"Roger Houston" wrote in message
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"KMAN" wrote in message
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My part in the discussion came about because I felt that
opinions were being expressed to suggest that one cannot learn
to kayak without professional instruction.

As the guy who started the whole thing by asking why the
subject boat was hard for a "beginner" to control, I must
express my sincerest apologies for ever having posted. The
group seems to be wound fairly tightly, with a few pretty
helpful people and a bunch of people with a lot of
free-floating hostility.

Most of the "paddling" that goes on here is on one another's
butts.

Anyone on here have a canoe? ===============================
Yep, several...

Mad River Courier
Sawyer Cruiser and Autumn Mist
Old Town Discovery

Just got back this weekend from a short trip in Ontario.

see trip report here
http://home.earthlink.net/~canoenorth/misaibi.htm