Re: [Paddlewise] Have money, will buy!

From: ralph diaz <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 09:30:40 -0800
Strosaker_at_aol.com wrote:
> 
> Paddlewisers,
> 
> I imagine that a lot of people on this list are curious about the kayak Doug
> is going to buy.  I sure am!  With the respect he has on this list, the kayak
> he buys constitutes a huge indorsement.
> 
> For Doug, I know it will have to be a Brit boat. 
> 
> Anyone else want to venture a guess on which boat Doug will buy?

My guess would be a Feathercraft K-1 or a Klepper Aerius I.  Maybe the
former as it is from Canada which is kinda British especially the
province of Vancouver.  But on second thought one of those might not
work out for Doug as he would wind up paddling in all his rough water
haunts in a kayak that would see him through without much in the way of
hairy tales to tell.  He would be bored not fighting for survival. 
Yeah, he better stick to the Nordkapps as they make for better stories. 
:-)

BTW, lest one doubt the pedigree I mention, Klepper Aerius I's were
reportedly the first single kayaks to make a _winter_ circumnavigation
of Cape Horn (1984-Arved Fuchs and Rainer Neuber); so they would not be
out of their element.

ralph
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