Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 21:29:35 +0200
From: Gerald Maroske <gumaroske@email.uni-kiel.de>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: [baidarka] successful trip
Todd Schlemmer wrote:
> John (?) Dowd
> is of the school of thought that a beamy folbot is better than one of Derek
> Hutchison's narrow "canoes". They certainly carry more and are slower.
>
Hm, I donīt want to fire up this truely inflammable topic, but John Dowd also
made up his mind in the revised edition of his book "Sea Kayaking". There was
the fact that the circumnavigations of Japan, the British Isles, New Sealand and
not to forget Australia were made by Paul Caffyn in a modified greenlandstyle
"Nordkapp" with 54cm beam. Nigel Foster crossed the Hudson Bay entrance alone in
a similiar boat. It is always the paddler who counts more than the boat.
(Lindemann captured also)
But it was really funny to read their flames in the early issues of the
SeaKayaking magazine. ;-)
Please excuse my teaching style
Gerald