At 04:31 PM 12/7/99 -0500, William J. Oetjen wrote: >Dear Folks, > >At the risk of making an already convoluted thread even more so, >I noticed that lots of people stated opinions about Tupperware, >shatterglass, and kevlar, I noticed that too. However, what I found complete unnecessary was the use of the disparaging terms to describe the plastic and fiberglass layups. The pros and cons of each can be discussed without using loaded terminology and the general consensus that I have seen after reading numerous debates on the topic is that there is no perfect boat for every paddler for every type of paddling. > but no one specifically commented on any of >those glass/plywood/glass kit boats out there. Since I am anxiously in >the market for one of them (most likely a Pygmy Osprey HP) I'd appreciate >hearing more about that. Since I just received the kit for a CLC Northbay XL I've recognized the benefits of a wood boat. >From my experience the only negative that I have found that seems to be common among all layups is that their owners tend to get a little over zealous in their advocacy of what they happen to own. *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Dec 08 1999 - 08:34:36 PST
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