Thanks, Harvey and Doug, for lightening things up. Gary Doran Victoria, Canada >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Doug Lloyd >> >>> ... I couldn't fight the current due to paddle slippage and being >>> thrown off >>> balance with my low aspect ratio blades. >>> In jest, >>> Doug Harvey Golden wrote: >> ...Science has proven that salt-water is denser than >> fresh-water, and therefore a paddle's buoyancy will be suddenly >> affected-- >> especially a wooden one. This can result in a sudden inability to >> roll, > or >> even worse (when passing from fresh-to-salt), an un-anticipated >> "super-ability" to roll, in which one continues to roll, until >> tired-out, >> and then drowned. >> >> Harvey *************************************************************************** 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 Thu May 24 2001 - 23:20:56 PDT
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