On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 dldecker_at_mediaone.net wrote: >> >>> >>>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 >> most of the races i've been in [open canoe] they make a class, given 3+ boats of the proposed class... mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr [Colorado Paddlers' Resource] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmskc [Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc [Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page] http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark [personal] -- Fortune: You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now. -- Lauren Bacall *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jan 29 1998 - 06:38:34 PST
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