At 07:36 AM 10/14/99 EDT, JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: >A few years ago, our local (College Park, MD) REI rented out some kayaks which wound up on a Chesapeake Paddler Association (CPA) beginnners' trip; when working basic safety issues at the start of the trip with the newbies, we discovered that REI had sent the boats out without any paddlefloats, and we had to demo and instruct self rescues with spare equipment. A letter to REI College Park objecting to this business practice brought an immediate written response which acknowledged our concern and agreed with our conclusions --- and which also promised an immediate change in the store's rental procedures. > <snip> I'll go you one better. I bought my recreational boat from a local outdoor store. The store mainly caters to hunters and fishermen. They also have a side line of canoes and kayaks, but they're mainly going after the whitewater crowd. They not only didn't have a paddle float in stock. They didn't know what one was. I ended up ordering one from L.L. Bean. Luke -------------------------------------------------------- Luke Hoffman lhoffman_at_colsa.com COLSA Corporation In the great human comedy, one day we're spectators, the next day we're performers. Garrison Keillor *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 14 1999 - 09:13:00 PDT
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