Mattson, Timothy G wrote: > They define three classes of kayak based on this ratio: sea kayak (less than > 9.25), fast sea kayak (between 9.25 and 10.99), and high performance kayak > (greater than 10.99). All the surf skis I'm aware of are considered high > performance kayaks with ratios typically between 12 and 14. > > There are some decked kayaks that fall in the high performance kayak class. > For example, a famous decked kayak in the northwest racing scene is the > Sissuou Evolution (affectionatly known up here as "orange crush"). The > boat's waterline length to the width ratio is greater than 12! > > So how do you classify the X-Par Missile, 24 feet long by 18 inches wide? Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Dec 24 1998 - 10:48:23 PST
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