Re: [Paddlewise] Saturation Point

From: Shawn W. Baker <baker_at_montana.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:07:40 -0600
Woody wrote:
>Well, I guess you could look at it another way. If out of the next 10 (20,
50?) people who buy a kayak, one would have bought a power boat if (s)he
would not have been introduced to kayaking, we're making progress in the
right direction...
<SNIP>
Bring on the growth...<

Amen brother!
I guess I consider myself one of the converts; I grew up waterskiing and
kneeboarding in high school--and thought it was pretty cool.  Now I
haven't been in a motorboat but 3 times in 7 years, and then only to go
fishing with my father.  I no longer have any intention of buying a boat
"powered by hydrocarbons".  Of course, I now am found more often on
waterways less frequented by powerboats, being of a presence where
formerly I was not.  Of course, overall, my water-recreation as a whole
is now causing a heckuva lot less pollution and impact on the earth.

Shawn
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