[Paddlewise] new boat let me tell you a story

>ralph diaz wrote:
>In defense of plastic kayaks, I was a witness to the last time the
>Finlandia Challenge was run into NYC.  The last leg was an open race for
>paddlers who had not been in the long distance one from Chicago
>finishing that same morning.  The first kayak over the finish line of
>some 15 -20 recreational kayaks was a fellow from California in a
>plastic Dagger.  He actually beat some surfskies and obvious racing type
>boats.  A boat does not necessarily maketh the racer.

Years ago, when I had a crappy plastic sea kayak, (Sea Runner... are these
still being made?),  I was always the slowest paddler in a group.  After
deciding it was the boat, I sold the plastic kayak and spent beaucoup
dinero on a glass boat. Guess what....  still the slowest paddler in a
group, and now the glass boat is dinged, scratched, patched, and
de-gelcoated (to the point where I can almost read a paper through the
bottom!).

Am longing for the days when I could drag my boat over a rocky beach or
garage floor or use a concrete boat ramp without guilt.

Signed,
future plastic sea kayak owner,

Tina
Portland, Oregon



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