>On Saturday, March 21, I made the first launch and paddle of my own wood >strip kayak. It has been about seven months of on-and-off work to get This past Friday I went to a wooden boat show in Portland, ME USA and they had a couple of what I would guess (having never seen one before) were wood strip kayaks. Wood strips running lengthwise with a thin dacron (I think) covering. They looked so fragile but were probably very strong although I would guess they flex a lot over swells. I would be afraid to step into (through) one and would constantly worry about ripping the shell. How do you beach them? I'd probably do a wet exit to keep from damaging them when landing. I paddle Maine with lots of rocks so I prefer a tank :-). *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Mar 23 1998 - 12:19:22 PST
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