Ralph said: > And now for a quick pet peeve: Sometimes the term "divorce > boat" comes up in > > connection with doubles. I hazard that, if a couple of > paddlers cannot work > > together in a boat, they will have problems working together > under all but the > > most benign circumstances anyway. Ralph, My wife of 20 years and I started paddling singles before we got our "divorce boat". We kept the boat about a year and fortunately kept our singles as well. With two "Type A" personalities in the boat, we quickly came to the realization that either the marriage or the boat had to go. Fortunately, we no longer have a tandem. I thought her paddle cadence was too fast, she thought mine was too slow (the boat required synchronized paddling). I wanted to stay further from the breaking waves and rocks---she was oblivious to them. I sat in the back with the rudder controls because I am much heavier than she--but she wanted to be able to steer the boat. If we had kept it, I'm sure I would have had to add rudder pedals for her. Our relationship is 100% better when each of us is the master of our own vessel. This may not work for all, but it certainly works for us. Steve Holtzman Southern CA *************************************************************************** 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 11 2003 - 17:36:56 PDT
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