Subject: Re: [baidarka] Rescues in Non-bulkheaded Hulls
From: James Mitchell (baidarka@earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Apr 17 2005 - 19:15:25 EDT
Interesting that I am not alone on that particular phobia!
Wish I could recall the name of the hull Mercia has, her old blue boat.
Werner has one similar, a German design that is so squirrly that I
can't paddle it in a straight line (he, of course, has no problem...)
Anyway, Mercia is a real trooper.
On Apr 17, 2005, at 10:52 AM, wolfgang brinck wrote:
> --- MICHAEL SILVIUS <M.Silvius@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>> take the Tevas to shore build a bonfire and burn the dang things.
>> while you are at it yank the footpegs out as well.
>> like the doctor said, "if it hurts when you do this - - - -stop
>> doing it"
>> mater of fact cut the straps off the Tevas and use the rubber for
>> padding
>> out the kayak to fit the paddler and she wont need to stinking foot
>> pegs.
>>
>
> I had my Teva incident early on in my boating career and while it
> wasn't life threatening, it was sufficiently scary that I never wore
> that kind of shoe in a boat again nor will I let anyone sit in one of
> my boats with those kinds of shoes.
>
> Wolfgang
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