Re: [Paddlewise] surf landings

From: sylvio lamarche <wgarden_at_cyberlink.bc.ca>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:52:45 -0700
>Hi Sylvio,
>      Though surf is not as much of an issue here in the northeast as it
>is on the west coast, I did used to land as you describe for a couple of
>years. I eventually gave it up because I could not see the granite rocks
>just below the surface near shore and put some large dings in my
>cedar-strip hull. How do you avoid that?
>                                                          mark

Mostly I paddle the south china sea and usually get to go toshore on white
flour ttype sandy beaches..

I would think I could go slow enough to look back and make sure...

So far my klepper skin has only needed 1 small patch, another to come
soon...And that is so easily done

Yours naturally

sylvio  lamarche
Wycliffe organic gardens
& Exotic locales all over the globe



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