Snip** Peter Treby wrote: "Are British boats stronger or are they just resin-heavy? " Hal's reply: I just read in Derek Hutchinsons book "Expedition Kayaking" on page35 under the category that he calls maneuvers a launch method called a "Side Drop". I am not confident that my North American made kevlar boat would survive such a launch. Maybe it can only be done in Bristih boat? Has anyone ever tried such a launch? I am embarrassed to say that I did drop my QCC 500 (kevlar) three feet onto the black top one day when I was downloading. It landed with a thud flat on the keel, no cracks , scratches or physical damage, just more gray hair on my head. Fred *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 06 2000 - 09:34:57 PST
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