That sounds just a little elitist and ignorant all at the same time. Here we've been talking about the subject of governmental regulation, and that type of statement from an apparent agent of the government is just disturbing. What if someone else (less knowledgeable than you) spoke with the same park employee--they might go buy a boat that is too wide for them, because they have the mistaken impression that narrower boats are "illegal" in your area. Does this park employee have any policy-making authority? If not, don't worry about it. If so, this could be a very sticky situation. They could be viewed as a 'local expert' even by their superiors, so you might not be able to present a differing opinion to them. "We don't need any of that down here. We paddle "water stable" boats." BTW, what do you think she meant by 'WE'? We as in "the group I paddle with" or We as in "everyone in my little jurisdiction" *evil laugh*. If rules get made so that "water stable boats" are required, I can get you a good deal on an OT Loon! Up here in Montana, We (my paddling partner) needed a less water stable boat--something to be rolled! Good luck, Shawn -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/ *************************************************************************** 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 Oct 04 2000 - 06:49:47 PDT
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