At 09:55 PM 5/23/99 -0700, Dave Kruger wrote: >So, am I alone in this? I really *enjoy* the paddling I do in a single. Hi Dave, et al! Can't say re. those kayak thingies, but The Ms., both the pups, and I prefer paddling the solo canoes. The poor ol' tandem mostly gets used for a storage container in the garage. Maybe we're just an anti-social bunch, but paddling solo gives one a sense of freedom that seems lacking in a tandem. Freedom to go where you want, when you want, freedom to make it (or not) based on your own skills or the lack thereof, freedom from having to paddle twice as hard to correct for the bow paddlers random offside sweeps, freedom from getting paddle-drips applied to the back of your neck by a frisky stern paddler, etc. Also, it seems safer to me to have paddlers spread between two or more boats on a trip as opposed to having the whole gang in one vessel. That said, fishing is easier from a tandem where the stern "galley slave" provides the thrust, while the luxuriously reclining dictator in the bow gets to holler orders, drink all of the beer, and concentrate on catching dinner. "In retrospect, the worst I ever had was excellent" (Gene Tracy?) ;-> ByeBye! S. *************************************************************************** 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 Mon May 24 1999 - 08:51:21 PDT
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