> > On Wed, 19 May 1999 11:45:51 Kirk Olsen wrote: > >On Wed, 19 May 1999 dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com wrote: > > > >>Ya'll can even get the color to match the canoe! > > > >Color matching a Wenonah ultra light? Ah, the color of kevlar and clear > >epoxy. > > It's beautiful isn't it? I just love the way it is semi-transparent. Watch the water lap against the side of the boat from the inside. :) > > >gel coat? We don't need no stinkin' gel coat. Why bother with the extra > >weight ;-) > > Principal reason we got this boat: weight. Why is there such a preoccupation amoung paddlers to get the absolutely lightest boat possible? Except for the few minutes that might take to unload and load the boat from a vehicle does a pound or two *really* make a measurable difference for most paddlers? -- John Fereira jaf30_at_cornell.edu *************************************************************************** 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 - 14:10:55 PDT
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