Re: [Paddlewise] Instability with a flooded cockpit (and more added)

At 01:03 AM 1/27/00 -0800, Doug Lloyd wrote:
>
>Caveat: This is a post for advanced paddlers - though the term advanced
>juxtaposed with screwed-up, would normally be mutually exclusive.
>
(Big Snippola)
>
>overfalls "suicidal". That may or may not be true, but it can be no man's
>land combined with a wind-storm. No flames please, my wife already turned
>me into Carbon 14 (a few times).
>
>Doug Lloyd (opprobruim of the masses, but mostly loved by the PW sub-culture)

Doug, don't let the small minds get you down. I thoroughly enjoy your
posts, and rarely do I fail to learn something from them.

I must say, thought, that your posts are valuable if for no more reason
than to show how a highly skilled and experienced paddler can screw up
big-time if they're not thinking straight -- or even if they are, and are
pushing the limits of conditions and their skill envelope.

To the novice, then, the message is: "Jeez, if Lloyd can screw up like
that, with all his skill and experience, think of how easy it would be for
me! I'd better watch my step and not get into trouble like that."

I don't mind learning from the mistakes of others.

BTW, the winter paddling article was excellent and much of it applicable
anywhere things get cold.

Don't stop now!

-- Wes

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