The latest issue of Canoe and Kayak has a good article by Rob Lyon about SOT's being used along the west coast of Vancouver Island. His web site is: http://lyonexpeditions.com/aboutus.html Don't know about you guys, but SOT's still have a long way to go in terms of R&D. Closed-deck kayaks still present a safety hazard too. Both statements are true. What say you. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On 3 Jun 2003 at 23:35, Doug Lloyd wrote: > Don't know about you guys, but SOT's still have a long way to go in > terms of R&D. Closed-deck kayaks still present a safety hazard too. > Both statements are true. What say you. He seems (on the web site) to be trying the old trick of alluding to a lack of safety in the standard kayak and then presenting the open kayak as a truly safe alternative. Bad news - he builds a false sense of security. I also note that he offers training in VHF protocol. In Canada, the only organization that can do that and present you with a real operator's certificate is the Canadian Power and Sail Squadron. Is he suggesting that its ok to use VHF without a license? His comments on the "groove" of paddling and hanging out on land, coupled with the above observations (and others I haven't noted) tell me: This is the kind of guy I don't trust. Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Doug Wrote: - >Don't know about you guys, but SOT's still >have a long way to go in terms of R&D. >Closed-deck kayaks still present a safety >hazard too. Both statements are true. What say you. G'Day Doug' and Paddlewise, Jervis Bay south of Sydney is an oval stretch of water about 5km x 3km radii and capable of getting rough. Last time I was there the local council were not allowing kayak shops to rent closed in kayaks. They did allow SOT's, considering them to be safer. I don't know how they came to this conclusion but it gave me cause to think. Perhaps there is an argument that SOTs are safer for relatively unskilled kayakers, in warmer climates where hopping on an off between the boat and the water is routine. For long trips in choppy water I imagine that the increased risk of coming off the SOT, because of lack of hip control, would entail a serious risk of exhaustion. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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