I've never paddled a Khatsalano, so can't comment on your experience, but, to be fair, your remarks below really only apply to that particular folder - at least from your limited experience. Without trying to turn this into any more of a debate over the virtues and vices of folding kayaks, you really do need to do more research and paddle more boats to seriously make such blanket statements about folders. There are many accounts of people who have used Klepper folders, for example, for extreme ocean journeys and folding doubles (Klepper/Nautiraid) have been (and may still be) used by many nation's special armed forces units - the choice of these boats for these uses having much to do with their portability, stability, and durability. Folding boats are far from wall ornaments and the domain of flat-water paddlers who like to tinker. Glenn *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Oct 15 2001 - 04:27:07 PDT
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