John Fereira wrote:
Steve Cramer wrote in
:

John Fereira wrote:
wrote in news:1152736173.691216.253060@
75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

novice wrote:
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3366/00009069xl.jpg
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/865/00009032yh.jpg
What is that, 8 feet or so? I figured you would have one of those
tiny ww boats.

In the context of whitewater boats, 8' is very long. If you look at
the first photo it the label on the hull reads "Pursuit 10" so it's
likely 10' long. In any case, this is rec.boats.paddle, not
rec.boats.paddle.only.boats.longer.than.16feet.all owed

John, did you have any particular motivation for that last comment?

It was in response to this statement.

I figured you would have one of those tiny ww
boats.

Putting the emphasis on "you" rather than "figured" makes it sound to me
that he was disparaging novice (whose choice of handle almost invites
elitism) for his choice of kayak, and "tiny ww boats" could have been
written without the "tiny" qualifier.

If he would have written:

"I figured that it was a www boat", I wouldn't have responed. In any case,
novice seemed have read the same thing I did in the response given his
reaction.

Alas, it appears that it was basically a case of unclear phrasing rather
than an intential disparaging. I apologize to galt.


'Cause...galt didn't say anything about 8' WW boats, he was giving an
eyeball estimate of a boat in a picture.

Actually, he did. The "8 feet or so" question combined with "tiny ww
boats" implies that 8' is short in the context of ww boats.


Not in my reading of Galt's initial response, John. My paraphrase of
his remark, as I understood his meaning, is this: "wow, that thing is
at least 8' long! From your subject line, I expected to see one of
those tiny whitewater boats!"

I was as surprised as Steve and Galt when I saw how both you and
"novice" (who is clearly a novice when it comes to polite discourse)
responded.


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Fits in my apartment and is great for practicing racing. 10 ft long.
has no bulkhead so its limited in its use. I'm practicing in a bay
where water doesnt get deeper than 3 ft when you are .5 km off the
beach.

wrote:
novice wrote:
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3366/00009069xl.jpg
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/865/00009032yh.jpg

What is that, 8 feet or so? I figured you would have one of those tiny
ww boats.

Where there's a will........you know what they say! lol You're not alone,
I've seen more boats of all sizes shoved\strapped\crammed\jammed\ you name
it into all types of vehicles, including a local kid who built his own PVC
bicycle trailer for his 13 ft kayak. Fun pics. Gotta ask though, where did
"elistist" come from? I did not get that from an earlier post.



"novice" wrote in message
oups.com...
Fits in my apartment and is great for practicing racing. 10 ft long.
has no bulkhead so its limited in its use. I'm practicing in a bay
where water doesnt get deeper than 3 ft when you are .5 km off the
beach.

wrote:
novice wrote:
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3366/00009069xl.jpg
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/865/00009032yh.jpg

What is that, 8 feet or so? I figured you would have one of those tiny
ww boats.

novice wrote:
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3366/00009069xl.jpg
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/865/00009032yh.jpg

Speaking as the guy who asked for those, I thank you. Gets a little
breezy at highway speeds, doesn't it?

Enjoy.

--
Steve Cramer
Athens, GA

ten feet long. 28 inches wide. you do hear more noise with hatch open.
I'm surprised how many people use these.

Steve Cramer wrote:
novice wrote:
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3366/00009069xl.jpg
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/865/00009032yh.jpg

Speaking as the guy who asked for those, I thank you. Gets a little
breezy at highway speeds, doesn't it?

Enjoy.

--
Steve Cramer
Athens, GA

You know, if you build yourself a Mouseboat
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mouseboats) 8'x32" you might be able to close
the hatch. Since a Mouseboat is 8' it can usually be stored "on end" in
almost any room. The other great thing is that you can build them with
sealed air boxes so they don't sink if you capsize and you re-enter like a
sit-on-top.

"novice" wrote in message
oups.com...
ten feet long. 28 inches wide. you do hear more noise with hatch open.
I'm surprised how many people use these.

Steve Cramer wrote:
novice wrote:
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3366/00009069xl.jpg
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/865/00009032yh.jpg

Speaking as the guy who asked for those, I thank you. Gets a little
breezy at highway speeds, doesn't it?

Enjoy.

--
Steve Cramer
Athens, GA

novice wrote:
: http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3366/00009069xl.jpg
: http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/865/00009032yh.jpg

You know... Thule or Yakima probably builds a rack for your car... then you
could lock all the doors if you need to stop someplace...

--
John Nelson
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