Most reviews give it an okay. Covers some good ground - some old, some perhaps new. Could have been a lot better - but may have been for a targeted mid-level per publisher. Not sure. Alex is a good head - more recently a kelp head, and it shows (WW background, sea kayak convert). I used to regale him at his outdoor retail store years ago with rough water sea kayaking tales of adventure - to rolled eyes. Now it's all the rage -- Rough water sea kayaking. :-) I have a ton of these kayak-how-to books sitting in the attic. Not sure why I buy them. Supposed to, I guess (buy them). Rather have spent less (books, etc) therefore needed to have worked less - and just gone out and kayaked more. Wish Nigel F would do up a all-out big water book. I would like that. Still enjoy SeaKayaker magazine, buying the odd chart or topo map, map-guide books (some are really excellent) -- and only have a few kayak books I really ever reference or got input for myself that was timely for me.Some I don't see aye to eye with but admire the writer's sea-savvy experience (like Dowd's stuff). Most books are pretty pedestrian. Okay, more than you asked for here, sorry Mike. Doug Lloyd - bitter about books? :-) > In my occasional Amazon offers I got this book recommendation. i was > wondering > if anyone now about the book, is it a worthwhile read? > > Sea Kayaking: Rough > Waters (Paperback) by Alex Matthews. > > Thanks > > Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Apr 22 2009 - 22:09:08 PDT
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