At 09:01 PM 5/31/00 -0700, Matt Broze wrote: >Dave wrote, "...I have a good friend (retired firefighter) who has had two >hip replacements. He is intrigued by kayaking but can't get more than an 80 >degree angle at the hip, which makes sitting in a >regular kayak pretty difficult." > >Verlen Kruger's designs, the Sawyer Loon, Mad River Monarch, and Kruger >Ventures' Dream Catcher were/are sort of closed canoes that could be paddled >with a single or double blade paddle. Significantly here the seat is raised (snip) Kruger's designs are a bit larger and more robust than what we normally think of as sea kayaks. I don't have the info sheet here at the office with me, but it strikes me that the dreamcatcher is about 16'6" long and 27" wide. In kevlar, the only way it comes, it weighs something like 75 lbs. They are built like tanks. However, they ain't cheap -- the Dreamcatcher is around $4000. -- 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/ ***************************************************************************
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