At 09:22 PM 8/14/00 -0700, Kevin Whilden wrote: >As far as to whose opinion to believe, the Sea Kayaker review is rather >limited in scope. It does not aspire to telling people what to believe. It >is merely input for the person who decides to take the boat for a later >test paddle. I think we all agree that the test paddle is a necessary step >for anyone serious about buying the right kayak for themselves. Just as a suggestion -- perhaps it would be of more use to the kayaking community as a whole if SK were to review some boats that are not the more top of the line sort of things, but the sort of things you see being bought, especially by newbies. I know there are not a lot of defenders of plastic boats here on P-Wise (Well, let's see . . . there's me, there's Strosaker . . . and we both have glass boats as well . . . ;-)) but if you drive down the highway in spots where kayaking is popular you see a lot of low-to-midrange plastic boats. I know when I was up around Georgian Bay a couple weeks ago I saw a lot of sea kayaks, but glass boats were rare. It would not surprise me that plastic recreational and sea kayaks outsell glass boats ten to one. Yet, reviews of plastic boats in SK are rare, and then it's more the top of the line plastic. Some reports on novice-to-intermediate level boats would be welcome. -- Wes *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Aug 15 2000 - 09:57:47 PDT
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