Last winter I bought a set of Kevlar skid pads for my Old Town Discovery 17.4, which I have not yet installed. I was wondering how that would affect the handling of the canoe if I do go ahead and put them on. I do know that they will add an additional 3 lbs to the total weight of the boat. Since my experience is currently limited to the Disco, obviously I am not super-sensitive to the finer points of "handling" anyway. My original thought was that they would add some protection to the bow and stern in hauling the boat onto rocky beaches, and in very shallow flat water (especially with swells.) This trip we will be on a large windy lake, heavily laden. Only the last 30 miles will involve short rapids, which we will probably line, rather than run. Any opinions on the plus or minuses of skid plates? Rich Dempsey ridem_at_msn.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jun 24 1999 - 11:41:52 PDT
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