I also plan to be on the beach at Port Townsend measuring and testing new kayak models. I'm the guy with the long gray beard and probably some sort of hat on my head to keep from sun burning the top (or else to keep the rain off of my eyeglasses). It is best not to talk to me while I'm out on the water as I might just try to ignore you while attempting to keep the number of seconds it took to perform the last couple of spins or turns in my head. I'm not trying to be unfriendly, just trying to remember them until I can get out my notebook and write them down. Paddlewiser's, please say hello and let me know who you are if you encounter me on the beach. It will be good to put a face to the names I've only read. I've not made camping reservations at the state park on site again this year. For the last many years I've just driven a few miles (if that) west from the park entrance to the County Fairgrounds to camp. I think the otherwise excellent link to the NZ information about waves and bars has a few errors in it. The most memorable was the diagram (#3, I think--it's been a few days) that illustrated how the orbital motion of the water was flattened to an ellipse as the wave entered shallow water. I think the flattening should have been more in the horizontal direction (due to the wave's length shortening) rather than being flattened in the vertical direction as was shown in the illustration. Matt Broze www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** 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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