RE: [Paddlewise] Group Paddling

My thinking on this goes far beyond the group paddle thread, since it should
equally apply to almost every other subject I've seen discussed here. What
say you all? No previous experience required to comment 8^)


In my opinion, it would be absolutely ridiculous for the inexperienced not
to comment!  Personally, I'm another who does not paddle in groups.  I'm
usually alone or with one other person.  Every once in a while we might
number three.  It's not that I'm anti-group or anything like that, but I
live in an area [Montgomery, Alabama] where there is very little interest in
sea kayaking.  Hence, a lot of solo paddling on local lakes and monthly
sojourns to the Florida panhandle with a friend, my brother or one of my
sons.  But just because I'm not a subject-matter expert on group paddling
doesn't mean I don't have any understanding or expectations of what a
responsible paddling group should provide every member [as outlined and
agreed upon by group members prior to the start of a paddle].   And one
would hope I and other "inexperienced" people like me could still express
those understandings and expectations on this list.  Seems to me that is one
of the many benefits of a list such as Paddlewise -- the addition of a bit
of obectivity to such a discussion.

Jim Tynan
Pike Road AL

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