> 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). > I took a different approach. From reading rbp, I knew that were a lot of opinions and a lot of points to consider which I didn't feel like doing. So I went into dejanews.com and compiled a summary of the models that seemed to have a good reputation and which didn't have a lot of negative comments about them. One of them was the Necky Looksha IV. When I was calling around to a couple of schools, I found several of them using Looksha IVs. (Who knows what their preference is this year). Looksha IVs were also the personal choice of some of the instructors at the school I attended. So guess what I bought... It has lower initial stability and I knew it would require a little more time to get used to it. I felt wobblyier (is that a word) for a while but I finally got used to it. I'm very happy with it and if I don't paddle any other models, I'll never know enough to be unhappy. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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