On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 12:05:15 Dan Volker wrote: >You do NOT want a plastic boat. You want a fiberglass or composite >boat. If you are starting out you may not _want_ a plastic boat but you should get one to learn in. In my first year of paddling I've done some boneheaded things in my plastic boat that I would have hated doing in a fiberglass boat (well, not that I liked doing them in the plastic boat, just that the consequences weren't as severe). How much difference will a fiberglass boat make versus a plastic one for a beginner? When I get experienced I plan on moving up to a fiberglass boat. By then I should be able to maximize the benefit it has over the plastic but until then I can bang around and learn in something dang near indestructable. Mel --- There are three types of people, those who can count and those who can't. -----== Sent via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/ Easy access to 50,000+ discussion forums *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Mar 05 1999 - 09:55:04 PST
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