> The point is that we must have great respect for the sea (or ANY body of > water - even a pool). You just can't use a kayak, raft or anything else > as a crutch. I think it is a terrible idea for anyone to go out farther > than they can swim in on any boat (or at least tread water for several > hours). Now you are going overboard. The purpose of a boat is to get you to places you can't swim or walk to. I suppose with a PFD I could swim 6 miles; but that is not going to stop me from going to spots that are 6 miles from shore. Routinely Texans have to go 10-20 miles offshore to get to clear water, sometimes even much further than that. I can get there in a kayak. I can fish, and I can come home; without spending hundreds of dollars on a stupid fishing trip. To limit yourself to only near-coastal waters in a boat that was designed to hunt seals in freezing, big water, doesn't seem very logical. Richard Walker Houston, TX http://www.neosoft.com/~rww/kayak_log.html *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Nov 11 1998 - 20:24:41 PST
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