Re: [Paddlewise] Try before you buy?

From: 735769 <735769_at_ican.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 08:57:44 -0400
Nick wrote;

(SNIP)



> In the past week someone
>said of one of my designs that he found it a little unstable, but the
>tracking was great. Someone else said of the same design that the stability
>was amazing, but he had problems with the tracking. This is a design I sold
>with the understanding that I had not tried it myself and that they would
>be taking a greater risk than normal. Now I don't know if the design needs
>fixing or what to fix about it.

I believe this kind of thing happens a lot.  I go so far as to provide
comparisons of stability etc. with boats the buyer has some knowledge of and
even then I get the same reactions as Nick  got.

Very frustrating.


Cheers,
John Winters
Redwing Designs
Web site address, http://home.ican.net/~735769





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