Jim, You seem a little ashamed of your kayak being plastic. Let me tell you a story. I went on a coastal paddle with about 7 other kayakers this one time. Along the 9 NM paddle up the coast, we had a strong tail wind. As we ate lunch on the beach, the wind got a hell of a lot worse. Then we all launched to head back down the coast against the wind. After about a 1/2 mile, everyone but me decided to turn around and take a taxi back to the cars. For three hours I slugged it out alone in a strong head wind with large waves breaking over my deck. Finishing the paddle was a glorious moment, despite the misery I was in from the painful blisters on my hands and my sore muscles and joints. I was the only one in that group with a plastic kayak. Everyone else had fiberglass, and there were even a few carbon fiber paddles in the group. I was using a cheap and heavy Aqua-Bound paddle. One guy even had a new Current Designs Extreme kayak and a carbon fiber paddle. It all goes to show that 90% of performance is in the kayaker, not the kayak. So take that plastic kayak of yours, be proud of it, and kick some ass! Duane Strosaker <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/pirateseakayaker/index.html">Pirate Sea Kayaker</A> *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 20 2000 - 19:34:50 PST
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