On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 12:14 AM, MATT MARINER BROZE <marinerkayaks_at_msn.com>wrote: > The paddlers could out > distance the bears (at least when the bear was doing a speed it could > maintain > for long distances) but the bear's persistance made it difficult to stop > long > for a rest > So many good reasons to have a mothership. I'm guessing that mine could outdistance a polar bear with no problem even on the 9.9 hp kicker. Old age is not a problem as long as you have some tools to overcome adversity. <grin> Craig Jungers on the sofa watching TdF Stage 17 www.nwkayaking.net PS: Matt, your paddling trick makes a lot of sense. I've done something similar as a "rest" stroke but it makes a lot of sense to adopt it as a standard stroke. *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 22 2009 - 08:39:00 PDT
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