On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, R. Walker wrote: > Maybe it is a lack of perspective or empathy. Once you have the > upper body strength to toss a 60-70lb boat on and off a cartop > comfortably; its hard to even visualize any benefit to a lighter boat. As someone who does have the strength to move around a heavy boat I see no reason to do so. I really like having lightweight boats, and I'm willing to pay for them. I just took delivery of a new 35 pound "family" canoe (wenonah jensen17 ultralight layup with 2 sliding seats, no bulkheads, and a stern foot brace). My wife refused to help carry the last heavy canoe we had. > If I'm going to take that boat on long, unsupported trips, > indistructable becomes the most critical feature. For some of us day trippers, indestructable isn't worth the effort. > That is certainly true enough. But maybe its not the lifting part, > but rather that the roof of the car is to high? I might have trouble > putting a 70lb boat down nicely on the top of a tall SUV; but with > my Tercel, its easy as pie. Loading and unloading my 30 pound boat is a breeze, as is carrying it a fair distance. I'm a lot more inclined to grab the light boats for a day trip than I am one of the heavy ones. As such my 50 pound boat stays home more than it deserves to. to each his own. kirk *************************************************************************** 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 Apr 05 2000 - 15:29:54 PDT
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