Re: [Paddlewise] Ocean play boats

From:           	"Mattson, Timothy G" <timothy.g.mattson_at_intel.com>
To:             	"'paddlewise'" <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Subject:        	[Paddlewise] Ocean play boats
Date sent:      	Tue, 25 May 1999 20:52:07 -0700

> 
> Any other "sea kayak play boats" you'd recommend?  I've heard the pintail is
> nice for this type of paddling.  Any other strong, ocean play boats you'd
> recommend?  

I can second the Pintail recommendation --- and I know what you 
mean about the Sea Lion, which I also own --- but don't know the 
Coaster at all.  (Seems like there was an intense discussion on 
that boat a while back --- may be in Clyde's archives somewhere.)  
The Pintail is definitely a "rock garden" kind of boat, and will hold 
up well as a "British Heavy"; it's highly maneuverable with the skeg 
up, okay in surf with some skeg down, and adequate for touring, 
although it is not a fast boat nor does its volume make if a great 
expedition boat --- long weekends, especially if you don't need to 
carry a lot of water, are fine.

I'd also second the suggestion to look at Ocean Kayak boats.  I 
have a basic Scrambler --- not the XT mentioned --- and it's fun in 
surf, but I can't keep the thing tracking well in even small surf.  Just 
wants to fall off in a broach at any opportunity.  (I'm sure it's just 
technique.)  But, with thigh straps --- or, <gulp>, with a waist belt 
(not for <me>!) --- it's maneuverable, relatively easy to roll, and it 
can carry a very large beer cooler --- but not in surf.  For long.

Jack Martin

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