I think we agree much more than we disagree. Like Craig says, one doesn't have to cross all that many eddy lines in sea kayaking, but when one does, it is all the difference in the world to understand what is going on and what kind of presentation is to be made of the boat and body to the water. The swim in the ocean?can be?great enough to undo all. Paddlers in predictably tidal waters will benefit much more, in that the exploitation of the water for one's own gain. Rounding headlands often puts current, wind and bottom contours?into interesting interplay. Reading water in the scale of the rivers, large and small and on an oceanic scale is critical. What does a rip look like from the beach? What does one expect the water will look like given the push of current around a headland and what will it look like on the other side given the wind? I wonder about that in the river, too, but the water is usually twice as fast as Deception Pass and thus the reactions critical. Recently we took a course on oar frame rafting. Moving a big raft under oar and exploiting the water and features showed how much more I need to know. I learned some things that will benefit kayaking in fresh or saltwater. May not be your cup of tea, but extended river trips are nice to have a?raft around. It turned out to be great fun and rowing is now not looked upon any longer as duty for the trip. Cheers, Rob G *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Apr 25 2008 - 05:17:52 PDT
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