I've been looking for a new boat and trying on a lot of them. I ran across a Dagger Apostle at a dealer that fit me pretty well and was incredibly cheap. I've looked and cannot find any specs or information about it anywhere. The salesman was no help saying all he knew about the boat was what was on the tag. I believe the boat has been discontinued by Dagger and that's why the price was so low. I like saving money but don't want to end up with a boat that no one wanted for good reason. Does anyone have one....seen one...know anything about it? dave *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 07:44 AM 4/13/00 -0400, you wrote: >I've been looking for a new boat and trying on a lot of them. I ran across >a Dagger Apostle at a dealer that fit me pretty well and was incredibly >cheap. I've looked and cannot find any specs or information about it >anywhere. The salesman was no help saying all he knew about the boat was >what was on the tag. I believe the boat has been discontinued by Dagger and >that's why the price was so low. I like saving money but don't want to end >up with a boat that no one wanted for good reason. Does anyone have >one....seen one...know anything about it? Though a little bit on the dated side, the Apostle is considered to be a pretty good boat for a plastic boat. For a starter boat, it'll probably be all right and better than a lot of more expensive possibilities. There's a pretty good Australian website that has a guy's experiences with the Apostle, but you have to work your way through a bit of Australian slang: http://www.nswseakayaker.asn.au/mag/29/apostle.htm A couple of years ago, the Apostle listed for around $1050, IIRC. If it's considerably under, it's a good deal. -- Wes *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
David Seales wrote: > > I've been looking for a new boat and trying on a lot of them. I ran across > a Dagger Apostle at a dealer that fit me pretty well and was incredibly > cheap. I've looked and cannot find any specs or information about it > anywhere. The salesman was no help saying all he knew about the boat was > what was on the tag. I believe the boat has been discontinued by Dagger and > that's why the price was so low. I like saving money but don't want to end > up with a boat that no one wanted for good reason. Does anyone have > one....seen one...know anything about it? The first single SK I paddled was the Apostle, although only for an hour or so. I liked it a lot. The seat was a good fit for my butt, and it had a tight felling like a WW boat. As I recall, the decks are fairly low. It was easy to roll right off. I would consider incredibly cheap for this boat to be < US$800 or so. The boat could be a few years old. Has it been stored out of the sun? Steve *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
My impressions of the Apostle after a brief spin: I paddled one for part of a day surfing with a short cruise recently. It turned easily on edge, and surfed well in 1 metre waves, with no undue broaching. It doesn't track as well as my own boat, and needs the rudder down to stop a little wallowing. I didn't like the large cockpit, and found my knee slipping out from under the deck and pushing the spray cover when trying to lean/edge. This would be curable by fitting braces or foam etc. The rudder blade is weak, and bent sideways while in the up position, in surf. All in all, not a bad boat. Regards, PT. *************************************************************************** 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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