Hi Tee, I have a couple of thoughts for you. If there are Kayak Shops in the area, most of them offer classes which can serve two functions: You learn the basics and they will usually let you try out different boats during the on-water classes. Many shops will let you either rent or demo boats and switch to different boats so you can try them out. If you can get to one of the various symposiums, where you can try more boats them you can imagine. Most people will start out with a very stable boat (high intial stability) and later evolve to sportier boat later on (less initial stability and more secondary stability). At any rate, the more boats that you can try out, the more likely you will find one that you like that fits your needs. Also try the boats in a variety of conditions. Even lakes can get very choppy. Hope this helps Jim *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 24 1998 - 09:28:00 PST
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