Re: [Paddlewise] Lost at Sea while Sailing

<delurk>
Here's my first post to paddlewise.  At the risk of stating the
obvious, here's my comments.

Mr Doug Lloyd writes:
 > <snip>
 > the gear. The people who ask me to do these talks are trying to sell as
 > many boats to as many people as they can, I'm sure, and want a
 > "balanced" presentation -- not melodrama.
 > 
 > <snip -story about missing kayaker>
 > 
 > I feel better about preaching the hard-line safety-tech talk now -
 > though it is unfortunate it takes tragedies for me to feel better about
 > myself and tether articles and other such things that I preach the
 > gospel about, but are often non-conformist to established sea kayak
 > training regimes and the proclivities of many instructor trainer types
 > involved with these germane schemes. Geesh I'm weird!

Perhaps the hard line talk can be mitigated by stating that the gear
and preperations are relative to the situation.  While the sea is
mighty fickle, my experience of inland paddles is that of a gentler
sort.  If the concern is to not scare new paddlers from the sport,
steer them towards lake and calm river paddles.  Show how levels of
gear and preperation are appropriate for an increase in the
risk/challenge of a paddle (esp as you cross from lake to inlet to
open ocean).


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