----- Original Message ----- From: John and Donna Looze <looze_at_gemstate.net> Subject: [Paddlewise] Paranoid Paddler > <I have a related dilemma to pose: a guy I sometimes paddle with regularly > wimps out on easy crossings. He is so paranoid about capsizing he often will > alter the angle he takes across a half-mile channel, just to keep the > chop/swells off his beam.> Well...this is exactly what I do in an open canoe, in crossings greater than 1000 meters!! I'd rather paddle 2500 meters across a channel (and we did just that on the Arctic Ocean/Bathurst Inlet) this summer, "quartering" rather than being "beamed" by swells. Perhaps HIS early water experience comes out of canoeing rather than kayaking? What is appropriate for one craft , can be inappropriately transferred to something more "seaworthy", simply because it "was" appropriate in the beginning. Rich Dempsey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See our canoe tripping website http://communities.msn.com/RichWendysAwayFromHomePage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Nov 29 2000 - 18:39:38 PST
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