G'Day, Has anyone got well referenced definitions for "Flatwater", "Sea" and "Open crossing" in a kayaking or canoeing context? I'm finding them suprisingly hard to find. 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/ ***************************************************************************
PeterO wrote: >G'Day, > >Has anyone got well referenced definitions for "Flatwater", "Sea" and "Open >crossing" in a kayaking or canoeing context? > >I'm finding them suprisingly hard to find. > I'm not sure how helfpul this is going to be, but you might try this website and use their search engine (I have no idea who set this up or contributed to it but it is a wiki and if you disagree with the definitions, you can sign up and debate the content or add to it): http://kayakwiki.org/index.php/Main_Page Some definitions: http://kayakwiki.org/index.php/Type_of_kayaking http://kayakwiki.org/index.php/Flatwater http://kayakwiki.org/index.php/Open_water_crossing http://kayakwiki.org/index.php/Sea_kayaking http://kayakwiki.org/index.php/Touring Cheers, Jackie (not a wiki person - I get all the debate I need about kayaking here) *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Jackie Myers wrote: > I'm not sure how helfpul this is going to be, but you might try this > website and use their search engine (I have no idea who set this up or > contributed to it but it is a wiki and if you disagree with the > definitions, you can sign up and debate the content or add to it): That would be a lot of folks, including a number of Paddlewisers. Nick Schade set up the original Kayakwiki and ran it for years. There were problems with spam, so I took it over and moved it to a new, spamproofed platform (Mediawiki, same software as Wikipedia). I host it on a server right here next to me - soon to be transferred to a new server (just constructed but still not fully configured), also right next to me. There are two 'sysops" - myself and Harry Wood. I moderate mostly sea kayaking stuff and he, a British WW enthusiast, handles mostly WW. However, we overlap a lot on what we look at. I initially looked at the wiki definition of flatwater and didn't like it so I decided not to post it here. If someone wants to clean it up, they are welcome. There are a lot of pages that could be cleaned and improved, but yours truly doesn't have the time to do it all. I'd be embarrased to admit how many hours I've already put into it. > (not a wiki person - I get all the debate I need about kayaking here) Wikis are for info, not debates. There are discussion pages, but too much discussion is discouraged. 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/ ***************************************************************************
Michael Daly wrote: > > > (not a wiki person - I get all the debate I need about kayaking here) > > Wikis are for info, not debates. There are discussion pages, but too > much discussion is discouraged. I take it you haven't seen the "discussion" section for wikipedia... :-) Thanks for the background info. I wasn't aware of kayakwiki's history. Jackie *************************************************************************** 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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