Larry C wrote:
When I spend the afternoon
paddling on some lake or slow moving river, I want it to have been a
fun and relaxing experience, and not paddling like it was a slave
galley.

That's why they invented rafts! Paddle like you were in a slave galley,
complete with the guy yelling you when to paddle harder! ;-)

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Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
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