Mark, Bravo and well done. By having asked these questions, you have shown that you are well on your way to developing good seamanship. My bit of advice to you and Chris is to do two things: 1) take a class that includes discussion of the parts of a kayak (and their function) and basic rescues and 2) get into another Pungo or similar recreation kayak and try some rescues in SAFE water. I would tell you to do many other things too, but first hand information is your greatest information resource. This will also inspire you; when you give advice later, I promise that your words to the recipient will be full of passion. This scenario reminds me of a tongue-in-cheek running argument I have with a friend. She would say that a recreational kayak is a "bad" kayak, I would answer her that there are no bad kayaks, there are only kayaks that are misused. A rec kayak is a wonderful craft for exploring quiet places, provided that you don't take it where you can't walk away from it. Mike. Mike Hamilton, Biologist 1205 Leonardtown Service Bldg University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 301-314-3486 *************************************************************************** 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 Nov 06 2003 - 12:43:12 PST
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