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I would gravitate toward a normal double sea kayak.
8,000 year old technology and nothing but a paddle to break. You will
have two anyway and i would carry a spare.
Thats just me.
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I would gravitate toward a normal double sea kayak.
8,000 year old technology and nothing but a paddle to break. You will
have two anyway and i would carry a spare.
Thats just me.
Alex
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Two words: "Divorce boat"!

( This coming from a long time Topo-Duo enthousiast:
http://kayaker.nl/niels-35.jpg )

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Wilko wrote:

Two words: "Divorce boat"!


Good point!

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ROFL Wilko! I've been coining that term for years! Did not know it worked
accross the pond as well, well actually aren't you accross several ponds?
"divorce boat" I thought I invented it, better check with the LOC
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I would gravitate toward a normal double sea kayak.
8,000 year old technology and nothing but a paddle to break. You will
have two anyway and i would carry a spare.
Thats just me.
Alex
http://pages.ivillage.com/mcgruer

Two words: "Divorce boat"!

( This coming from a long time Topo-Duo enthousiast:
http://kayaker.nl/niels-35.jpg )

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Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
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I'v Heard the term here in Newfoundland Canada as well.
They are looking at a variation of a double canoe thingy and have
cycled at length together. They should be fine in a double.

I didn't sit that damned bar exam for nothing.
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Grip wrote:
ROFL Wilko! I've been coining that term for years! Did not know it worked
accross the pond as well, well actually aren't you accross several ponds?
"divorce boat" I thought I invented it, better check with the LOC


Hey Grip, where did you think I picked that term up? While paddling on
your side of the big pond, of course! :-)
(The same thing goes for expressions like "deer in the headlights look"
etc.They don't teach that during Dutch highschool English lessons.)

Granted, I've paddled with a few OC-2 couples that worked together
splendidly, and I was pretty content with my own Topo-Duo partner
Niels, but I've seen many more unhappy couples in tandem boats.

One nice example is a Czech couple who used to paddle a C-2 for many
years. They used to fight so much that one of them tended to stop
paddling completely, and invariably they would get in trouble then.
After flipping and swimming a particular class III rapid for the second
time, (carrying back up every time) they came down the third time,
arguing and bickering so much that they both forgot to paddle at all.
They made it all the way down right side up... :-)

Wilko

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Two words: "Divorce boat"!



LOL! The wife and I each have our own boat for that reason. However, we
paddle. Maybe we could get along in a peddle boat, though.


suds


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