[Paddlewise] Caribou Designer

I have a feeling the designer had nothing to do with whether the Caribou
got a skeg. Barry Buchannan of Mt Desert Island, Maine designed the boat
and built it as a high end custom boat out of wood and later as in a
composite layup. The boats he built were gorgeous with custom graphic paint
jobs. The aesthetics of the boat built by CD does not compare to the
beautiful originals built by Barry. However, when CD took over production
of the design they probably took over the decision about installing a skeg.
Obviously Barry didn't think it was required, and the paddlers who have an
original made by Barry are happy with them. I haven't paddled the boat
enough to have an opinion.

At 11:49 PM -0700 5/15/00, Doug Lloyd wrote:
>It should be noted that the CD Caribou was originally designed and then
>sold for a while with no skeg option, but eventually became available
>with a skeg due to customer pressure, from what I have been told from
>seeing-eye humans :-). When the Caribou first came out, I knew it would
>be just a matter of time before the skeg became an available reality.
>The enjoyment for me was seeing how long the designer could "hold-out"
>on his explanation that his "baby" didn't need one. <snip>



Nick Schade
Guillemot Kayaks
824 Thompson St, Suite I
Glastonbury, CT 06033
(860) 659-8847

Schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com
http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/

>>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<<


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