----- Original Message ----- From: <Gypsykayak_at_aol.com> > WUNDERBAR! I in the process of rounding up Pakboat's Puffin FK owners and > wannabe owners with the thought of establishing a group/list. I've had one > positive response. > > We're definitely the slow-pokes in the group...but I was thinking that we > could slide into the mini-folding kayaks category. What does Senor FK Guru > Ralph Diaz think? (No offense to Herr Pouch FK Ralph - just that Diaz has > paddled a Puffin). The Puffin moves at about the speed of the Folbot Aleut, a mini folding kayak. Probably one of the mini-Nautiraids would also be in the general range of the Puffin. But on these comparisons, I am working from memory as I have not paddled an Aleut nor the small Nautiraid in years. The Puffin is at about half the weight of the Aleut (literature says 39 but it is probably closer to 34 now) and 15 pounds lighter than the small Nautiraid. 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 - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Feb 28 2001 - 17:02:57 PST
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