Re: [Paddlewise] What Should One Know About Paddling A Double?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Hawkins" <jhawkins_at_cisco.com>
To: "ralph diaz" <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com>Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] What Should
One Know About Paddling A Double?

> What Ralph will never tell you is this:  In a double you can sit in the
> back, and paddle only when the other guy looks back over his
> shoulder.  Works great.  Much more relaxing than all that work
> synchronizing the stroke.

What to do if caught not paddling:

1. Pretend you had something in your eye and were working it out.

2. Have a half unwrapped Clif Bar and be ready to say "have some!"

3.  Be cleaning your glasses

All 3 of these survival measures (to avoid getting wacked by an annoyed
person in front) take practice, practice, practice to get the split-second
reflex down right .  I believe the BCU has some star level of training,
evaluation and certification for this.  It has for everything else.  :-)

ralph diaz

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