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.

And his reaction was very
reasonable, I thought. You can't always go by the number on the side of
boats. Ever seen a QCC 700?

Yes, but I'm not sure how long it is. I know of quite a few touring boats
with 16, 17, or 18 in the model name but are often a few inches shorter. I
don't know of any that are two feet shorter.

Of course, a 10' Pursuit doesn't actually quite fit in a 240SX. My WW
boat, at 8' (Dagger Redline, imagine) might, though. And yes, the
current crop of those critters is in the sub 6' range.