On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Wes Boyd wrote: [snip] > Matt Broze posted a list of big guy boats here a while back, and some of > his suggestions I incorporated into my web page on the subject: > > http://www2.dmci.net/users/wesboyd/bigguy.htm > > He may be able to draw some other conclusions from that page. Frankly, I > haven't tried a Merlin but suspect it would be on the small side for me. > I'd suggest maybe an Old Town Heron, or one of the big Perceptions (used to > be the Spectrum, but they changed the name -- but I paddled something like > a Vizcaya and it wasn't too bad a fit). Frankly, this is going to be > something that's going to be half fish and half fowl, and he may not come > up with too good a fit for both purposes. > > -- Wes well, not "BIG" guy, but "big guy me, 6'0" [1.8m] 200# [91Kg] with a size 11 foot [46? EU] found both the prijon expedition, [good plastic general purpose boat] and the seda viking [similar, but longer] in glass to be decent baots. i can paddle the prijon in class III+ WW, some i know use it in the grand canyon. i can paddle the seda on higher water class II, but not anything rocky & technical, and when i paddle in a group with other sea kayakers, its one of the slowest glass boats [i'll take some credit for that ;-] i use the seda for camping trips & fats day paddles with groups, and hte prijon for the majority of my river running, and occasional lakes [but rarely] were it my only lake boat, i'd opt for the rudder, as it perls fast. good luck!! -- #-canoeist[at]dotzen[dot]org------------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [__| [__\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.dotzen.org/paddler [index to club websites i administer] ---- A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. -- English Proverb *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jul 12 2000 - 21:07:17 PDT
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