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

-----Original Message-----
From:	John Fereira [SMTP:jaf30_at_cornell.edu]
Sent:	Friday, June 22, 2001 12:58 PM
To:	ralph diaz; FoldingBoats_at_aol.com; PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net
Subject:	Re: [Paddlewise] What Should One Know About Paddling A Double?

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>
>The other Ralph is doing swim support tomorrow in a double foldable (a Pouch
>I assume) for the 20th swim circumnavigation of the island.  Each swim has a
>kayaker(s) and a motorboat.  Record time is in the 6 hr range for the 28
>miles.

Is that right?  I've often heard that a circumnavigation of Manhattan by 
kayak takes closer to 10 hours.

[>>>:]  It probably does - at least.  I did the Chesapeake Bay Bridge swim support a couple of weeks ago.  Sure, the fastest swimmers did the 4.4 miles in around 1 hr 20 minutes.  But guess what, they're not the ones who need swim support!  It's the slowest ones who do.  "My" swimmer was pulled out after something like 3 hours (maybe more?) before he got to the 4-mile marker.  I couldn't decide whether I'd have rather been in there swimming with him or sitting in a narrow low-decked kayak watching.   

Hmm, I guess that is an advantage of a pouch boat - more room to stretch - and if you hand paddle you might not be faster than a slow swimmer!  



Joy Hecht
Arlington VA
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