>snip >> >> I think I agree with both sentiments...while I don't know the effects of >> having a rudder around, but not deployed on wind, etc...I suspect that the >> first boat will have one, unless I finally get some classes and don't end up >> needing it (classes to come soon, and definitely before purchasing a boat... >snip >Aaron, >My two favorite instructors in the Seattle area are Nigel Foster and George >Gronseth. Your money will be well spent. George has a web site at >www.halcyon.com/kayak/. In the past Nigel has taught classes organized by >the Mountaineer Club (www.anabasisnw.com/sk/nigel.html) and also through >Mariner Kayaks. He will be teaching through the Mountaineers in November. >It may be limited to members, I don't know for sure. Nigel is usually at >the West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium also. thanks for the advice on instructors..my intention up to this point was some blocks of instruction form NWOC or PWS, but I hadn't put a whole lot or thought/research into it yet... >You mentioned in another post that you will be at the WCSKS. Maybe I'll see >you there. I'll be helping Ken and Kathea Rasmussen teach a class and >workshop on custom outfitting the cockpit (hip pads, knee and thigh braces, >and custom seats). >At the symposium they will have more kayaks than you will be able to paddle >in three days. You will have a blast. I wonder if they are going to >publish the class schedule on the web site this year. In the past you did >not know who was teaching and when they were teaching until you arrived on >Friday morning. Later. I had my grubby little paws on one of the NWSKS flyers that I picked up at NWOC on the way out the door today, but I must have left it on the counter, because it isn't here... (it's Friday, brain going into Low Power mode 8) ) At this point the web site has most of the bios, but not course descriptions/times. I might actually take some classes this year... I went in '97, '98, (missed last year) and wandered around, drooled and picked up propoganda...ooops, I mean brochures :) I think the clsass you are involved in is one of those I would probably take, because it's (at least in my eyes) one of the 'basic' things you need to do to make a boat your own... >Rex Thanks... Aaron *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Aug 11 2000 - 18:53:09 PDT
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