Re: [Paddlewise] Baidarka thoughts

--- Nick Schade <nick_at_guillemot-kayaks.com> wrote:
> One of the best documented accounts
> talk about kayaks  
> paddling against a strong current while the observer
> was sailing up a  
> river. What this account says to me is this sounds
> like the ideal  
> conditions for surfing. A ship sailing up a river
> probably has a tail  
> wind as wind tend to go up and down rivers. The
> current was fairly  
> obviously going down the river.

Dear Nick, 
I don't know of this account. . . where can it be
found?   I agree with your assessment of the
situation, i.e., likely surfing conditions.  Most of
the accounts I've read are in open-water conditions
(presented by Dyson in "Form and Function of the
Baidarka: The framework of design" in Contributions to
Kayak Studies, 1991).  Surfing could of course account
for some of these as well. 

In any case, so much is made of the kayak when in
reality it is the paddler's skill and strength that
makes all the difference.  

Best, 
Harvey 
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