Hi all, Is anyone familiar with a New Zealand based company called Challenge Plastics? If so, have you ever paddled their Sea Quest or Breeze. Thanks! Dave *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
>Is anyone familiar with a New Zealand based company called Challenge >Plastics? If so, have you ever paddled their Sea Quest or Breeze. Yes. The Sea Quest is a big boat, we had two with us on the Fiji circumnavigation. Built in Keri Keri, north of Auckland. An adaption of the Sea Bear by Ron Augustin though there was acromony over that so I heard - some of the excessive(?) rocker was taken out. The moulding design on the foredeck is a replica of the Sea Bear's foredeck. A hard chine design. The Breeze is a small boat, gently curved bottom with a chine and flat sides. OK for a small paddler but not much side to lay the boat over on. I did a little bit of gentle surfing in one one afternoon. After I changed boats, every time I saw it it was upside down so obviously not to everyone's taste. Steering is via a fixed cross bar with a horizontal bar mounted above it and pivoted in the middle. As far as I remember, auto-adjusting rudder lines. NOTE - is is possible (and most of us (?) do outside USA) design rudder systems which allow a solid platform to brace against. Alex Alex (Sandy) Ferguson Chemistry Department University of Canterbury New Zealand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 02:41 pm 26/07/99 -0700, you wrote: >They don't make the Breeze, Current Designs does as for the company Challenge Plastics I haven't heard of them. > >K.Stevens WRONG !!!!! Challenge Plastics makes the Breeze and has done for a number of years. If you haven't heard of Challenge Plastics how can you say they don't? I should know, I've paddled one, I paddle with people who own them, I paddle with a rep who's company handles them. I've got copies of the sales brochures. I've heard that CD now produces a kayak ALSO called the Breeze. Alex Alex (Sandy) Ferguson Chemistry Department University of Canterbury New Zealand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Don't forget the Current Designs "Pacific Breeze" and the two Sea Breeze's by Mid Canada Fiberglass and another from Formula out of Great Britain. It's getting hard to come up with good unique names anymore. Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com -----Original Message----- From: Alex Ferguson <a.ferguson_at_chem.canterbury.ac.nz> To: Kirby Stevens <stevens_at_islandnet.com> Cc: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 8:12 PM Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Challenge Plastics >At 02:41 pm 26/07/99 -0700, you wrote: >>They don't make the Breeze, Current Designs does as for the company >Challenge Plastics I haven't heard of them. >> >>K.Stevens > >WRONG !!!!! > >Challenge Plastics makes the Breeze and has done for a number of years. If >you haven't heard of Challenge Plastics how can you say they don't? > >I should know, I've paddled one, I paddle with people who own them, I >paddle with a rep who's company handles them. I've got copies of the sales >brochures. > >I've heard that CD now produces a kayak ALSO called the Breeze. > >Alex >Alex (Sandy) Ferguson >Chemistry Department >University of Canterbury >New Zealand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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