Tom wrote: >> >>Its the boater skill not the boat design that survives the storm. Some >>designs make it less work and more fun. I would recommended any Mariner >>kayak. I use the "MAX" model. >>Some people in the Northwest find foreigner boats exotic and compete to see >>who has the narrowest. >> ---------------------- While I do know people who might even give up kayaking if it wasn't for their Mariner kayak, I do take exception to the narrow foreign boat notion. I had huge battles here in Victoria in the early eighties when folks like Brian Henry who formed Current Designs, claimed narrow British boats as somewhat dangerous (yes, there was a context to his statements, and there is some truth to the name, Nordcrap). I see now he has a new boat out called the Extreme. At 18'10" and 21" wide, does that count as narrow. A number of North American boat builders include narrow designs in their line-ups these days. So nix the foreign designation. Heck, nix the British and the modern North American kayaks alltogether, and think about those ancient Artic kayaks - now those were narrow! :-) >From a big-butted North American who paddles a skinny Nordkapp (must be due to my *narrow* mindset!) <G> Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** 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 May 18 1999 - 23:17:13 PDT
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