Jackie Fenton wrote on Thursday, October 7th: <<I wonder, though, if what is considered a design shortfall by some may be seen as an asset to someone else... i.e. Audrey Sutherland's inflatable.Can you call her inflatable a design shortfall? There's no question she has the skill. Seems she's found what she wants to paddle and in some conditions, it requires a rudder. >> I would be comfortable saying that all inflatables have a design flaw... it's called a flat bottom. Paddling an inflatable in any sort of crosswind, or other wind for that matter, is a real hassle. Having paddled Aire and Sotar inflatables for the last 6 years (and not liking it), I speak from experience. Don't get me wrong, they have their place, but the only thing I can say good about them is that they are airplane transportable and you can carry a big cooler :-) If you're looking for any kind of performance or handling, don't count on an inflatables. Cheers, Dave Dave Williams dave_at_paddleasia.com http://paddleasia.com Phuket, Thailand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 07 1999 - 04:52:47 PDT
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