Here's another book question: What are the essential books a beginning (or experienced) sea kayaker should have in his or her library, and why? There are now many books on sea kayaking that deliver pretty much the same information. What distinguishes one from another? Which would you recommend first, and why? I ask because the Inland Sea Kayakers club (ISK) has added a Bookstore page to its Web site (http://www.isk.canoe-kayak.org/bookstore/bookstore.html), and we would like to know which sea kayaking-related books to list, assuming we can't list them all. <g> What's up now is only a starter list, sort of a proof-of-concept page. I know for sure that there are several books not yet on it that should be (e.g., Ralph Diaz' book on folding kayaks). So, what would you add to the list? Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I vote for adding Nick Schade's book on strip built sea kayaks. Professor Karl S. Coplan Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Inc. 78 North Broadway White Plains, N.Y. 10603 kcoplan_at_genesis.law.pace.edu (914) 422-4343 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 01:34 PM 11/19/99 +0000, Karl Coplan wrote: >I vote for adding Nick Schade's book on strip built sea kayaks. Ditto. Not only is it the definitive resource on building a strip built kayak It also has one of the best written sections about how hull design affects stability I've seen. I'd also add the following: "Sea Kayaking: A Manual for long distance touring" - John Dowd "Nigel Fosters Surf Kayaking" - Nigel Foster "The Bombproof Roll and Beyond" - Paul Dutky *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> I know for sure that there are several books not > yet on it that should be (e.g., Ralph Diaz' book on folding kayaks). > Ralph's book was the first book I ever read on the subject and was impressive for the balance of the technical and the passionate aspects of kayaking. I don't have a foldable(but will soon) and feel that the book does apply to hardshells as well. The second was G. Dyson's book 'Baidarka' which is stylistically different, but leaves as strong an impression. Most of the other books I have used as reference as opposed to reading from cover to cover as these two. -- : : Gabriel L Romeu : http://studiofurniture.com furniture from the workshop : http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR life as a tourist, daily journal : http://users.aol.com/romeugp paintings, photographs, etchings, objects *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
ralph diaz wrote: > I have only one beef with David's book...the short shrift he gave > folding kayaks. ...<snip>... > I vowed I would one day set the record straight on this breed of boat. > ...<snip>... > In looking back at the episode later, I chuckled to myself realizing that > in my mania to get a book out I was following in the footsteps of another > indignant Diaz a half millenium ago, one Bernal Diaz del Castillo. > ...<snip of story>... Great story, Ralph. Now I have the urge to read the book by that other Diaz. From what little I know, the history of the conquest of New Spain was quite colorful (mainly involving the color red). It should be an interesting book, especially given the first-hand account. Dan Hagen *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
<Snipped lots> Diaz del Castillo Goes to show that you never know what people will pick up on in what you tell 'em. > :-) > > ralph diaz =========== thanks, your post got me to Pedro Eduardo Jose Rivera Diaz del Castillo http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/phase-trans/ Phase Transformations & Complex Properties Research Group i like the paper on 'Gaussian Processes versus Neural Networks' wow, bye bye bliven *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
<Many snips> >Diaz del Castillo read the book and >got mad. Although almost 80 years old, he sat down and dictated from memory a book to tell how the events >really had unfolded. His book, "The _True_ History of the Conquest of New Spain," is a classic of Latin >American history and much of what we know of the era comes from his vivid descriptions and accounts. > > :-) > > ralph diaz ========= ralph, believe it or not. That book is on a top 10 reading list for *Summer Beach Readings* see: http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/display/dmay97.html bye bye bliven *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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