Geo. Bergeron wrote: > > > Not to try to add to the gazillions of good comments you've already > > seen on this question, Tee, you've already identified the most > > important issue in selecting a kayak. Paddling it! > > There was talk the other day about the Sea Lion and how the "flared > hull" makes it difficult to hip snap or brace on edge. This sort of feel for > a boat is difficult to develop without a lot of time in and around them. You also can't base your assessments on how others say a boat handles. I paddled a Sea Lion for a year and some and don't know what this issue is about the "flared hull". On the other hand, I found it very stable, and very difficult to turn with my knees, almost impossible. Someone else posted that he found the Sea Lion incredibly tippy. I'm 5'3", he was 6'6". That's an extreme variation - but the way a boat handles for you depends a lot on you as well as on the boat. > > I'd be suggesting that one buy a used plastic boat and do some > paddling while the fine points of design come to the surface. I owned my Sea > Lion for two months and then got a swell deal on a used Solstice GTS which > is the boat that snaps my socks. . . The two months of paddling the Sea Lion > (and paddled a lot!) cost me about $125.00 and taught me much more about > boats than any $125 in lessons or books. > I'll second that. (Actually, I think I already did, in previous email.) Joy *************************************************************************** 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 - 21:13:43 PST
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