To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: Bram van der Sluys <bvdsluys@direct.ca>
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Jet Skis, or impersonal watercraft
Message-Id: <E0yx2oT-0003yB-00@jack.direct.ca>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:12:09 -0700
At 07:01 PM 16/07/98 -0700, you wrote:
>On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Bram van der Sluys wrote:
>
>> Hey guys ease up! I like taking my 40 ft power boat to remote places and
>> paddle from my boat as a home base. Vacation time doesn't allow the luxury
>> of paddling all the way there and back again.
>
>The purist would build a 40 ft umiak and take the whole family. Outboard
>motors and sail are authentic means of propulsion for these skin boats.
>Paul
>
Unfortunately my ownership of the aforemention boat preceeds my interest in
kayaks by at least 6 years and as the old girl was built in 1925 doesn't
have much of a selling value so she will likely remain mine for some time to
come.
Bram