>I would not buy a boat that I had only tried once. You need to paddle >the boat when there is some wind and a bit of wave action. I once >paddled a boat that seemed to be perfect in every way on a calm day, but >when I took this boat out on a windy day I discovered that it >weathercocked badly enough for me to reject the design without >hesitation. The following year the manufacturer of the boat added a >drop-down skeg to this model. You paddle a Caribou, don't you? Nice boat. Good Guess. The boat I was describing was a Caribou, but the boat I ended up buying is a Mariner Express. Nick Lyle *************************************************************************** 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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