My father got me into paddling when I was 13 by entering us in a canoe race. A memorably long 13 miler. I'm now 36 and looking forward to coaxing my 2 year old out into the boats more often. My wife and I both paddle. She started paddling after meeting me but was the first to purchase a sea kayak. She got a Nordkapp as her "beginner" boat, after trying dozens of other boats. We've currently got about 8 paddlecraft including marathon flatwater canoes, a racing surf ski, a VCP PinTail, her Nordkapp, and a skin/frame baidarka (I'm the admin for a skin/frame boat mailing list). Last year we decided we were having too much trouble deciding what to take with us for vacations so we bought a canoe trailer so we wouldn't have to decide ahead of time. I greatly enjoy paddling any boat people will let me try and I'm always interested in improving my skill set. I'm currently in the midst of an 8 week pool session, where I mooch whitewater boats so I can practice rolling. The pool is much too crowded to try and fit in a sea kayak and we don't (yet) own anything short. I'm looking forward to spring/summer so I can try out some of the hand rolls that I've learned in a sea kayak. As for location, I work in New Hampshire, doing fairly technical computer programming, and live in Massachusetts. As for preferred paddling, it all depends on the day and the company. Some days it may be poling a canoe across some tidal flats on Cape Cod with the family, other days it might be a 20+ mile solo day trip, teaching acquaintances to paddle, or off exploring some local stretch of water. I've done next to no multiday trips, something I hope to remedy. kirk *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Feb 08 1999 - 12:01:21 PST
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