SRI wrote: > > Ralph (and all), > > I got a kick out of the fact that you and I posted, at apparently about the > same time, almost diametrically opposed views on the subject, each of us > also renaming the subject header. Great minds don't think alike, it seems. > . . <g>. Good dialog, you two. Sign me up for Ralph's suggestion that some hard-bitten old salt get the duty to review kayaks. And wait for the cold day in hell preceding that assignment by the editor(s) of SK. I find the reviews too namby-pamby, although Ralph is correct that if you know how to read between the lines, they are useful. I disagree somewhat with Ralph re: numbers and graphs. The stability curves are useful if you stack one boat's against another's. Ralph, are you graph-challenged? <G> OTOH, many of the other numbers are pretty useless. LOA and length of the water line at various loads are good to have, as a comparison. I also take issue with the notion that "there's nothing better out there ..." This forum (Paddlewise) is much more useful, albeit sometimes it is tough to judge the validity of comments made. I know Kevin Whilden has revealed to us before that he is one of the "anonymous" reviewers -- maybe he has some insight into how the review process works. Kevin? P.S. Kevin, I had imagined you trimmer than you looked in those wet suit/dry suit photos a couple issues ago-- welcome to the larger than normal crowd (that's 230 lb Dave speaking, here!). -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Aug 12 2000 - 10:00:41 PDT
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