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Well, Pete, I guess we're all just too radical for the mainstream reader!
As far as sea kayaking books go, I like John Dowd's book the best. The best book for any sea kayaking library is probably "Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation". It's more specialized than the general books, but it goes into so much valuable detail on navigation that it is really a great book. You can pick up the general content of most of the basic books, just by talking with other kayakers. Some are waaay too general.
I know what book you were referring to--you'd think they'd at least give the wood boat a nod after photographing it.
Merry Christmas, Shawn
> You know what irks me?
> Ive got a small "library" of about 4 books on kayaking. You know
> the basic introduction to the sport and such. Nicks book doesnt fit in
> this category tho it does a nice job. My beeef with these "welcome to
> the wonderful world of..." books is they NEVER mention the option of
> building your own kayak out of wood. The chapters on kayak construction
> [etc. etc.] only mention: Roto-Molded, Fiberglass, Kevlar, and portable
> folding types. Most dont have a single pic of a wood kayak - ANDDDDD the
> one pic where a wood kayak is part of a group pic of different types, its
> totally ignored in the accompanying caption. theres a fiber glass , a
> rotomolded, and a wood. The author just decided to ignore the Pigmy
> LOL!!!! What the heck is this about? One of the worst books on the sport
> is one called: THE WOMANS GUIDE TO SEA KAYAKING - [m paraphrasing here
> folks.]Every single yak in the book is a damned barge, and whats with the
> sexist title? Im really suspect of the intentions of the author on a
> number of levels with a bias that effectively blows away half the market.
> After reading thru the book, there wasnt a darned thing I could see that
> warranted a "womans only" slant. Essentially the stress was
> " yeah kayaks look tippy but dont be scared," and "you can
> pee like a man in your kayak with this device called a...". With such
> empty reasons for a bias, it left me wondering why there was one at all.
> Not that I wondered myself into exhaustion.
> At anyrate, on a GOOD note, theres a great issue Canoe&Kayak magazine at a
> fraction of the cost strictly for those interested in looking into the
> sport. And lo and behold, they mention the wood alternative!!!!!
> Pete
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