Re: [Paddlewise] Sea Kayaker Reviews

At 08:25 AM 8/16/00 -0700, Dave Kruger wrote:

>I am for identifying (and profiling) the testers.  It would help me to 
>evaluate
>their comments.  However, this "regionalism" prejudice for sea kayaks in the
>traditional "NW" mode is dying out around here.  Can't speak for other 
>regions.
>
>Kevin W., for example, is a full-on WW and surf kayaker, as well as a kayak
>tourer, and disses some of the overblown, over-sized, way-too-stable designs
>that are commonly associated with the NW.  Kevin lives in Seattle.

Yes, it's true. I like skinny so-called high performance sea kayaks. 
Disrespecting wide-stable kayaks is not something I have done on purpose, 
though perhaps this sentiment has worked its way into my tone on the 
various posts to Paddlewise. However I purposefully avoid reviewing boats 
for Sea Kayaker if they are not designed to be something that I would like 
to paddle. I have turned several offers to review boats for this very 
reason. All the boats I review are designed to be medium-high performance 
single kayaks, which is the kind of kayak that I love to paddle. I am not 
an expert in the benefits of wide-stable kayaks (eg fishing, photography, 
etc..), so I don't review them either.

Kevin




Kevin Whilden
Your Planet Earth
http://www.yourplanetearth.org
(206) 788-0281 (ph)
(206) 788-0284 (f)

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