I have never paddled a double, but perhaps an extrapolation from bicycling is not that much out of order. When my wife and I decided to try biking we considered a tandem. We rented one and hated it. It's very difficult/uncomfortable to communicate with someone who is directly behind you. On separate bikes we can ride side by side, much of the time, and talk to each other quite easily. When paddling with others I find that when we want to converse we always end up side by side about 6-8 feet apart so our paddles don't interfere but then we can speak easily and point out things to each other with ease. It's probably more expensive, but I think that is the way I would go if my wife showed _any_ interest in paddling. I may go so far as to invest in one of John Winter's designs, the trimaran kayak, Tribalance to see if an almost totally untippy boat can draw her out onto the calm flat water we get so often in Monterrey, Santa Cruz and Elkhorn Slough. If it turns out it's a failure with her I might keep it for photography, fishing and diving and replace my SOT with a regular decked boat for my other kayaking. *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Mar 06 2000 - 10:32:28 PST
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