In a message dated 5/2/00 12:44:23 AM, seacajun_at_gs.net writes: << My first two years of paddling was with a unfeathered paddle. It was no individual or instruction that changed how I paddled it was the conditions on a solo five day trip that changed my mind. To each his own and I firmly believe that. >> I wonder if the feather issue didn't come up at your certification because everyone paddled feathered. I've been told it should only take about a week to change over. I'll give it another try. Thanks for the input. My apologies to my maybe-soon-to-be-former-non-feathered-paddling brethren. I tried to fight the good fight, but you just can't fight the woman that owns the ball and the court and the concession stand and the parking lot and the hotel across the street and the . . . They may make me paddle feathered but I don't believe the birds are going to be fooled at all, although the tar might help to keep me dry until the drysuit arrives. Jed *************************************************************************** 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 May 01 2000 - 19:05:59 PDT
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