> > cruise on the right hand side of the channel > > I do all I can to stay out of channels. The best protection (and often > the most interesting cruising) is to stay in water suited only to a kayak > or canoe. They can't hit you if they've run aground! That severely limits where you can go. Especially when the REAL recreational nuts, jetskiers, can run to just about anywhere you can kayak. [That said, I don't particularly dislike jetskiers] Also, in some places, staying out of the channels is a guaranteed way of getting your hull cut open by oyster shell. Other places, all there is, is channel. I like open water. I didn't need a kayak to get to shallow water flats. I could wade there. Now, if motor traffic bothers you, then by all means, don't go out to sea, don't go to the major bays, don't travel major rivers. Personally, when Lake Conroe here gets wall to wall powerboats and jetskis, I won't go out on it. Then again, I wouldn't go out on it in a powerboat either when its like that. In the end, I have to say, I've never had any trouble with powerboaters, and I have done my best to be no trouble to other boaters, power or otherwise. Richard Walker Houston, TX http://www.neosoft.com/~rww/kayak_log.html *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jun 01 1999 - 21:41:26 PDT
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