The early years of Sea Kayaker were probably its best but I think this has more to do with the nature of sea kayaking than the current editorship of SK. Sea kayaking is a very simple activity and the boats and gear are the quintessence of simplicity. This, to me, is the great beauty of it. But how many magazines can an editor fill before she's left to comb through the files, trying to come up with a new slant on old stuff? Rudders v. no rudders, feathered paddles v. non-feathered, hard chines v. soft, Greenland v. European, etc, ad nauseam. And then there are the articles that could collectively be classified in the "My Most Excellent Adventure" genre. Icy places [north of New Jersey], sweaty places [south of New Jersey]. Various and sundry bits of flora and fauna: sealions and killer whales [ north of New Jersey], alligators and sharks [south of New Jersey]. With a few jewel-like exceptions, these begin to sound pretty much the same after awhile. Because my dedicated life quest is to find the Perfect Boat [ Light weight, fast, never capsizes unless you intend to then rolls back up by simply thinking about it, never, ever weathercocks, surfs down wind waves without broaching or pearling,tracks straight and true but turns in its own length on a lean, never needs a rudder and is comfortable and beautiful to boot and Matt Broze might try to convince me that he currently makes several models of boats with just these very qualities], I like the SK Kayak Reviews but that alone is hardly a good reason to part with $3.95 unless Doug, John, Ralph, Matt or some similiar notable has written something that grabs my attention. John *************************************************************************** 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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