At 12:48 PM +0100 10/13/98, Colin Calder wrote: >Hi all > >Just been reading through some recent digests. The thread about lightweight >boats, and not having hatches to save weight was a bit of a giggle. Reminded >me of cycling, a bit. Weight is really crucial to speed, acceleration, >climbing ability on a bike. I love light bikes. However I wouldn't spend >1000 big ones to drop a couple of pounds from a bike, and funnily most >(ignore racers and obsessed triathletes) cyclists with super light bikes >that I know could save WAY more weight by not spending money on donuts and >beer :-). DOH! > > >So back to kayaks. All those folks who are worried about 5lbs on their hull, >how much extra weight ya carrying around the middle :-). While your thinking >about that, and taking care not to sit on your bendy deck, your not really >going to put 60lbs of clothes, tents, cookers, food, bottles of cloudy bay >SB etc etc in there are you ? I agree with the general sentiments here. The only time I consider weight significant is in swing weight. A boat with heavy ends will be harder to manuever and I think a boat with lighter ends will deal with waves better. Usually this just means you shouldn't throw your water bottle in the ends of your boat. Nick Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks c/o Newfound Woodworks, 67 Danforth Brook Rd, Bristol, NH 03222 (603) 744-6167 Schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ >>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<< *************************************************************************** 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 13 1998 - 11:37:08 PDT
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