Maybe the issue is liability. Brad Quoting Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>: > 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. It also means > fewer boats in the stable and, on the water, fewer boats to keep track of. > > Maybe the trick is to rent kayaks first... then sign up for a guided tour. > > > Craig Jungers > Moses Lake, WA > www.nwkayaking.net > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Steve Cramer <cramersec_at_charter.net> wrote: > >> Several years ago, we did a trip with Eskape Sea Kayaking (highly >> recommended) on Tomales Bay, then spent a few days in the Monterey area. We >> signed up for the Monterey Bay Kayaks guided bay tour, then found ourselves >> in doubles (ugh). The trip started out fine, but as it progressed the bay >> got rougher. At one point, we were supposed to be rafted up listening to a >> naturalist talk. Our "raft" resembled a rug being shaken out *************************************************************************** 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 - 08:41:18 PDT
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