Pam in Iowa wrote:

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.

Actually, come to think of it, in my experience it can go one step
further: when paddling my TopoDuo with Yakmom (Sheila Shapelle) in
Austria and Slovenia, I was pleasantly surprised by how well we managed
to paddle the boat together, even though I had never been in a tandem
boat with her before.

We both had several years of paddling with other tandem partners (in her
case, in a C2!), and it seemed that a lot of the moves and cooperation
where automatically working out very well. :-)

--
Wilko van den Bergh wilko(a t)dse(d o t)nl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://wilko.webzone.ru/

That was an awesome day - I hope I can get back to Europe someday and
do it again - plus some kayaking also. mothra just posted a link to
this group - being pretty computer illiterate (sp) i figured i had lost
rpb .... I have an old RBP tshirt hanging on our boating wall
upstairs..

Back to topic - my husband and i have paddled tandem many times on and
off over the years - and i paddled tandem with my dad before that.....

sheila

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Back to topic - my husband and i have paddled tandem many times on and
off over the years - and i paddled tandem with my dad before that.....

And you make it seem so effortless. I sure miss paddling with you folks.
How are the kids doing you can reply privately if you'd like.

Rebecca Lightning