Hey Mon Ami, The Canadian Government has a boating guide for sea kayakers - not sure if you want to take a look (I have the actual printed copy too): >www.tc.gc.ca/BoatingSafety/pubs/kayak/canada.pdf< It reads in places almost exactly like a French Canadian would speak english. Amusing perhaps. Doug Lloyd (who was actually born in Quebec) Victoria BC *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Hi Doug.... interesting brochure. It's certainly not easy to place all the waters of a country as vast as Canada into four categories so It's somewhat simplistic but it gets the basics out of the way and leaves room for exceptions. Thanks for the posting. :) Also... thanks for the posting of your contacts with the mishap near Chicago. Nice follow-up. I've found that large waves on fresh water tend to be steeper; perhaps it's the density of salt water. For whatever reason, I prefer salt water as long as I don't have to wear eyeglasses. Craig Jungers Royal City, WA On 4/9/07, Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca > wrote: > > Hey Mon Ami, > > The Canadian Government has a boating guide for sea kayakers - not sure if > > you want to take a look (I have the actual printed copy too): > > >www.tc.gc.ca/BoatingSafety/pubs/kayak/canada.pdf< > > It reads in places almost exactly like a French Canadian would speak > english. Amusing perhaps. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I think these guides, like Chuck's cold water pamphlet, all help, though this canadian safety brochure is a long read. There was a bumper sticker campaign a few years back on the American east coast I think - something about wearing your PFD. Not sure what happened to that effort. My favorite tactic when I interview paddlers who have a harrowing tale of survival to tell, is give them a free copy of SK's Deep Trouble (if they are new to the sport). I'd like to see a little more on paddling safety show up on television once and awhile, seeing as how that's where a lot of people keep their eyes glued. As for the follow-up on Lake Michigan, I thought it commendable that the men spoke freely of what they had learned. I've made some contacts in the past where I had to plead and then wrench information from the paddlers. Not fun. I think Mike and Paul had a genuine struggle out there, and kept it together in real waves, steep and breaking high. They probably didn't need us doubting their integrity. I certainly will not regard Lake Michigan as "just a lake" anymore. Doug L Hi Doug.... interesting brochure. It's certainly not easy to place all the waters of a country as vast as Canada into four categories so It's somewhat simplistic but it gets the basics out of the way and leaves room for exceptions. Thanks for the posting. :) Also... thanks for the posting of your contacts with the mishap near Chicago. Nice follow-up. I've found that large waves on fresh water tend to be steeper; perhaps it's the density of salt water. For whatever reason, I prefer salt water as long as I don't have to wear eyeglasses. Craig Jungers Royal City, WA On 4/9/07, Doug Lloyd < douglloyd_at_shaw.ca > wrote: Hey Mon Ami, The Canadian Government has a boating guide for sea kayakers - not sure if you want to take a look (I have the actual printed copy too): >www.tc.gc.ca/BoatingSafety/pubs/kayak/canada.pdf < It reads in places almost exactly like a French Canadian would speak english. Amusing perhaps. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> The Canadian Government has a boating guide for sea kayakers - not sure if > you want to take a look (I have the actual printed copy too): > > >www.tc.gc.ca/BoatingSafety/pubs/kayak/canada.pdf< > > It reads in places almost exactly like a French Canadian would speak > english. Amusing perhaps. > > Doug Lloyd (who was actually born in Quebec) In federal agencies they require employees to be bilingual,. Eng/Fr. It could've really been a French Canadian with less than perfect English, - a person with normal brains is usually more proficient in one language than in all others that he has happened to master :-) ... This formal requirement of Eng/Fr bilingualism nowdays looks more like those Buckingham guards' bearskin hats in England. Seems like the second common language of this country (after English) is not French, - at least over the last few decades. *************************************************************************** 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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