735769 wrote: > > Jerry wrote; > > >A friend is a light boat fanatic. He has, for example, a 38 lb Kevlar Seda > >Swift. When paddling in waves the boat flexes like a fabric boat. The > deck > >can be flexed with a finger. He does not use it loaded on expeditions but > >does paddle rough water. He swears it is plenty strong enough. > > > >How light is too light? I once was walking down Fifth Avenue with someone from Feathercraft when we ran into an old friend Don Betts, a well-respected boat designer from Brooklyn (Yeah...Brooklyn. Do you have a problem with that, buster!). In making the introduction I said that Don believed any boat over 30 pounds was too heavy. Don corrected me, saying "Oh no, that would be much too high! Try 25." ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 08 1999 - 05:29:00 PDT
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