I hit the weong button - sorry! Here's the full text! On Tuesday 02 October 2007 13:23, Craig wrote: > Whatever the merits of sponsons, his rants are so obviously self-serving > that he's managed to alienate an entire industry; perhaps costing - by > his own actions - the lives of people who would have otherwise been > attracted to his product. As my Klepper has two really big sponsons, some 19 feet long, I have some experience with sponsons, and sure they prevent the boat from sinking, if waterfilled, but they are not a panacea that solves everything. Tim's small ones are about as big as the inflatable PFD we have anchored to our emergency pack, not much help when things get really bad! PFDs on everyone is a much better life saver than two small floats on a kayak, canoe, or bigger boat! The picture of Tim's daughters paddling a canoe in dead calm waters says nothing about their possible use in a normal emergency, which very rarely happens in dead calm - rather the contrary. If they are supposed to do anything really good, they should run like like those on a Klepper, from bow to stern, on the outside of the hull. 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 Oct 02 2007 - 13:42:51 PDT
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