John Fereira wrote: > My wife has tried a touring kayak a couple of times but doesn't really care > for > it. However, she loves paddling in our canoe. When we first got our canoe > I always took the stern position since I have a lot more experience > and would do all of the steering Now she's learning how to draw and pry > and helps steer so we're working more as a team. My wife doesn't really like the single kayaks, but she likes canoeing. My problem is that I don't like canoeing so much! I think a double will be a decent compromise--especially if I remember that I can't be in as rough of water as I'm used to in a single. > Even though she doesn't really like kayaking herself, what she does like is > having me happy so she supports my passion. She also like going to > sea kayaking symposiums, specifically the LL Bean symposium in Maine, > especially if it means staying in that wonderful B&B right on the bay. My wife is fairly outdoorsy, she likes hunting and fishing, which I get less excited about every year, and I like hiking, paddling, and camping. She absolutely loves going to REI stores with me--while I'm drooling over gear, she's buying fleece by the acre! > >>my wife...gave me the go-ahead to build a double! > > Picked a design yet? I doubt that I would build a double kayak but I've > already had hints that I should build a stripper canoe after building > the Norhtbay. I'm leaning toward Nick's Guillemot Double for the time being. It's one of the "narrower" doubles out there at 28"--not including his 21" beam Fast Single. Shawn -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 1999 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** 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 Nov 04 1999 - 06:55:11 PST
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