Craig Jungers wrote: > As I paddle and mothership around the San Juan Islands I notice that > virtually all the guided tours have the clients in doubles. I guess this is > understandable as a double typically offers greater primary stability when > the great unknown is the paddling experience of the clients. True enough. In addition, doubles allow for better mix and matching of weak/strong paddlers so that the group will move at about the same pace. In our case, it allows me to get Becky home when she has a migraine. Same beans for any other disabled person -- back seat paddler can usually do the job, albeit slowly. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 21 2009 - 05:07:04 PDT
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