I have an Eddyline Falcon 16 in a very light lay-up they no longer manufacture. It's a mix of kevlar and glass and weighs 34lbs. I can lift the boat over my head to dump the remaining water out of it. when I enquired why they don't make that lay-up, they stated that these boats were layed up for moderate paddling conditions but paddlers were taking the boat and trying to surf 8 foot waves and then complained when the boat broke. Between my 1995 and 1998 Kevlar/ graphite Nordkapps, Valley added almost 8 lbs to the lay-up going from 39 to 47 lbs (without FG Seat). *************************************************************************** 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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