What is Divorce Boat?
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A tandem kayak, that is hard for paddlers to synchronize their paddle strokes. In many cases the forward and back seats are so close together that it is easy to hit the person in the head with the kayak paddle or frequently splash them. In some cases the experience of the paddling a divorce boat makes people realize how incompatiable they really are. You usually hear the people in a divorce boat a long time before you see it. Even a blind person can recognise one.
A couple of really inexperienced paddlers can make any two person boat a divorce boat, however, these kayaks tend to bring out the worst in even the best of us. Any other type of boat where people spend a lot of time in it, or spend a lot of money on it can precipitate a divorce but divorce boats are most helpful in bringing a true and articulate understanding of the fundamental incompatiability in the relationship.
I asked Greg when he got his kayak, and he said a few months before he got divorced. After paddling it that day with Jean I could really understand the potential high performance one can get from such a high quality divorce boat.
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