Markie wrote: > ...he's 6 feet and about 220#. He won't be doing much paddling > because it hurts his back...but he'd like to be able to play around with me > for an hour or two occasionally. ;-) With that in mind, we really want to > keep the cost of the boat as low as possible. Maybe we should be thinking > non-folding? If you do, a 6' 200+ pal of mine says the Pungo from Wilderness Systems is a great little recreational boat for about $500. Of course, he also works in a store that sells them. But others have told me the Pungo is the best tracker of the various micro recreational kayaks out there. Besides the folders Ralph mentioned, the Folbot Aleut is a lot of boat in a small package. I'm 6'2" and while I try to get down to 200 or lower in the summer, I don't always make it. Nonetheless, I have found the Aleut very easy to get in and out of and paddle with one simple mod- drilling holes to move the backrest about 2". I bought my Aleut used from the Jersey Paddler (nice people, BTW; they very quickly responded when I reported a problem with the boat, and made it right). While I use the boat for short day trips, many have taken in on long trips. I believe I paid $800 for boat, spray skirt and a few other accessories that were included in the package. -- ---------------------------------------- Michael J Edelman mje_at_mich.com http://www.mich.com/~mje http://www.mich.com/~mje/kayak.html http://www.mich.com/~mje/scope.html *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Feb 25 1998 - 15:01:54 PST
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