Re: [Paddlewise] stability of folding vs. hardshells

From: <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 12:57:40 -0700
John Winters wrote:

MAJOR SNIPS
> exceeds that of most paddlers. SOT's have virtues and to reject those
> virtues because of their very value seems a bit fatuous. One could just as
> easily say that kayaks inspire overconfidence and that everyone should
> paddle canoes because they are open and inspire more fear in the paddler.
> HMMM better yet, life jackets inspire overconfidence so..........
> 
> :-) :-) :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> John Winters

Why do I get a feeling that this presentation was just a John Winters
setup to breathe new life into the lifeless argument about life vests
and push the cause of canoes? :-)

I do concur on the point made about SOTs, their virtues and the myopia
some people display in rejecting them.

ralph diaz
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