Ralph Your comment -- "But I do know that the first year or two of paddling I would find myself in the same predicament. I was in hardshells but that same zillion strokes on one side to one stroke on the other side. It just takes learning how to keep a boat going straight." -- triggered some hilarious memories for me. I remember only too well my first real paddle. It was in Florida's St. Andrew Bay (Panama City) in a rudderless 14' 4" Perception Spectrum. For my brother, who had been paddling for a couple of years, it was about a 6-mile paddle. For me, the paddle was twice that distance. No lie!!! After the first couple of hours of non-stop zigzagging, I would have bet my paycheck that something was wrong with that fricking boat, had it not been for my brother tracking along effortlessly out front -- in a rudderless Spectrum no less -- in as straight a line as could be. Absolutely hilarious -- looking back -- but certainly not on that day! And just so y'all know, that plastic Spectrum became my first kayak -- and it now tracks as straight as an arrow!!! <<g>> Jim Tynan Pike Road AL *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Mar 31 1999 - 18:51:19 PST
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