Since our paddling buddy, Anne Burton, just chimed in on this, I guess we should too. We are Mark Whiting and Catherine Fox of Maine - both pushing 50. Both grew up on the coast - Mark in Maryland and Catherine in Maine - and have both been messing about in small boats all our lives. We took up kayaking about 20 years ago and haven't stopped since. We live 5 minutes from Stockton Harbor/Sears Island, but do most of our kayaking in the Castine/Blue Hill/Deer Isle area - mostly day trips due to work schedules. We usually paddle from early April to late October each year - every weekend together and Catherine paddles alone (but close to shore in protected water) early mornings on weekdays during the summer. Our current boat collection consists of two Necky Looksha IVs - one standard and one IVS, a Valley Pintail, and a Necky Santa Cruz (for guests and surf) and we both paddle Greenland-style. We don't roll but we regularly practice a variety of self- and assisted- rescues, we wear wetsuits when prudent (although we prefer fuzzy rubber to neoprene), and we try to be very safety-conscious. *************************************************************************** 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 Feb 09 1999 - 08:49:23 PST
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