Re: [Paddlewise] Kayaker rating system

From: Brian Curtiss <bc_at_asdi.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:35:49 -0600
At 2:11 PM -0700 3/15/07, Mark Sanders wrote:
>Now I know its a system that will needs some refinement and won't work with
>all paddlers, but I'm starting to gauge my ability as a kayaker by the
>gouges in my hull! The Kayakers Gouge Gauge Rating system I think I'll call
>it....

How would you rate this one:

http://www.rmskc.org/temp/pintail-ouch.jpg
(pic of tail end of now tail-less Pintail after 3 days on the upper Colorado)

Although I'm not so sure that the trait being gauged is 
'ability'...although my ability to perform fiberglass repair did 
improve afterwards.

Brian
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