The main reason why people like light boats is that they are easier to load/unload from their cars. The second reason is that they think that light boats go faster. We have already talked about that here; maybe it is a good time to bring the issue back. To give my 20 lira ($0.02), I must mention that getting out through surf is a much easier in a heavy boat. A light boat does not get enough inertia to punch through breaking waves, and pretty soon one gets inside a salt water kitchen blender being dragged back to the beach. Another effect is psychological. When a heavy boat falls on the back side of a wave with a "kaboom!", versus the shy "paf" of a light boat, the paddler feels powerful. If someone landed through the surf on a 30feet steel kayak, board surfers would not argue about who has the right of way ;-). - Julio *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Oct 13 1998 - 13:05:49 PDT
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