I own an Eddyline Falcon 16 built in a special light lay-up. It weight in at 34lbs and requires a lot more care than my Nordkapps. I once called Eddyline about the boat and they mentioned that they no longer offer that lay-up because too many came back broken. They stated that the boat was never designed for surfing, but as a light weight touring boat. The boat is light enough to lift over my head to drain the water but you can depress the deck with one finger. I think it's a case of "Horses for Courses". Used in the appropriate conditions it is the perfect boat. You wouldn't use an 17 lb road bike with 20cm tires to ride rocky trails and you wouldn't win any road races on a mt. bike. Weight is an important consideration for me, since I usually paddle solo and have to heft my boats on top of a minivan, carry them solo to the put in. Even my current Carbon Nordkapp is a bit heavy at 48 lbs. It has a reinforced deck, rock solid, but I'd prefer the older carbon/kevlar deck which saved 3 or 4 lbs. cya *************************************************************************** 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 Oct 12 2000 - 08:19:07 PDT
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