Won't argue the point further about looping arms in decklines, Rex. Won't do it, either. Guess it's some primordial instruction I got in flight training --- just not keen about lashing into a moving object --- and I guess I was thinking of getting knocked down in nasty stuff with breaking waves. 'Nuff said. I like Doug's statement: "The actual float (inflatable or foam) isn't the problem,but the lack of _intimate_ practice in chaotic sea states is." That's what it's really all about --- practicing what you assume you can do may add new perspectives to your paddling, I guess. (The Pintail collects dust, Doug --- have returned to school to reinvent myself in my agedness. On top of that, there's just about no way to re-enter a Pintail except through the injection method!) Jack Martin *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 14 2001 - 09:36:32 PDT
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