Even a experienced kayaker will choose different things to highlight as important. I was sitting at eating lunch with a well respected british kayaker and author at a symposium recently when someone asked him what to look for when choosing a sea kayak. This worshipped designer of kayaks replied: (I'm paraphrasing) look for a small cockpit, round hatches, recessed fitting and smooth fiberglass. He did not offer any suggestions as to what it should do on the water or how to evaluate the performance. Obviously, some good performing kayaks will not rate as highly based on the criteria outlined by this expert. As John says, it is important to know the reviewer. You not only need to know their experience, but you need to know their priorities. Nick At 10:16 PM -0400 8/15/00, John Winters wrote: > >Your comment leads me to my question, how do we know the reviewers have >decent experience? Suppose I did the reviews, would you grant them the same >respect you would grant a review from, for example, Matt Brose? If not, then >I rest my case. By not giving my opinion equal respect you acknowledge that >reviews vary in value. Now, I ask you again, how do we know that the >reviewers have as much experience or knowledge as even me much less Matt? If >you do give my opinion equal credence, then I still rest my case because you >know very little about my experience and skills. I also have some swamp I >would like to sell. :-) > Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St, Suite I Glastonbury, CT 06033 (860) 659-8847 Schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ >>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<< *************************************************************************** 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 17 2000 - 10:18:14 PDT
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