I promise this will be shorter that last time... I went out today for my first time without adult supervision (i.e. solo) by renting a kayak _at_ Northwest Outdoor Center in Seattle...(good people...busy, but good)(www.nwoc.com)(no affiliation, etc...) Some questions/comments were thus generated... w/o all the gory details... 1. What do people think of the Projon Kodiak? -To be honest, I didn't liek the boat... The cockpit was too big (according to info on the web the cockpit is about the same as that that of the NW SeaScape5 I was talking about in my last post (36x18 vs.. 35x18.75)) The rudder pedals don't slide they pivot on fixed pegs (i.e. you push with your toes). Even with some tweaking, I had to quit afater bout an hour because my calves started to twitch... 2. Is their a free online boat comparison tool? i.e. a web database of boat specs that yopu could compare multiple boats... If not (and if there isn't already a project running, I'm thinking I may start on this... (after I finish some other projects). Would this be useful to people on this list? ( And if it is, Jackie, does wherever you host Paddlewise support DB applications? If so, and the price changes (assuming you don't host out of the house) I might be able to cover the difference.) 3. Is there a guideline for paddle length floating around out there? I used a 230cm Werner today, and it might have been nerves from soloing but it felt like the paddle was much too long. I'm coing back out again tomorrow (and I got to pick a boat... I'm going to try another Necky Tesla, since I liked the other one so much last time)So there may be more questions/comments to follow (I get to go out Monday as well, woo-hooo!!! (Time off between changing jobs)) Thanks for the time. Aaron Cunningham acunning_at_seanet.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 10 2000 - 21:57:57 PDT
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