> I rented a Current Designs Extreme (standard volume) at > Monterey Bay Kayaks and had the great good luck of two > whales chugging by less than a hundred feet away, about an > hour apart. Too cool. Also a otter sleeping with his little > paws over his eyes to shield them from the sun. Too cute. Excellent!! > The guy who gave me my pre-launch briefing told me the > lanyard didn't work and that I should just put the rudder > down before I went out. Or I could twist around and deploy > it with my paddle. I just left it up; I think skeg would be > better anyway. Guy said the new models had corrected the > problem. So keep that in mind if you're scouting for a used > one. I agree. I demoed a CD Extreme last summer, and the 2 minutes I had the rudder in the water were extremely annoying. It's a great boat, handles well without the rudder, and a skeg would probably be an excellent substitute. Shawn -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 1999 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Feb 22 2000 - 17:01:25 PST
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