On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 01:06 PM, Kaitlin O'Hara wrote: > Langmaid suggested that there is no substitute for avoidance of > dangerous > situations and solid paddling skills because training is far better > than > being outside of your boat. Bob Myers suggested that using California > Ballast Rocks T with inflated float bags to keep rocks in place was a > far > superior method of achieving temporary stability. John Winters, naval > architect and designer of QCC kayaks and Swift canoes, suggested > creating > paddle craft with sufficient stability for reentry. > I forget, how do the California Ballast Rocks differ from the Canadian Ballast Rocks? And exactly how much faith should we put in research that doesn't know when someone is joking. Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.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 Thu Oct 31 2002 - 06:18:18 PST
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