MSN/RiDem wrote: > > Next year I am hoping to purchase a "foldable ", probably a double based on > the following needs. Have been looking (on line) at the Klepper Expedition > II, or Folbot Greenland II. [snip] We travel "heavy" (ie: approx > 300 lbs /gear and food for a 6-8 week trip. She weighs about 120, me 180 > lbs. so consider 300 lbs gear plus 300 lbs of "paddlers" for total payload > for long trips. I'm pretty sure I have loaded a G II to the 600 lbs you estimate, and paddled it in for a couple weeks at a time in the Charlottes and in Barkley Sound -- generally protected waters, but similar to some of the Lockhart River stuff (etc.) you have done. I have the Expedition version, and have replaced the stock waterproof nylon double "porthole" spraydeck with a much more durable (and watertight) Hypalon version which accepts trad. sea kayak neoprene deck/nylon tunnel sprayskirts. Access is easier, also, for launching and landing in surge and small surf. I don't think you would be happy with the G II unless you upgraded the deck, although as a long-time canoe tripper, you are probably used to an open cockpit and a perpetually wet lap! <G> I think the G II is durable enough for your purposes, but in an isolated place I'd take a couple dozen pop rivets and a rivet gun as a backup if there is any extensive portaging to be done. Can't drag these folding thangs laak an awld Grumman, dang it! Another nice feature of the G II is there is a conversion kit for a single paddler for solo trips. Be a lot of boat to paddle, but, heck, if you've paddled a 17 foot Grumman solo ... piece of cake! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Apr 10 2000 - 19:25:39 PDT
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