I purchased a used K-Light in excellent condition with a new combing,new spray skirt, new sea sock and repair kit for $1100 postage paid. I could have purchased a 4 piece paddle at a significant discount at the same time. So...assume the going rate for a good used boat (usually with paddle, skirt, sock and pfd) is around $1400 You could sell it in a heart beat for $1100 after a summer's use...net cost is $300 or 20 days to break even. In addition one could probably sell it quickly for $1200 or even $1300. I'm sure Ralph will confirm the numbers. Rental makes sense if you need the boat for a week or maybe two and you won't use it ever again, or if you want to seriously test paddle one of the more expensive boats. K-Lights are so easy to sell that they are used as currency in some 3rd world countries, and dowerys in others... Cya some quick math from their page "$15/day for >25 days" 3000/$15 =200 day rental -- doubt he needs that if it's for "the summer" --more like $15*90=$1350 ... yes you could buy & resell for less, but for $1350 you get everything including a field repair kit, paddle & pfd [although i'd probably take my own ;-] and not have much of a headache ... _the_caveat_ 3 months notice for rentals in summer_!! hmmm, who's summer!! mark [julio, maligiaq says "hello" - you paddled with him for a day?] #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. --Pablo Picasso *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 08 1999 - 07:03:28 PDT
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