Hi folks, i'm new to this list and fairly new to sea kayaking. i'm also fairly addicted to it. Right now i'm using a friend's eddyline falcon 18 ( i absolutely love this boat, very fast, strong tracking, LOW initial stability) and am looking for a kit for a boat with similar qualities. My dilemma comes down to this: Pygmy has done a good job of selling me on its kits. I need exactly the right boat for the following - I weigh about 160 lb; height about 5' 8 or 9"; want high cruising speed and efficiency; seaworthiness for rough coastal surf; strength for car-topping; enough volume for short camping trips; incomperable beauty and reliability. there you have it. The HP sounds really exciting to me, but I wonder about how well it handles rough stuff, and the turning radius is something like 1/2 kilometer. The coho might not track as well as I like, and might expose too much boat to the wind. I'd appreciate it is anyone out there has experience with either/both of these boats. Help me keep from making a poor decision. Thanks for your time, Bill Oetjen woetjen_at_zoo.uvm.edu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jul 28 1999 - 08:01:16 PDT
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