Gabriel L Romeu wrote: > > Ralph, is the 6061 anodized or powder coated? > > regards, gabriel To my knowledge it is fully anodized. Feathercraft is very picky about where it sources materials. In the case of their aluminum, for example, they source from the US rather than any Canadian source despite the foreign exchange penalty and the clear brownie points they would get from soucing locally. They found the US source superior in the anodizing. Same with the hypalon skins (which were used on the boats until just last year before switching to new skins and new technologies). They went all the way to France to source it, again because they deemed the French hypalon best (I know it is what Nautiraid uses too and, from my empirical knowledge of foldables, seems superior in wear characteristics). People ask why Feathercrafts cost so much. The materials are part of the reason why a Khatsalano or K-1 runs in the $4K range. The real bargain, in my estimation, was the K-Light and now its successor the Kahuna, a 35 pound boat about 15 feet in length with fine on-the-water characteristics as well as ease of portability and within a range of acceptable assembly times (20 minutes or so). It costs $2,280 complete with seasock and sprayskirt. Not bad for a boat that is likely to give you 25 years of service, if you live that long! :-) best, ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Oct 16 2000 - 06:54:16 PDT
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