My two cents on a couple of points. As to Ralphs "any smart lawyer" point, I disagree. I like to consider myself a halfway smart lawyer, but what one really needs in these cases (and is all too likely to find) is a dumb jury. As to the effects of different boats on group paddles, I have seen this also. However, I do not think length of boat is that important unless the paddlers in the larger boats are really steaming along. My wife's Tchaika can maintain a good pace, and I bet the new P&H Vela is at least as fast. On the other hand, I have had a hard time in my Arctic Hawk (no rudder or skeg) keeping up with a ruddered boat paddled hard in certain conditions. But I really think that paddler conditioning is the most important factor for keeping together. *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Dec 01 2000 - 19:50:39 PST
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