Re: [Paddlewise] Speed of Touring Kayaks

From: <dldecker_at_mediaone.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 23:38:17 -0500
>
>Here in the Carolinas, guys are using the Necky Looksha II (20'L, 20"W) for
>informal racing.  I appreciate the potential speed of that design, but I
>like not having to pay attention to my boat all the time.  I'd hate to stop
>to look at a bird and find myself upside down because I got careless.  The
>first time I got a positive ID on a pied-billed grebe, the bird and I were
>bouncing up and down in a boat wake and I was concentrating on the bird,
>not the foot high waves.  I don't know that I could do that in a really
>narrow boat.
>
>Bob
>
Down here in Florida at the race at Captive Island, Task did not let any
boats over 19ft race. All the people with the Looksha II were out of luck (
There were about Five that made the trip to Fla. Just for the race.)
When ask why? they said that it was a unfar advantage. But they would not
make a class for them.

Dana

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