Hi Kirk, On Sunday, October 28, 2007, at 5:59:48 AM PST, you wrote: > For what I see as the target market, fishing and placid stream > exploration, I think the wavewalk boat is a better design than most > of big open cockpit recreational boats. The boat does have 6 rod > holder mounting locations for the avid fisherman.... The 274 cm > paddle would take some getting used to. There might be just a little > hyperbole in some of their promotion... In about an hour, I'll be launching my death-trap sea kayak into the sea, so if I'm never heard from again, I hope someone will find my boat and enjoy it; at least until they too fall victim to its ultimate lack of seaworthiness, thusly passing it along to the next unlucky soon to be dead paddler. That said... Though I may have several nitpicky things to say about the sales pitch masquerading as a "serious article about sea kayak seaworthiness"--or lack thereof--it's not worth the bother. In any case, I do still see it as a clumsy attempt at an "apples vs. oranges" issue, with a rather substantial bit of hyperbole thrown in for all the wrong reasons. The Dubya-Walker may indeed have its place on the water (mild water, at least), and there may well be many people who can, and will paddle it with safety and joy, so why not concentrate their efforts towards pointing this out rather than trying to "compete" with something that only shares in common its tendency to float? At the very least, in my eyes, it was an idiotic marketing strategy that can only do more harm than good with regards to serious discussions about safety on the water. Enough ranting from me...now I get to go paddling! See you later! (assuming that I survive my foolishness, that is). :-) -- Melissa *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Oct 28 2007 - 10:17:15 PDT
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