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On Mar 21, 4:57 pm, wrote:
Hi everyone! My name is Elliott, and I am seeking the help of as many people as I can get. I'm doing a school project at Boston University and we need people to fill out a quick survey that will take about 3-4 minutes to fill out regarding a new product for kayaks. It is a special on-water training device. We are just trying to guage the public's reaction to the product. Thank you for any help you can give! Survey link he http://websurveyor.net/wsb.dll/34805/kayaksurvey.htm Elliott, get a new project. These things are notorious, because they look like such a good idea to the uninitiated, but close examination by experienced boaters of the hydrodynamic and stability effects, not to mention the pschological implications of causing inexperienced boaters to rely upon fallible equipment[1] rather than developing the skills to deal with dangerous situations, show that these things are a really, really bad idea. You just don't want to associate yourself with something that turns out, upon examination, to be very, very dangerous. [1] Nothing inflatable is puncture-proof, and relying, possibly miles from any help, on equipment that may fail, when you don't have the skills to paddle safely without that peice of equipment, is terribly, terribly dangerous. -Richard, His Kanubic Travesty -- ================================================== ==================== Richard Hopley Winston-Salem, NC, USA .. rhopley[at]earthlink[dot]net .. Nothing really matters except Boats, Sex, and Rock'n'Roll .. rhopley[at]wfubmc[dot]edu .. OK, OK; computer programming for scientific research also matters ================================================== ==================== |