Re: [Paddlewise] limited ....

From: Mark Balogh
>
> Sailing is much the same for me as the paddling is for you though I do
> not understand why the satisfaction from each can not be the same.
> Paddling is mostly something that I do when the wind dies.  I may get
> more of the satisfaction you get from paddling from my bicycle.  Part of
> this is that I think I am a passagemaker at heart.  I like to think my
> kayak is made to cross large distances in open water.  The extra speed
> and range from a sail allow me to think of ocean rather than coast.  My
> learning is in preparation for long jumps as opposed to coastal hops.
>

i think that the downriver 24 hr distance record is upwards of 300 miles.
what do you consider to be a long jump with a sail in a kayak?

anyone recall what kinds of records folks hold for these types of
activities?

bye bye bliven



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