Re: [Paddlewise] Boat bags: was Storm Kayaks(rambling off topic)

From: John Fereira <fereira_at_albert.mannlib.cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 May 99 14:51:41 EDT
> 
> 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

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