So let's hear it, you young, strong paddlers ... was that *really* a 20 knot head wind? What was the sea state like? > Ain't no young, strong paddlers here. Just us old folks. > When kayaking my rule of thumb(s) is/are (1) if I feel a nice breeze on my face it must be blowing 5 knots (2) when I start cussing it's blowing 10 knots, (3) when I stop cussing it's blowing 15 knots (4) when I'm paddling like hell and not going anywhere it's blowing 20 knots (5) when I'm paddling like hell and still going backwards it's blowing 25 knots (6) if I'm up in the trees its blowing more than 25 knots > I don't think I can paddle a canoe against a 15 knot wind, like on my last canoe trip, and make much progress for any real distance. I had a half mile crossing to make against what I thought was a 15 knot wind and figured it would take at least half an hour. *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Oct 15 1998 - 05:57:55 PDT
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