>Joe wrote: >>I found Derek quite entertaining. One of his comments that stuck in my >>mind the most was he prefers a >>heavier layed-up boat that will give him confidence in rough seas. >Allison responded: >I was also struck by that comment-I am a smaller person and >have been looking at boats with the idea that a lighter one would be easier >for me to manipulate both on and off the car and at campsites....It was an >interesting reality check to remember that I want a boat that does best IN >THE WATER...duh.<< THE WATER ???? What about one year straight, paddling (with timeouts for weather) around Australia, what about around Japan, around the seaboard of Alaska? Paul Caffyn advocates light weight (OK he had cracks at the start of the Alaska trip). My own boat is 17 kg (37 pounds) and no way does it flutter. My partner's boat about 25 Kg (55 pounds), saw her doing endos in the surf recently with no hint of damage. Get a boat that you can lift and carry. Remember Chris Duff's heavy weight got broken in the surf, if it's that bad, anything will break. (Maybe it broke because it was too heavy and stiff???). Alex . . Alex (Sandy) Ferguson Chemistry Department University of Canterbury New Zealand *************************************************************************** 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 Apr 04 2000 - 22:11:27 PDT
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