At 02:52 PM 9/6/00 -0600, Shawn W. Baker wrote: >Hi Tim, >Thanks for the reply. > >NEWTOT_at_mail.modot.state.mo.us wrote: >> As a Squall owner with time on my hands, I'll respond: > ><<Squall experience snipped>> > >> I'd say that the high deck, small cockpit, your long legs and lack of >> confidence in an unfamiliar boat contributed to your demise! > >I might have to give it another shot. It's probably not a boat I'll >ever own (I'm a confirmed wood boat addict) but I love trying different >designs. I almost got to paddle the CD Slipstream, but I didn't fit >into it. I would have tried the Gulfstream, but they sold it 2 days >before the demo. :( > >How does the Squall relate to the Solstice GTS? Since I've had the opportunity to paddle all three I would say that if you tried to do a reentry in a Slipstream without a paddlefloat, you probably would have had about the same sucess as in the Squall. As far as touring boats go, when comparing initial stability of all the different boats I've been in (around 100), it think the Squall has the lowest intial stability among plastic boats and the Slipstream among all the touring boats (I've only paddled one surf ski). I though the GTS was more stable than either of them. *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 07 2000 - 07:45:12 PDT
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