At 07:29 AM 10/20/00 -0500, Luke Hoffman wrote: >evidently this is not an uncommon problem. I have gotten a couple of other >boat suggestions, plus I remembered Wes Boyd's Boats for Big Guys page at: >http://www2.dmci.net/users/wesboyd/bigguy.htm You know, it sure gives my ego little smiley faces inside to see other people put up pointers to that page. I guess it's providing a useful service to somebody, which makes me glad that I thought of doing it. Well, now with the weather getting colder, the days getting shorter and the kayaking season winding down, maybe it's time to think about spiffing it up again, adding some boats, cleaning up some minor errors, jazzing up the page appearance, etc. From this topic and a couple e-mails I've had recently, I can see I need to put more emphasis into boats for the plus-six footers, especially those with big feet. Does anybody have any suggestions, ideas, or pointers (I mean, over and above what's been discussed in this thread?) >I'm going to check out some of those too. One of the few areas where men can share in the joy of shopping that women often seem to extol is searching for a new boat. It gives plenty of opportunity to try out different boats -- which can be habit forming, just ask Matt Broze -- or stand around talking kayaking, or just get out and see new scenery, thinking about what you want in a boat, wondering how you're going to pay or it and/or explain it to the wife, the thrill of finding the perfect boat marked off 40% at an end of season sale, and so on, and so on. In other words, shopping for boats is fun and habit forming and an excellent way to pass the time. Plus, it's certianly better for you (although perhaps no less expensive) than drinking or drugs. Joking aside, shop around. It's worth it to try out lots of different boats, especially if you're an odd fit. You can learn a great deal from looking at the different approaches to the same problem. As I said on the above-mentioned web page, "A boat can haul a load that could break down a pack horse, track like an arrow, turn on a dime and be fast as the wind, but if you can't get in and out easily, and be comfortable in it for several hours, it is not the boat for you. The only way to be sure it fits you is to try it on; if it doesn't fit, look elsewhere." Have fun with it! -- Wes *************************************************************************** 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 Oct 20 2000 - 06:12:06 PDT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:33 PDT