From: "Melissa Reese" & Michael R Noyes: snipped to change subject --- > >Mike, who paddles with the ruddered heathen all the time. :-) > > > > Well, okay, I admit it... I've transgressed and often find myself > paddling with those very same followers of the Dark Side. One must > be tolerant. > > Melissa > ================= ok now that it's out in the open, i also have paddled with folks in boats with rudders. recently i was paddling with one, but our styles were *grossly* different. we were on the Chesapeake Bay; relatively short crossings with moderate winds creating short chop from ~45 degrees right of our heading. the other guy chooses the route that pleases him: straight as possible from point to point. rudderless paddler chooses the route that pleases him: (a) almost directly into waves then (b) surf them. our crossing times were essentially equal (although i think i slowed a few times so as not to cut his boat in half). he was efficient. i was having a ball playing with the waves. .......... now then i wonder, is the paddling style of folks with rudders normally different than rudderless folks or am i missing something in my approach to getting from a to b. (fun vs getting there)? bye bye bliven trying to be Tolerant and to avoid the Dark Side. *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Aug 16 2000 - 18:44:26 PDT
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