<snip> >I'm staying with heavy-duty and rigid [...] Larry writes: >hi Doug, > >i could use more time weight training. I work out 4 times a week. I would not do some of the paddling I do without the conditioning I do. Stretching is also an important issue, for which I recently thanked SK Magazine for its Yoga article (we had a thread on fitness/conditioning a while back). >Kruger Canoes makes the Kruger Cruiser (Open) which weights 82 lbs; its been >used for some expeditions. It's a decked canoe. > >anyone know how the deck and hull are joined on that boat? > >bye bye bliven I use a canoe around the same weight. It is a "pig", but keeps my family safe (wife, two small girls and me) in some fairly hairy stuff. Don't know about the deck join, but those decked Kruger canoes are a breed apart - and may Verlin's tribe increase! One last note. You guys on Paddlewise must think I'm a bit crazy promoting "heavier is better". I realized that on my last post I left out a reason why I like heavy. It gives a kayak "momentum" in rough conditions to punch through stuff. BC'in Ya Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 12 2000 - 08:36:23 PST
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