[Paddlewise] Paddlers vs sailors and what happens when one tries to think for the other

I am likely going to buy a Pacific Action sail for my double baidarka  
next week. I am unlikely to tell my wife what a PA sail costs. While  
doing the typical internet hopping around on the subject of kayak  
sails I visited Canoe Sailing magazine. I found this article: http:// 
canoesailingmagazine.com/index.php/Issue-3/Wet-Exits-Wider- 
Boats.html . I read it quickly once and then more slowly a second  
time.  It reminded me of the passionate discussions we have here.  
Discussions that frequently change my mind on things from time to  
time like Scott vs the world on PFD use and how he made me think and  
change my position a bit.

I found some things in the article worthy of passing on to a beginner  
in a kayak club concerning water temp and safety. I saw the  
similarity between my club with the pair in the article who went out  
and back and the lead paddler never noticed the trail paddler dump  
and so kept going. The trail paddler walked the 1/4 mile back to  
shore. I would hate to think of the outcome if that paddler had been  
in water requiring the Jesus effect to be invoked to walk back. I was  
pleased to see the article touch upon skills, equipment and knowledge  
but I was very disappointed in the point of the article. Wide=stable.  
I know its a canoe sailing site but the article seems to make the  
point that a wider boat is a safer boat. Fine for a sailing craft I  
guess but who is the article's audience?

Hoping I haven't become a smelly self appointed elite,

Jim et al

PS Why didn't they mention the benefits of Monkey's fist toggle  
handles? I gotta get a few thousand words out on that hot button  
topic to the editors of SKM.
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