Dana wrote; (SNIP) > > >With the Chinook style hull that has probably more miles under it than most >others is like a aircraft carrier as far as stability. I think that either >tippy or performance would be a better word for a advance kayak. If you >consider a kayak that you are uncomfortable paddling(beyond your skill >level) in as performance then skill level comes to play, what would be >advanced for one might not be for another. There is a semantical problem here. advanced (ād-vānst´) adjective 1. Highly developed or complex. 2. Being at a higher level than others: an advanced text in physics. 3. Ahead of the times; progressive: advanced teaching methods. Excerpted from The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition Š 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation; further reproduction and distribution in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved. Perhaps we are confusing "advanced" with "difficult" or "challenging". A boat could be difficult or challenging and still be rudimentary. For example Fig. 199 from Adney and Chappelle that wuold challenge any paddler but is a genuinely lousy boat with almost no redeeming qualities. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** 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 May 11 1998 - 05:00:13 PDT
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