On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, BaysideBob wrote: > > I finished first, but the equipment wasn't fair. I was paddling a race > surf > > ski. > > > What kind of ski? I'm shopping. Futura Carrera. I bought it third hand and got a great deal. I've also paddled a few others. Futura II, Current Designs Speedster, hayden, VentureSport Shearwater. >From my point of view if I were replacing the carrera I would look at the Futura Blade, the speedster, and the Twogood mako. I really liked the Speedster but I worry about having an underhull rudder. I haven't seen a Blade or the Mako. In this past race I would have torn the rudder off if I had had an underhull rudder, the carrera has a kickup rudder. Also the carrera turns miserably. The turning radius of the carrera is 3 or 4 boat lengths, the Speedster turning radius is about 1 boat length. kirk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Sep 28 1999 - 08:15:42 PDT
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