In a message dated 6/26/01 10:42:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tombrooklyn_at_yahoo.com writes: > ... Personally, I made out pretty well under Ralph Hoehns tutelage; and also > because I brought a copy of Ralph Diaz's (the other Ralph's) book on > folding boats with me. During the lightning breaks I read from the > chapters on doubles although the rain gave the tome such a soaking it was > hard to separate the pages at times. I also read some other chapters as I > was in the back; and as I had been accurately advised by some other helpful > paddlewisers, I only had to paddle when Ralph looked back or the photogs > were around. Actually Tom is is being far too modest: I perpetuate with purpose and vehemence the myth that, even when I'm pulling strongly on a Greenland type blade, I leave almost no surface vortices behind. Rather than being a drag on the propulsive side of the operation, it was in fact Tom alone who paddled us around the island, while I merely "waggled the stick back and forth"!! By the way, I'm glad that we did not roll the double folding boat to avoid lighting strikes, as it turned out that our "submersible" masthead light filled with water just from the rain alone. (Will refrain from naming the brand since I have not yet proven conclusively to myself that there was no operator error involved.) Best regards, Ralph Ralph C. Hoehn Ralph_at_PouchBoats.com www.PouchBoats.com *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jun 27 2001 - 17:11:08 PDT
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