On Sunday, Feb 5, Duane Strosaker did a first launch at San Onofre, CA of the wood strip kayak he designed and built. I was there to witness the christening (with Tabasco sauce) and took some photos and video. Its a beauty! If you'd like to see it go to the "What's New" page on our website and follow the links. We're at: http://home.earthlink.net/~kbsc Great boat Duane, Congratulations! -- Jim Gabriel -- co/author of Kayak Builders of Southern California. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Thanks for posting the images and movies. But is there any chance you could post a higher res version for those with high-bandwidth downloads? The current resolution is too small and grainy to tell if Duane's boat really rips. Perhaps Duane would care to elucidate... tell us about the boat! It looks great. Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Gabriel" <watercrosser_at_earthlink.net> To: "Paddlewise ListServer" <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 3:00 PM Subject: [Paddlewise] Duane Strosaker's Surf Kayak > On Sunday, Feb 5, Duane Strosaker did a first launch at San Onofre, CA of > the wood strip kayak he designed and built. I was there to witness the > christening (with Tabasco sauce) and took some photos and video. Its a > beauty! If you'd like to see it go to the "What's New" page on our website > and follow the links. We're at: > > http://home.earthlink.net/~kbsc > > Great boat Duane, Congratulations! > > > -- Jim Gabriel > -- co/author of Kayak Builders of Southern California. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
James Gabriel wrote: > > On Sunday, Feb 5, Duane Strosaker did a first launch at San Onofre, CA of > the wood strip kayak he designed and built. I was there to witness the > christening (with Tabasco sauce) and took some photos and video. Its a > beauty! If you'd like to see it go to the "What's New" page on our website > and follow the links. We're at: > > http://home.earthlink.net/~kbsc Very cool. Jim, is Duane willing to post the lines somewhere? I recall his description of it a ways back, but I'd really like to see how much rocker it has, and how he did the coaming (looks recessed, yes?). Thanks. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Yesterday at Mission Bay, San Diego I saw an unusual kayak - Very light weight - Easy to lift with one hand - Made out of kevlar - With an unusual crossing pattern in the hull - About a dozen strands of material at a time running in one direction and a dozen running another way in a heringbone pattern. Un painted. The owner indicated that this was a whitewater racing kayak about 14 years old.. It had no floation, bulkheads, at all - The boat had a foreign sounding name and had an usual flare at the bow line just astern of the paddler. The top of the kayak had a pronounced grove running down the center of the top of the craft. Of course, I asked and promptly forget all the information about the boat. HELP - Can anybody Identify this boat from this meger description. Wayne Smith *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: > Maybe a Prion? German. Perception makes a plastic boat called the > Wavehopper that looks like what I've seen in glass and sounds like what you > describe. > > Jack Martin Jack: Yes - It was definitely not made in the western hemisphere.. As I remember - Was a Nordic sounding label. -- Wayne Smith (ò¿ó) --------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Wayne Smith wrote: > > Maybe a Prion? German. Perception makes a plastic boat called the > > Wavehopper that looks like what I've seen in glass and sounds like what you > > describe. > > Yes - It was definitely not made in the western hemisphere.. > As I remember - Was a Nordic sounding label. My first guess would be Van Dusen aka Composite Engineering. They makes lots of really light boats. Composite Engineering is based in Concord Massachusetts. http://www.composite-eng.com/kayaks.htm Struer is another option, they are more into sprint boats, they're a Danish company. The struer site is worth a visit if you are interested in boat construction http://www.struer-sprintboats.com Kirton is another fast kayak firm. http://www.kirton-kayaks.co.uk http://www.voyager.co.nz/~delmak/equip.html has a decent list manufacturers of fast boats and gear kirk *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 2/5/01 4:04:53 PM Pacific Standard Time, kevin_at_yourplanetearth.org writes: << Perhaps Duane would care to elucidate... tell us about the boat! >> Paddlewisers, When I get my photos back in a couple of days, I'll post them on my website and announce it on Paddlewise. These photos will show the details of the kayak. I still haven't padded the kayak enough to really evaluate it. The one time I took it out, the waves were larger than I like, especially in a strange kayak, so I stayed toward the inside and rode the smaller waves. Keep in mind that at 14 feet, this kayak is like a long board in the board surfing world. It is fast to paddle and fast planing on a wave, which gives it the ability to punch waves and catch them easily. It is by no means a wave carver, shredder or ripper. Like a long board, it is for cruising slow breaks. It turns slowly, and it has to be kept a little ways from the lip, where the wave is steepest, or it will broach. The hard chines, or rails, really keep it on track, both when paddling on on a wave. It is not a kayak surfer's kayak but rather a kayak for sea kayakers who like to surf, which is me. I'll provide more of a review after I've paddled the kayak for a while and learn how to squeeze all of the performance out of it. Duane So Cal *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I envy you high-bandwidth surfers, but I won't be posting anything until I figure out how to scale it down from the 110 megabyte ordinal (1 video only). I stripped out the audio to reduce the size and it also took away from the excitement. I didn't post BOTH the small video and big because the server it is on has a 6 meg limit for the alias. I figured the 1 meg file size would maximize the number of viewers, but I am thrilled to see so many people enjoyed it. The only thing that could top it was being there. take care jim gabriel --- James Gabriel --- watercrosser_at_earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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