[Paddlewise] Advice needed

>Paddlewisers,
>I am planning to buy a new touring/sea kayak. I live in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
>I want a large volume single and since I live in a condo I will need a
>folder.  I have Ralph Diaz's book and have read it several times but it
>does not have a review on the Folbot Kodiak which is one of my semi
>finalists.  With the Klepper and Feathercraft.
>I really like the info I have seen on the Klepper and Feathercraft singles
>but the prices
>are so very high.  Is a Klepper single really worth as much as a Folbot
>Kodiak -and- a
>Folbot Greenland II?  Or to put it another way, is the Folbot so bad?  
>I have had two kayaks in the past.  I had a 12 foot wood and canvas yak
>while I was in
>England in the 1960's.  I paddled it all over on the canal system.  Great
>fun.  I had a
>Folbot Super in the 1970's in Idaho.  I didn't know much about kayaks but I
>thought it was
>a pretty nice boat.  I lost that one in a fire and haven't had one since.  
>I can save up enough for a Klepper or for the same amount I can have a
>Folbot and all the
>gear I could ever use and still pay for a couple of nice trips.  
>I am not interested in racing, rather in touring but I don't want to buy a
>real dog.  
>I also would like to try sailing which I never got to do in my Folbot
Super.  
>I will be paddling alone most of the time and will be trying to explore
>some of the many
>lakes in Wisconsin as well as the Apostle islands in Lake Superior and
>other trips as I get more experiance.  
>So, if some of you could lend me your expertise and possibly a review of
>the Folbot Kodiak
>it would be a great help.  War stories, good or bad experiances, warnings
>or recomendations,
>all would be welcome.  Thanks in advance.  Gary 
 
>Gary Pewitt  N9ZSV/KT  gpewitt_at_execpc.com
>6120 W. Calumet Rd. Apt. 204, Milwaukee, WI  53223
>414 355 8147 home    414 297 4307 work
>Sturgeon's Law "Ninty percent of everything is crap."
>
>	
>
Gary Pewitt  N9ZSV/KT  gpewitt_at_execpc.com
6120 W. Calumet Rd. Apt. 204, Milwaukee, WI  53223
414 355 8147 home    414 297 4307 work
Sturgeon's Law "Ninty percent of everything is crap."

	
***************************************************************************
PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List
Submissions:     paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
Subscriptions:   paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net
Website:         http://www.paddlewise.net/
***************************************************************************