Chuck, Ouch! Is that the sound of my own words being shot back at me? ;-) I still say that British glass boats are overbuilt. My Nordkapp must have weighed close to 60 pounds! But yes, there are some advantages to being stout! My Artich Hawk is not laid up too light. I have climbed all over the deck while practicing wet re-entry's (ok, so my roll is not 100% yet!), and there are no stress cracks or serious groans. But, yes my deck does flex more than a British boat. As I said, my airbags act as a series of supporting arches, and they realy stiffen things up. However Chuck, I must stand fast on this issue: I'll take a flexible deck and a 15 pound weight savings anyday! - Scott Chuck wrote: > The deck of my Romany doesn't flex, but then, it is one of those > overbuilt British battleships. One advantage of this is that you don't > need to reinforce the deck before installing towing hardware. :-) > > Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Oct 10 1998 - 19:53:42 PDT
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