Re: [Paddlewise] Speed of Touring Kayaks

From: Mark Zen <canoeist_at_netbox.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 07:38:01 -0700 (MST)
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

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