Re: [Paddlewise] Parawing vs. Heptawing

The Parawing is 4 cornered, and is usually set up as a sort of "eaved roof". The 12' Parawing covers 70 square feet, and weighs 3lbs. 8 oz. with its 2 6 foot poles. It's made from 1.9 coated ripstop to be "backpackable". Its big brother, the 19', covers 180 square feet, has two 8' steel poles, is made from 3.8 oz coated oxford, and weighs 11lbs. 4oz. making it a daunting proposition even for paddlers, unless they are outfitters, in a double kayak, or paddling a canoe!
The Hepawing is eight cornered, covers 65 square feet, and weighs 3lbs with its 4'6" poles. I have its bigger brother, the Vistawing, and love it. The additional corners mean it takes longer to rig than the Parawings, but it is versatile in set-up (you can rig it to block the wind and rain yet expose the view, and it is more stable in wind.)
No, I do not stay up nights memorizing equipment specs - I have a life, I'm just in the outdoor biz. I get no benifit from sale of Moss equipment, yadda, yadda, yadda...
Happy camping.




>From: "Robert C. Cline" <rcline_at_onramp.net>
>To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
>Subject: [Paddlewise] Parawing vs. Heptawing
>Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 23:38:06 -0500
>
>There was a recent discussion on the Parawing.  Can anyone give a
>comparason of the Parawing to the Moss Heptawing?
>
>Thanks
>
>Robert
>
>rcline_at_onramp.net
>
>
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