OK I said I might create a kayak sailing mailing list, and I got several positive responses, so it's up. (My problem with web boards like this is that they get kind of hard to follow on the screen, especially since I have a small laptop monitor at home)

The list instructions are at http://www.shipwrecked.com/kayak-sail.html

(see the link in this message)

I will also post this URL around the web