Thanks to everybody who wrote me with comments and suggestions. It seems the more performance-oriented paddlers would favor a single, while sociable paddlers recommend a double. More affluent paddlers recommend I get two singles or a single and a double, and one person recommended I get a new girlfriend. I guess I tend to fall more in the group of sociable paddlers, since I have no athletic ambitions with the kayak, but rather hope to get out in nature, enjoy the good weather, have picnics, etc. I live in Vienna, Austria, and the Danube river is only about 10 minutes away by subway. Within an hour's drive there are also numerous lakes and other rivers. With the help of the kayak I hope to discover and enjoy these various bodies of water. Mostly alone, but occasionally with my girlfriend or a larger touring group. In the Complete Folding Kayaker, Ralph states that "Solo paddling is fine" with the Klepper Aerius II, but "best done with a solo seat". From what I can tell, the solo seat is no longer necessary, since newer Kleppers all seem to have movable seats. Is this right? For those who regularly paddle a double on their own, I'd like to hear your thoughts. Thanks again! Peter *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Mar 08 2000 - 20:51:40 PST
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