<jfarrelly5_at_comcast.net> wrote: >>After about five minutes of no success on her part maintaining her heading or position I finally woke up and clipped a tow line to her bow to help her stay pointed into the wind. I should have taken charge a lot sooner. We started off back home.>> I was party to a very similar situation in the Broken Group (Vancouver Island) a couple years ago. A paddler with undeveloped turning strokes -- she insists she is weak, but I think she just needs to improve her technique -- could not maintain the course needed for our intended landfall. Like Jim, I resisted handing her a tow far too long. The bottom line here is that if an experienced paddler thinks you need a tow -- you need a tow. I'm grateful for the guy who gave my ex (the woman in question) a tow. He saved her bacon that day. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Dec 16 2003 - 08:47:23 PST
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