On Fri, 2 Oct 1998 14:16:31 K. Whilden wrote: >First the similarities: >The Arctic Tern and the Coho are both excellent boats that do not >weathercock, track well, and turn well when set on edge. The Coho is a >little longer, 17'6, while the Tern is 17'. The Tern has a single hard >chine, whereas the Coho is a multi-chine boat. Both boats have excellent >secondary stability, and tremendous room for gear. > I may be reaching here (I'm new to this sport). How similar to the Necky Looksha IV (plastic) is the Tern? From the Pygmy web page it looks like the Tern would have a hull very similar to the Looksha. A relatively flat bottom with a hard chine. I've been considering building a Coho as a way to get a good light weight kayak for a decent price. But now I'm going to have to decide between the Coho or Tern. Just hopping over to Pygmy and trying them out is a little difficult from Kansas. :) But then we might go to Washington in the spring. My wife and I would like to do a 5 day training class in sea kayaking and are trying to decide where. Right now Tek & Trail seems like the leading candidate due to their relative proximity in Wisconsin (we live in the Kansas City area). But the added incentive of being able to try out a Pygmy may make us go to Seattle for training. Anyone have any suggestions on that front? Mel --- There are three types of people, those who can count and those who can't. -----== Sent via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/ Easy access to 50,000+ discussion forums *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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