On 9/26/01 7:34 AM, "John Fereira" <jaf30_at_cornell.edu> wrote: > When looking up tandem kayaks in plastic > the longest boat in the list was 18' long (Necky Amaruk). However, when I > changed the criteria to search for fiberglass boats the *shortest* was > about 18'. That seemed to indicate to me that the plastic boats were > targeted toward the more recreational paddler (due to their cost), while > the glass boats were targeted to those that were looking for more > performance or would actually use the boat for actual touring. It has a lot to do with the fact that plastic is not as stiff as fiberglass and this becomes more of a problem as the boat increases in length. *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 26 2001 - 11:14:46 PDT
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