Whitesavage & Lyle wrote: > > "the conditions on the Loch most definitely did not favor the K-Lite. > There > were serious waves that you could hear coming up behind you. Then they > would ripple along under the rubber bottom of the boat. At 6'2" I felt > each > wave on my legs in the bottom of the boat. To me it felt like a very > frightening massage each time." > > I paddle a fiberglass boat nowadays, but the only thing I really miss > about my old Klepper (rubber bottomed folding kayak) is the wonderful > sensation of the boat flexing in the waves and the delightful feeling of > being in intimate contact with the water. > > Nick Lyle I agree with Nick and also with Andy Johnson who expressed a similar sentiment regarding paddling folding kayaks. For the uninitiated like my friend Richard Clifford, the feel, and sometimes sound (see below), of waves and ripples passing under you is part of the folding kayak experience, quite normal. Richard could be forgiven as he was probably a bit spooked by being on Loch Ness. And who is to say if the sensation he felt under him was not of the "monster" herself taking care of an itchy serpentine back by rubbing herself along the underside of his kayak. Crossribs and longerons make perfect scratching posts. Oh, the sound. This is probably peculiar to Kleppers. In high seas they creak like an old wooden sailing ship. A very reassuring sound once you have heard it a few times and later realize nothing has happened to the boat as a result. 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.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Sep 05 1999 - 12:19:22 PDT
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