> Which leads me to ask you, fellow PaddleWisers, what would > <you> do if someone trashed your boat by accident and gave you > the replacement cost? Would you buy what you've got now or > something else. And why? I'd probably put another $1800 of my own money with it and go with the Falcon 18. Reasons: 1. I can afford it better now. 2. I have a way to store an 18' boat now. 3. I've got enough experience to deal with something that fast and tippy. 4. I have a use for something that fast and tippy. That said I'd be really, really annoyed. I already know how I intend my Edisto to die, if death is in its near future; and being run over by someone's canyonnarro isn't it. It would also ruin the summer trip I have planned, since the Falcon 18 wouldn't likely survive the experience. [a river *ASCENT* of the Devils River from Lake Amistad; where I need a flat bottom, and dragability over hundreds of yards of rock.] What I'd really like to do is grow old owning the Edisto, and add the Falcon for times where it is the more appropriate vehicle... Richard Walker Houston, TX http://www.neosoft.com/~rww/kayak_log.html *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 10 1999 - 15:44:31 PST
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