Thanks, Tony. That matches with my expectations. My plan was to use the K-Light for frequent travel paddling and the K-1 for home paddling or when I have a long term job where I could leave the K-1 assembled. =^..^= --Mel-- Mel Lammers mslammers_at_earthlink.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <Niilus_at_aol.com> To: Mel Lammers <mslammers_at_earthlink.net> Cc: paddlewise <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 1:39 AM Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Seaward > Mel Lammers wrote: > > > >Tony, I am considering getting a K-1 from Joanne and co. in April. I sat in > >the K-1 at Irvine store and feel it is a great boat. Have you taken it > >somewhere by yourself and did you have any trouble assembling and moving it > >on land? > > > > Mel, > > I almost always use a boat cart to move the Feathercraft K-1 on land. It > weighs about 55 lbs. and I just don't like to carry it for any distance by > myself. The cart breaks down and fits inside the boat behind the seat back. > > You probably looked at the current version of the K-1 which I believe came > out last year, I have the previous version. The current version is much > improved with a different bow shape, longer, redesigned frame assembly and a > different non-shrink deck material. I understand that this version is much > easier and faster to assemble. > > I find my version of the K-1 such a lengthy hassle to assemble and > disassemble so that I keep it assembled with the flotation bags in place and > partially filled. I car top it locally. I took it to Baja for a week this > spring in the bag. It's fine to assemble it, use it for a week, and then put > it back in the bag for transportation. > > Tony Niilus > Upland, CA > *************************************************************************** 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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