> If there are any other > lurkers out there who want to delurk temporarily to tell us what you > paddle, now is the time <<de-lurking>> Boat #1 Current Design Storm -17' plastic, "fish form" hull - that means it has a really narrow bow and stern and a farily to very wide cockpit area about 24". Considerd by many to be a high volume boat, but doesn't have a lot extra of room in the bulkheads. Boat #2 Current design Libra - 22' fiberglass Double. Also a "fish form" hull, but this baby is REALLY wide, I think the beam specs are like 30". I use this with my 7 year old son - he loves it Boat #3 Necky Kyook - 16+' plastic. Sweet boat, big cockpit, but a little short to make great speed. It is a wonderfull boat to play in, with good secondary stability. Boat #4 (not actually mine but I paddled it almost excusivly last season) Dagger Magellan - 17' plastic. Probably one of the best handling plastic boats I have been in, with a decent amount of cargo area... and the cockpit is large enough for most "Ample" people. Boat #5 (again not actually mine but I paddled it a lot last season on longer trips) Current Design Expedition - 19' fiberglass, BIG BOAT! You can put the HOUSE in this sucker. It has a fairly round hull at the cockpit so it a little sensitive when empty (even for me at 265lbs), but put some gear in the hatches and it get quite comfortable. It doesn't turn quickly - surprize, surprize - but if you want to take a lot of stuff somewhere this boat will do it. The boat(s) that I WANT... Dagger Sitka, 18' Fiberglass. like the CD Expedition its a BIG boat, but both initial and secondary stabilty seem fantastic, my biggest fear with this boat is the "techie" rudder. I like the idea, but if it ever fails I don't know if it could be easily repaired... VCP Skerry XL or possibly the Aquilla. More boats in the 18' range with room in the cockpit for ME. These british boats are roomy, can carry a load, and what little I have paddled them seem to carve a turn "like you read about". I only paddled the aquilla for about 10 minutes one day, but what I saw, and felt, I liked. <<re-lurking>> Gregg Bolton gsb_at_ime.net http://w3.ime.net/~gsb *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Feb 24 1998 - 16:55:52 PST
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