Women have a lower center of
gravity than men, heavier in the hips than shoulders. Men are top
heavy with bigger shoulders and chest. This improves balance a
lot. (Ever do the; step away from the wall and pick up the chair
trick?) I once knew a woman that could do the sculling technique,
and touch her nose to the water in a kayak! I could never get
close! They also finesse the water rather than fight it.
Women typically flip here, flip there, and do well through a
rapid. Men set up, and aggressively do a rapid, argh, here I
go!!!. Which is really better? Separate boats also make for
a friendlier trip. She can't mess you up, or so you think...
Ever holler at your woman in the
front of your canoe for not steering through the bend correctly?
See it all the time. Guys, the rear paddler steers the boat as the
rudder, the front only assists with thrust forward or back in some
cases. Ever wonder
how a class 5 whitewater raft guide can get a big heavy raft full of
gear down treacherous class 5 waters with 6 or more passengers, and
weight 5 times what you have with you in your canoe? They do it
all from the back. The raft passengers do thrust forward and back
upon the guides commands (due to the strong currents of Class 5 waters), but the guide in
the back steers by "leaning out" in back and using the paddle
to rudder steer in most all cases. Ever see a steering rudder in
the front of any boat? I rest my case. You can quit hollering at her now.
And to note, my wife was a class 5 raft guide in the Royal Gorge,
Colorado. Maybe your woman can get you through that rapid from the
back better than you. Mine can. I love it...
Summer Olympic hopefuls?
We only wish for you, a great
paddling companion like this!!!
I have had a good paddling
friend join me lately on my river trips. Any paddling trip we take
is for research, website, trying boats out, someone has to do it.
We have to know our product, right? I found someone to go with
me. She has turned out to be
a fantastic paddling companion. She doesn't talk while we are out
on the river. This is great when I am out to absorb the quiet
surroundings. She is alert to all the wildlife as I am, watching
closer than I, and makes me aware of animals I might be missing which I
love. She doesn't move around a lot in the boat, and hangs through
rapids solidly and with an eagerness that I enjoy. She always is
ready to go, any day I want, and always has a fantastic attitude,
getting ready, as well as getting on the boat or finishing a long
day. Would you like to meet this paddling friend of mine?
Click on this picture link and meet my paddling friend for a simple JPG, and click Back on your browser to come back here
again. She is beautiful, if I do say so myself...
Now open in our new location, 18 miles West of Branson, Cape Fair MO!
Ozark
River Company at PaddlingCenter.com
7847 State Highway 173
Cape Fair MO 65624
Phone: 417-538-4848 or 417-538-4802
(76 west from Branson Missouri - Country Music 76 boulevard, 18 miles - follow 76 west through Cape Fair, as it turns in to 173. Look for our paddling center and resort on Table Rock Lake at the Flat Creek bridge!)
Hours:
Monday - Saturday, 11:00 to 8:00 Sunday, 12:00 to 4:00
