Matt, >By the way Sid, I almost never use an all neoprene spraydeck except in a >river kayak or when surfing. Too hot and they tend to limit rotation at the >waist. I bet that with any neoprene spray deck that you can get over your >butt you can also get your arm down into to release it from the inside as >Peter described in his tests. I suggest you try this technique like Peter >did before being so quick to dismiss it based on remembered "experience" and >"common knowledge". From the dismissive tone of your post I'm going to guess >you are mostly a WW paddler doing a little "slumming " on this list and are >under 40. Good guess. Not. Now who is being dismissive? Actually I am 50. As for experience, since you brought it up, I've paddled the entire coast of California averaging 30 miles a day, made a half a dozen crossings to Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands and to Catalina Island, paddled Clayoquot, Barkley and Desolation Sounds in British Columbia, twice paddled the Baja coast of the Gulf of California from Bahia de los Angeles to La Paz, paddled to dozens of islands in the Gulf of California, circumnavigated Mexico’s two largest islands, Isla Tiburon and Isla Angel de la Guarda, the latter twice. In 1993 I and three others crossed the Gulf of California from San Francisquito, Baja California Norte to Bahia Kino, Sonora and back. I've also paddled the lower Colorado River and rafted the upper Colorado, and several California rivers. Yes, I'm a whitewater paddler of moderate skill. etc etc What's the point of this newsgroup if I can't express my honest opinion? Sid *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Mar 10 2001 - 10:00:17 PST
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