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 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Apr 10 1999 - 10:02:37 PDT
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