Linda and I attended the San Diego Kayak Club festival, too, and had a great time meeting and chatting with Duane, Jim, Marie, and other members of the club. Linda even found a British couple to talk to, and a guy from Saint Paul to give an Inland Sea Kayakers brochure to! It appears to be a well-organized club for being only a year old, and even has a championship kayak polo team. I thought I'd see more people on the water, though; Duane and Jim Gabriel spent practically as much time on the water as everybody else combined. We rented Lookshas and Werner paddles from Southwest Kayaks to paddle over to the festival. It must have been the unfamiliar equipment that caused me to miss a roll on my off side and wet exit (darned round shafts!), but I recovered with a reentry and roll, which made me feel better. I took a lot of pictures, Duane, including several of the water polo match. I'll send you some when they are developed. One thing amused me when we were renting the kayaks. When I mentioned that we were used to Romanys, the fellow who was helping us (not Ed Gillet) said he had never heard of them! Chuck Holst Still catching up on several hundred Paddlewise posts. -----Original Message----- From: Strosaker_at_aol.com [SMTP:Strosaker_at_aol.com] Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 11:10 PM To: cakayak_at_mindspring.com; paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Get together-California Clubs <snip> All you have to do is get involved. I am involved and have dozens of kayaking friends, and because of it I rarely get a chance to paddle alone. Even today we had a wonderful event in Mission Bay with the San Diego Kayak Club. It was an anniversary festival, and we had 45 members present for informal classes, rolling and rescue practice, a swap meet, trying out each other's kayaks, BBQ and potluck, socializing, and kayak polo. What more could you ask for? Duane Strosaker Irvine, California *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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