Miguel Jorgensen Arboleda wrote: > I am thinking of buying a new kayak, one that is smaller and easier to > carry around. Most likely I will get the Feathercraft K-Lite Plus > (though there is a Japanese kayak, the Arfeq 415, produced by Mont-Bell, > the Japanese mountain equipment company, that also looks intriguing), > but I've been wondering a lot about inflatable sea kayaks. I know many > people are going to poo-poo them, but after reading about Audrey > Sutherland's solo voyages I wonder if maybe they have something to > offer. I am looking particularly at the Aire Sea Tiger II (so that my > wife can join me and I can get out on my own, too) or the Grabner > Dolphin 1, Explorer 1, and Explorer 2. Would anybody out there know > anything about these inflatable sea kayaks and how they might perform? > Would inflatable sea kayaks not even be a serious option? I'd appreciate > any wisdom you could share...<(^J^)> Look at http://paddlermagazine.com/reviews/tourinfl.htm and http://paddlermagazine.com/reviews/inflate.htm reviews, personally I use an Helios380 with a modified rudder, price and weight is half of a Sea TigerII, may be quality too, but I don't use it in Oceanic expedition. Cheers, Giuseppe Phone: +39-043255-8212 University of Udine - Department of Physics Fax: +39-043255-8222 via delle Scienze, 208 - 33100 UDINE URL:http://www.fisica.uniud.it/~cabras *************************************************************************** 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 May 19 1999 - 00:25:17 PDT
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