On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Edward Sullivan wrote: > > 11. Light weight and reasonably durable. I like sub 40 pound boats and > > am willing to baby them some to get a lighter boat. > > Geez Kirk; where are you finding sub-forty-pound boats? I think my > Osprey HP squeeks under when the humidity is low, but the Kevlar Caribou > (Current Designs) I'm looking at is 43 lb. bone dry. Does that include > topping up your drybags with Helium? My futura carrera surf ski is about 32 pounds. My skin/frame baidarka is 35 pounds, with drybags. A friend builds and sells skin/frame boats that are 24 to 28 pounds. All but 1 of my canoes are also under 40 pounds. I think you just need to look harder ;-) kirk *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Oct 07 1998 - 14:38:57 PDT
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