The price on a glass Seda single at my store (until the end of January) is $1275 + $65 in shipping costs. Most dealers around the country will have them at similar prices (This is not an ad but a refutation of the post below). I don't sell many plastic kayaks as a result of my dislike for them and the $400 extra someone has to pay to get fiberglass. There are several other good glass kayaks for under $2000. Note:Mariners don't cost $3000 as you claim either unless you want Kevlar or Graphite. Most Seda kayaks are nicer paddling kayaks than anything I have tried in plastic (and I try everything I can get my hands on. Got to run. Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com -----Original Message----- From: Wes Boyd <boydwe_at_dmci.net> To: Matt Broze <mkayaks_at_oz.net>; Paddlewise <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Date: Sunday, December 05, 1999 8:24 AM Subject: Re:[Paddlewise] (Paddlewise) Plastic is Perfect!????????????????not! >At 02:16 AM 12/5/99 -0800, Matt Broze wrote: >> >>Well now that I have offended all the people on this list who love their >>plastic kayaks and didn't want to hear the downside I am going to sign off >>and duck all the flak by hiding out in the Sea of Cortez until the flames >>die down. We will be renting Seda fiberglass kayaks, however, I would be >>taking a folding kayak down like I did last time (Khatsalano) if the only >>other choice was to rent a plastic kayak. > >Matt, you make a persuasive case, and this will be waiting on your e-mail >spooler when you come back from Baja. > >There is one area where plastic kayaks are far superior: > >Sexy, fast, well-built Mariner kayak, with all the trimmings: $3k+ >Slow, rubbery, scratchable, dentable, fun plastic kayak: $1k- > >I wish I had the kind of money to buy one of your boats (assuming I could >fit into it, never a safe assumption) -- but I can grind up the bottoms >of three plastic kayaks for the cost of grinding up one Mariner. > >-- Wes > *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 01:06 PM 12/6/99 -0800, Matt Broze wrote: >The price on a glass Seda single at my store (until the end of January) is >$1275 + $65 in shipping costs. Most dealers around the country will have >them at similar prices (This is not an ad but a refutation of the post >below). I don't sell many plastic kayaks as a result of my dislike for them >and the $400 extra someone has to pay to get fiberglass. There are several >other good glass kayaks for under $2000. Note:Mariners don't cost $3000 as >you claim either unless you want Kevlar or Graphite. > Sorry, I didn't want to sound as rude as this message appeared. The point I was making is that there is a very sound cost differential. Granted, Sedas are a lot cheaper than most glass boats, where the typical cost is about $2,500. I wish I could afford the cost of a top of the like kayak like a Mariner -- which, by the time I could travel to the west coast to try one on, then have it shipped here, would probably come to well over $3000 -- but simply, if I were to tell the wife that I was going to spend $3000 for a kayak, or even $2000, well, she'd have a fit. She had enough of one for less than $1000. As much as I enjoy kayaking, I just can't justify the up-front cost for that much boat. Again, sorry if I offended. -- Wes *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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