>Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 20:52:24 -0700 >From: "JW" <jwashburn_at_saintmail.net> > >Romany (I'm not sure if it's a model or a brand name - that's the only name >I saw on the boat) - another nice boat Nigel Dennis Kayaks, NDK is the manufacturer. Romany is the model. My wife (another small paddler) liked this boat too. She paddled one for a two day sea kayak workshop. I paddled it's larger brother, the Romany Explorer, those same two days and liked it enough that I ordered one this spring (I pick it up in two weeks, I'm excited). >Shadow - liked this one, too My wife has this in plastic and likes it. It fits her well and paddles nicely. I can squeeze my 6' 0" 190 pound body into it and found it nice to paddle. >Looksha IVS - very tippy I've got a plastic Looksha IV and really like it. It is very easy to stand it on its side. Spent last Sunday playing in 1 - 1.5 foot waves on a lake playing in my Looksha. Practiced paddling into, with, at an angle and across the waves. The boat does well in almost all of these. Heading with the waves it has a small tendancy to broach but is controllable. Since you're in Seattle you should head down to the Mariner kayak store and try one of their boats. I'm going to be in Seattle for a week in late June and trying out their boats is at the top of my list. :) Mel --- There are three types of people, those who can count and those who can't. --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Before you buy. *************************************************************************** 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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