Nick wrote; > >I just had an "opportunity" to spend a couple days paddling a Chinook. It's >not a boat I would get for myself, but if you want a stable, no-surprises, >unexciting, boat with a lot of room for gear, the Chinook is as good a >choice as any of the other stable, no-surprises, unexciting boats with room >for gear. How diplomatic you are Nick. :-) If the Chinook has a serious failing it is in the extremely fine ends that can increase the chances of broaching. It is also one of the slower (high resistance) boats due to the low effective waterline length. Other than that, many people like them. 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 Tue Oct 06 1998 - 11:30:57 PDT
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