At 03:35 PM 5/19/98 -0400, Larry Edwards wrote: (summary): extensively about the relative advantages of fiberglass boats. What he left out is that fiberglass hull shapes are MUCH faster and easier to paddle because they can assume a more streamlined shape than roto-molded plastic. I traded my plastic Sea Lion for a glass boat because the glass boat handles the "gnarly" water and difficult conditions better than plastic. . . and it's much faster on the water. I don't race, but keeping up with the other boats rapidly became a constant issue with me in the plastic Sea Lion. . . Nonetheless, the Sea Lion is a great design and very rugged. It's a standard pick in rental fleets because of it's durability and high-volume versitility. *************************************************************************** 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 May 19 1998 - 15:46:55 PDT
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