing skills, and have never come close to going over in the SK1's. but by chance i do, my options are limited. my [not so] humble opinion mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr [Colorado Paddlers' Resource] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmskc [Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc [Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page] http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark [personal] -- Fortune: You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now. -- Lauren Bacall *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 28 1998 - 13:24:08 PST
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