At 22:07 9/23/99 -0700, rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote: [snipped and taken completely out of context] > >Skip the rudder. As you said it adds to assembly (and weight--3 pounds >or so in the Klepper), it is one more thing to go wrong and it causes >drag. Learn how to paddle without a rudder and use all the body english >and other tools of the corrective tracking skills to keep the boat on >course. > >ralph bless you, and now will come the rudder/no rudder debate again, time to put on those asbestos wetsuits, opps first day of autumn, drysuit time ;-) or is that another taboooooooooooooo mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. --Pablo Picasso *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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