Wilko van den Bergh wrote:
John, I'll be the last one to point at the tandem boat instead of the
paddlers involved for finding the source of the problem. Of course,
things like communication, trust, cooperation, honesty, awareness and
respect all play much bigger roles in making a tandem team (or a
relationship) work or not.


Wilko

I think Wilko's got it right. Relationships aren't destroyed in a
tandem boat, but they certainly are made public!

I have to admit that my favorite paddling is tandem with my husband. I
do more solo paddling than tandem because he just isn't into paddling as
much as I am, but I really enjoy our canoeing together. We've been
paddling together for 25+ years, and we've got the "communication,
cooperation, ..." stuff down pat. With a long-standing tandem partner
you know what the other person is going to do without even thinking
about it. It can really be great fun.

Pam