Hi Tord I live in Denmark. In the winter season we paddle the ocean rather than inner waters - because it is less frozen. Winter paddling is not for beginners, but is is certainly not something to refrain from. I have even capsized in racing kayaks in ice water, as has many here, and that is without dry or wetsuit, as one would overheat in such clothing. But as I said, it is not for beginners to do such things, normally we say you have to have around 1000 km in your hips to do winter paddling. Similarly, 20 mhp never kept me ashore, that is, under the implicit assumption that we are not talking ocean shore. But the page mentions "all across North America", so they are talking lakes here. Btw, my dictionary says Stern: The rearmost part of ship or boat So to me it makes some sense that the stern paddler sits in the back. But, I could easily have misunderstood something here, I am confusing right and left anyway, and clearly prefer front and back to more maritime expressions. -- Kasper On 11/09/07 11.20, "Tord Eriksson" <tord_at_tord.nu> wrote: > On Tuesday 11 September 2007 09:30, you wrote: >> The text does specify "below 20 F OR more than 20 MPH". > > Sorry! > >> But still.... its target is beginners... > > What ever should they be doing at 21 F in a canoe, or kayak?! > >> A beginners 20/20 rule could be European >> (20 C = 68 F / 20 kmph = 13 mph ) > > Much better! > >> -- Kasper > > Hej Kasper! > > > Actually it is the water temperature that should be the guide to how you > dress, but 5 m/s (10 knots, close to 13 mph) seems a good rule! Something > that keeps your head, hands and body warm should be compulsory, at least > tilll the water has reached summer temperature, say over 20C/68F! > > Another intelligent information I got from the book (you can read a few > sample pages at Amazon's site) was that the bow paddler sits in the front, > and the stern paddler sits in the back. > > Enough said, > > Tord *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 11 2007 - 09:12:59 PDT
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