Advice to new paddlers about kit

External Since: Mar 22, 2005 Posts: 35

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>Beyond
> that I'm very happy to learn skills but have very limited interest in
> owning a piece of paper that tells me what I'm capable of doing.
>
Maybe that's a cue for a new thread... Smile

Ewan Scott

External Since: May 23, 2005 Posts: 21

In article <dg8okh$5ep$1@dux.dundee.ac.uk>, Peter Clinch
<URL:mailto:p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk> wrote:
> Ewan Scott wrote:
>
> > Unecessary implies not needed at all. I'd argue that isn't the case, but
> > then I'm not doing placid water nowadays.
>
> Fair comment, and we're down to semantics in a way. I always have a cag
> with me, but having said that I always had a cag with me when I first
> started. It was the Peter Storm pullover smock I had in the cubs/scouts
> for keeping the rain off and just about everyone has something equally
> good (well, just about everyone who's going to want to take up
> paddling...) they can use to keep the worst off and see if they like
> paddling before they spend £50+ on a twin waisted cag with serious seals
> that won't be much use for anything bar paddling.

....actually... I would find such a thing useless for paddling in!

Fine for sitting around in and posing, in mid-winter, maybe. But sitting
around in a boat in mid-winter is not canoeing, IMO.

Wear a (lightweight!) cag for the warm-up and remove it for the session.

[snipped daft ideas and sensible replies]

Allan Bennett
Not a fan of serious sea mammals

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