Steve Scherrer: ... Why buy an obsolete boat? Why not benefit from new technology and learn in a modern boat? Rich Kulawiec: ... <chuckle> I don't really strongly disagree *except* that I am very concerned that a lot of beginners are not acquiring strong fundamental skills, and I think boat designs are part of the problem. (They're certainly not the only factor, though.) ... Ralph Hoehn: I see no problem with "beginners ... not getting strong fundamental skills" IN THIS CONTEXT! As long as these beginners, then beginners no more, don't later assume that they can immediately and with impunity paddle anything else beyond the highly specialized boats, in which they learnt at the outset, in the self same highly specialized circumstances ... not that they couldn't learn to do so, of course, but the skill set required would be different. Conversely I have sound sea skills for my purposes and for the boats with which and the circumstances under which I paddle. That does not make me a white water jockey ... and I know my limitations in that respect. Ralph *************************************************************************** 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 Feb 28 2001 - 12:09:50 PST
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