RE: [Paddlewise] scratching the itch......my condition is pretty much cleared up now....

From: Colin Calder <c.j.calder_at_abdn.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 15:20:42 +0100
Chris & Ellen wrote:

snip
> she probably has something in the grant-you-three-wishes-line
> in mind for you today.
>
>             So here it is.......quickly you blurt out your choices of kayaks in
> descending order.....three of 'em......as she is a magic fairy gosh mother and
> therefore price is of no object  you let your imagination go wild.......
>                 And the choices are..........

1. Pintail, ocean cockpit, white deck on white hull (colour is important!)
2. Knordkapp J, ocean cockpit, white deck on white hull
3. Aleut double (colours to be negotiated with SO)

But of course, 3 isn't nearly enough, do I desire a new kayak, ww boat, canoe?,
oh think of the sail rig I could put on an open canoe, is a double a shortcut to
marital strife?, should I go for the Pintail - maybe I'd need to paddle a Romany a
bit more - for the Romany/Pintail choice is indeed a hard one to make, in fact
make that the Romany/Pintail/Anas Acuta choice .......... decisions decisions
decisions!

But then again I just got back to work on Tuesday after a glorious trip to the
west coast (of Scotland for all you new worlders) paddling around Mull, Staffa,
and the Treshnish isles in my battered poly capella .... its maybe not which boat,
but the paddling that counts ...

Cheers

Colin Calder
57º19'N  2º10'W



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