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From: Bob Denton <BDenton_at_aquagulf.com>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] First post about first boat (Impex, by the way )
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:48:18 -0400
I bought my first Nordkapp 6 months after my first glass boat (Seda Impulse)
and found that it only took a few weeks to get really comfortable. I find
after paddling my 8' flat bottom whitewater/surf boat (Pyranha Storm) for a
while the Nordkapp seems pretty tippy, but within 10 minutes, I'm back in
the groove.



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From: Bob Denton <BDenton_at_aquagulf.com>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] First post about first boat (Impex, by the way )
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:49:56 -0400
Clearly written by somone who has never paddled one.

>>>>
Yeah, but . . . there's a heckuva difference between a sweet handling,
reasonable boat like the Diamante, and an obsolescent fiberglass snake like
a Nordkapp. I suspect a lot of people paddle Nordkapps due to the charisma
factor . . . "He's gotta be one heck of a kayaker -- he paddles a Nordkapp."

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