Dan Hagen wrote "Don't forget to add Swift canoes to your list." I haven't forgotten Swift. I know of the company from literature and online discussion, but I don't think I've seen a Swift canoe, certainly not in the last 3 years when I've had a real interest in the subject. Dan Hagen also wrote: "The category of "touring" boats covers quite a wide range of designs, from boats with significant rocker, full ends, and substantial depth (14-15 inches in the center) to boats that have very little (or no) rocker, fine ends, and shallow depth." The canoe industry seems to have divided serious (as opposed to those designed for casual recreation) "flatwater" canoes into two or three categories: touring, cruising, and expedition. The boats with "significant rocker, full ends, and substantial depth (14-15 inches in the center)" are usually placed in the expedition category. When I posed my question about solo sea kayaks vs. solo touring canoes, the canoes I envisioned were those with little or no rocker, fine ends, and fiberglass/composite or kevlar/composite construction. Why? Because my sea kayak is a fiberglass Dagger Meridian (old style-no skeg) and I framed my inquiry in terms of the canoe equivalent of my Meridian. Bob -------------------------------------------------- Robert C. Perkins, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research and Planning Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC 28311 910-630-7037 rperkins_at_methodist.edu *************************************************************************** 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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