>Jerry asks: >All other things being equal, how does this lack of warning provide any >benefit to even an advanced paddler? Jerry, the crux of the statement above is where we diverge when thinking about this issue. My fundamental assumption is you can't change one thing without affecting something else. You can't have a lack of warning without something else being different too. That other thing might be spread out over a wide range such that the con effect may not be as readily perceived as the pro effect, but my belief is you can't have your cake and eat it too. You can have hands off stability in calm conditions, but you will spend more of your energy compensating for that at other times. Maybe it's only a bit harder to side-slip. Is that good or bad? Can't say. It's up to the paddler to make the choice. If it were possible to take my Solstace and make it always remain upright by itself in all conditions and while "all other things remain equal" I'd buy it in a minute! In fact I'll buy a bunch of them and become a distributor. <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 Mon May 11 2009 - 16:30:37 PDT
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