Richard wrote; > >I disagree that wet and drysuit technology has advanced to the point that >an enclosed cockpit is redundant for cold weather paddling. (SNIP of good reasons for enclosed cockpit) ) And yet we paddle our un - enclosed open canoes every spring on icy rivers and paddle the ocean in our open canoes while ice bergs dance slowly about us. The Inuit (sans wet suits etc) paddled their open umiaks in the far, far north among the bergs. If you think you need an enclosed cockpit you may need one. On the other hand, you may not. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** 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 Feb 25 1999 - 04:51:38 PST
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